What is a Conglomerate Merger?
The collective merger period is the fifth stage of the development of peer groups for elementary school students and children proposed by Japanese psychologist Hirota Junmi. During this period, the unity between children's small collectives strengthened, and children's group awareness also increased.
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- Chinese name
- Group consolidation period
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- Developmental psychology
- The collective merger period is the fifth stage of the development of peer groups for elementary school students and children proposed by Japanese psychologist Hirota Junmi. During this period, the unity between children's small collectives strengthened, and children's group awareness also increased.
- The "group merger period" or "collective merger period" is a stage theory in the developmental psychology of the development process of primary school peer groups. The theory was proposed by Japanese psychologist Hirota Junmi.
- Hirota Junmei divides the process of the formation and development of peer groups of primary school children into five periods:
- 1. Isolation period: Children have not formed a certain group, and they are exploring with whom to make friends (first semester first semester).
- 2. Horizontal differentiation period: Due to the proximity of space, children have established a certain relationship (grades 1 to 2).
- 3. Vertical differentiation period: Depending on the children's level of learning and physical strength, they are divided into dominant and dominated children (grades 2 to 3).
- 4. The formation period of some groups: Children divided and formed several small collectives, leading small collectives or class leaders appeared, the group members' awareness of the group was strengthened, and regulations that restricted the behavior of group members (three to three) appeared. Fifth grade).
- 5. Collective merger period: There is a union between the small collectives, a large group is formed, a year-round leader appears, the group members' awareness of the group is strengthened, and a behavioral norm that restricts the group members appears.