3. Social Animal
It’s at school that we probably form our first relationships outside the home. As we meet people our own age and begin to learn how to behave
as members of a community. ‘This is a kind of bigger family we find ourselves in,’ says Dr Spack. ‘We’re forced to obey certain rules and mix
with the crowd. This peer pressure is a very valuable lesson we learn in becoming full members of the wider world.’
4. Process of Selection
Dr Spack goes on to describe the cycle of friendships we experience as we move through school and university as the range and depth of our
relations increases. ‘We move into adulthood through a variety of connections and contacts,’ he tells us. We might meet and make many friends
or only a few, but the point seems to be the quantity rather than the quality of our relationships at this point.
5. Diversity and Maturity
By the time we graduate and perhaps begin our first job, most of the patterns of our relationships are established, according to Doctor Spack.
The rest of the process is making better and better choices. ‘There is a type of person we are looking for in every situation, and there are types
of person we reject in any given situation, too,’ says Dr Spack. ‘This is how we make our important, life-long relationships, by starting off on a
solid basis.’
Read the text and circle the correct words.
1. Children learn about the world through their interaction / development with their mothers.
2. Babies learn that their mothers are separate / individual from them.
3. Dr Spack describes the order / outline of relationships we form.
4. Dr Spack tells us about the different connections / stages of our growth.
5. At school we meet people from inside / outside the family.
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
