Problem: How can I make notes with bullet points in this paragraph? As Figure 8.2 shows, in play groups of 7-year-olds, Chinese children liked peers who made the fewest assertive bids for the only available toy; Canadian children tended not to like them (French et al., 2011). Among older children and adolescents, even in China, shy peers tend to be rejected (Chen & Rubin, 1994; Chen et al., 2005) and experience more loneliness (Yang et al., 2015), in part because of the expectation that as 0.3 0.2 0.1 Peer liking 0-0.1-0.2-0.3-0.4-1 1 Assertive bids Canadian Chinese FIGURE 8.2 Chinese children who made assertive bids to get a toy were less liked by their peers, whereas this relation was not significant for Canadian children. Source: French, D. C., Chen, X., Chung, J., Li, M., Chen, H., & Li, D. (2011). Four children and one toy: Chinese and Canadian children faced with potential conflict over a limited resource. Child Development, 82, 830-841. children grow up, they must become more assertive. Historical shifts in China are changing children's social values, however. Although Chinese children of elementary school age accepted peers' shyness in 1990, they did not do so in 2002 (Chen et al., 2005). Perhaps the shift toward a market-oriented economy in China with its focus on assertiveness and self-direction is responsible for this change. In rural areas of China, shyness is still associated with better social and psychological adjustment in children (Chen, Wang et al., 2009, 2011). Need Assignment Help?