SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN KAMPUNG BARU MEDAN

Abstract

Behavior is a reflection of a person's personality that appears in actions and interactions with other people in the surrounding environment. Behavior is the internalization of values absorbed by a person during the process of interacting with people outside of himself. A person's behavior shows the level of emotional maturity, moral, religious, social, independence and self-concept. No wonder because human behavior is formed during the process of his life journey. Early childhood behavior at this time is being formed, apart from genetic factors, the environment is very influential in the formation of personality. Early childhood is imitative or imitative, what he sees, feels and sees from his environment he will follow because he does not yet know the boundaries of right and wrong, good and bad, appropriate and inappropriate. This research was focused on the environment around Kampung Baru, Medan Maimun sub-district, which is a drug-prone localization. The three formulations of the problem in this study are: (1) What are the forms of social behavior of elementary school-age children in the new kampung environment. (2) What are the factors that influence the social behavior of elementary school-age children in the new kampung environment. 3) What is the impact of the environment around the localization on the social behavior of elementary school age children. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method with a case study approach. The subjects of this study were elementary school-age children in the neighborhood around the kampung baru localization. The data collection methods used observation, documentation, and interviews. Data analysis was carried out by collecting data, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing or verification and data validity techniques using source triangulation, technical triangulation and time triangulation. The conclusion of the results of this study is that the forms of social behavior of elementary school-age children can be seen from defiance, selfishness, and sympathy.