The word "communication" is derived from the word "general". The child develops in communication with adults. Communication of this type has a great influence not only on the development of the child's psyche, but also on its physical development. Several specific types of communication can be noted. For example, in sociology communication is understood as a method of maintaining the status quo of the social system of society, namely, to the extent that the relationship between society and man is implied. And from a psychological point of view, communication is the maintenance of interactions between people. Communication is the contact of two or more personalities who have a common goal, namely, to establish relationships. Any person tries to know and appreciate other people. On this basis, he has the opportunity of self-knowledge.
Communication with adults plays an important role in the development of the child. How can he behave when communicating with adults. The highest functions of the development of the psyche in the very initial stage are created externally and not one person but two or more take part in its formation. And only then they become internal. For children at a small age, communication with adults is auditory, sensorimotor and many other sources of influence. A child at this age always follows the activities of adults and tries to imitate all their movements. For many, the parents themselves are the object of imitation.
There are a number of methods of communication between children and adults. How should children behave when communicating with adults? If the lack of interaction between children and adults is traced, then the pace of development of the psyche is reduced, resistance to disease increases. And if there is no contact with adults, the children are very difficult to become human beings and remain similar to animals, such as Mowgli and others. However, communication between children and adults at different stages has its own peculiarity. For example, in early childhood the child reacts to the voice of adults much earlier than to any other signals. In the absence of contact with adults, reactions to auditory and visual stimuli are slowed down. For example, in a child, the preschool age period is assumed to be a period when the space of interactions is mastered through communication with adults. In this period, it is very important to communicate with peers in the first place. If this child has correctly formed communication with adults, then there will be no inferiority complexes. For example, if he goes on a visit, where there are many peers and adults, he will be able to behave correctly both with peers and with adults. And those children who are deprived of full communication with adults, have a lack of attention from the side can be and parents. During the school age, communication with adults is already at a different stage of development. The school sets new tasks for the child. Communication in this case is formed as a school of social interactions. All the development of the child from the very first days of life to the end of life is through communication. At the very beginning the child communicates with his close adult person, and then his social circle increases, the children accumulate all the information, do the analysis, and even treat critically.
Full-fledged communication between adults and children leads to a full-fledged mental development of the child and helps not only the process of correct and normal development of the psyche, but also can become a "healing remedy" in case of unfavorable genetic development.
For example, children with mental retardation were divided into several groups: experimental and control. At the age of three, children were placed in the care of women, who also have a problem with mental development. They were also in special institutions. And another group of children stayed in the orphanage. Thirteen years later, researchers received data on the state of children. About eight-ten-five percent of the children in the control group were able to finish school, and four of them were colleges. Many became very independent and full-fledged people and could even adapt to life. Many of the children left in the experimental group died, and those who survived also stayed in special institutions. Personality is a coherent psychological system that arose in the course of life of people's activities and perform a function associated with surrounding people. " Communication of children with adults has its own characteristics. Adults, in turn, have different types of behavior, different characters and even develop different relationships between themselves and children. There are cases when there is no maternal love, warmth, as a result of which children are distrustful of adults or even of all surrounding people. Even the proper upbringing of children depends on communication. If the child sees respect, love in the family, then he can not behave differently when communicating with adults.