Orientation: Scientific study of patterns of growth, change, and stability from conception through adolescence Topical areas in Child Development o Physical development body's physical makeup, including brain, nervous system, [...]
Perspectives on Children Theory= fact based framework for understanding phenomena Hypothesis= testable predictions Psychodynamics Perspective Freud= behavior motivated by inner forces/ conflicts/ memories; little awareness o Two forces Eros= [...]
Earliest Development Gametes sex cells that form new cell at conception o Sperm, ovum Zygote new cell formed by fertilization o Genes basic units of genetic information o DNA [...]
Stages of Birth 1.Stage one process of reaching full cervical dilation Latent phase contractions become more frequent/strong/regular Cervical effacement thinning Most variable. Up to 20hrs for 1st time, 1012hrs [...]
Growth and Stability Physical Growth: The Rapid Advances of Infancy 4 Principles of Growth Cephalocaudal growth follows a pattern that begins with the head and upper body parts and [...]
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development Cognitive development involves changes in cognitive process and abilities; processes based on physical action and later progresses into changes in mental operations Key Elements [...]
Forming the Roots of Sociability Emotions in Infancy: Do Infants Experience Emotional Highs and Lows? Across every culture, infants show similar facial expressions relating to basic emotions. Nonverbal encoding [...]
Physical Growth The Growing Body Individual Differences in Height and Weight Significant differences especially cross culturally. Economically developed countries – taller and heavier. Ses in US – kids in [...]
Intellectual Development Piaget’s Stage of Preoperational Thinking During the stage that Piaget has described as preoperational, children are not yet able to engage in organized, formal, logical thinking. However, [...]
A. Psychosocial Development Changes in understandings we have of ourselves as members of society; comprehension of meanings of behaviors of others Erik Erikson believed that people pass through eight [...]
The growing body during Middle Childhood A. Physical Body Slow, steady growth Height and weight changes Less rounded Girls taller than boys on average (only time in lifespan) 11 [...]
Cognitive and Language Development Piagetian Approaches to Cognitive Development 1. The Rise of Concrete Operational Thought a) The schoolage child enters the concrete operational stage, the period of cognitive [...]
Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood The Developing Self Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood: Industry Versus Inferiority According to Erik Erikson, middle childhood encompasses the industryversusinferiority stage, [...]
Physical Maturation Adolescence – Developmental stage between adulthood and childhood Growth During Adolescence: The Rapid Pace of Physical and Sexual Maturation The dramatic changes during adolescence constitute the [...]
Intellectual Development Cognitive growth during adolescence is rapid, with gains in abstract thinking, reasoning, and the ability to view possibilities in relative rather than in absolute terms. Prefrontal cortex [...]
Identity: Asking “Who Am I?” A. SelfConcept: What Am I Like? Differentiation of selfconcept reflects a complex definition of the self. For example, we talked about adolescents becoming more [...]
