Problem: How can I make notes with bullet points in this paragraph? Children's goals in social interactions Children's goals affect their strategies in social situations, and this, too, is related to their peer status (Asher et al., 2008; Rodkin et al., 2013). Children who endorse communal goals and want to create or maintain social relationships are likely to use prosocial strategies and to be accepted by their peers; children whose goal is to dominate others may choose coercive strategies and be rejected. Researchers have asked children how they would respond in hypothetical social situations, such as, "Your family has moved to a new town and this is your first day at a new school. Recess starts, and the children go out to play. What would you like to do?" High-status, popular children offer positive goals and strategies. For example, they say they would like to make friends with the children in the school yard and they would ask the children to play. They describe outgoing and sociable behaviors to achieve this goal. In contrast, low-status, rejected children are more likely to describe hostile goals and strategies and to say that they would try to avoid the situation-for instance, "I'd probably just go play outside by myself." Socially withdrawn children pursue low-cost social goals and use indirect strategies to initiate social interactions, for example, asking "Could you look at this?" rather than coming out and saying "Can I play with you?" Need Assignment Help?