Child Development Flashcards
What are Erikson’s 8 Stages of Life Span Development?
- Trust vs Mistrust
- Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt
- Initiative vs Guilt
- Industry vs Inferiority
- Identity vs Role confusion
- Intimacy vs Isolation
- Generativity vs Stagnation
- Integrity vs Despair
What age does Trust vs Mistrust occur?
Infancy
Birth - 18 months
What age does Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt occur?
Early Childhood
2-3yrs
What age does Initiative vs Guilt occur?
Preschool
3yrs - 5yrs
What age does Industry vs Inferiority occur?
School age
6-11 yrs
What age does Identity vs Role confusion occur?
Adolescence
12-18 yrs
When does Intimacy vs Isolation occur?
Young Adulthood
19-40 yrs
When does Generativity vs Stagnation occur?
Middle Adulthood
40-65 yrs
When does Ego integrity vs Despair occur?
Maturity
65 to death
Give an important event for the conflict Trust vs Mistrust
Feeding
Give an important event for the conflict Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt
Toilet Training
Give an important event for the conflict Initiative vs Guilt
Exploration
Give an important event for the conflict Industry vs Inferiority
School
Give an important even for the conflict Identity vs Role confusion
Social Relationships
Give an important event for the conflict Intimacy vs Isolation
Relationships
Give an important event for the conflict Generativity vs Stagnation
Work and Parenthood
Give an important event for the conflict Ego integrity vs Despair
Reflection on Life
What 2 concepts does equilibration consist of?
Assimilation
Accommodation
What is Assimilation?
Process of matching external reality to an existing cognitive structure
What is Accommodation?
When there is an inconsistency between the learner’s cognitive structure and the thing being learnt, the child will reorganise her thoughts
What are the 4 stages of Cognitive Development?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operations
What age does the Sensorimotor development occur?
Birth - 2 years
What age does preoperational development occur?
2-7 yrs
What age does Concrete operational development occur?
7-11 yrs
What age does Formal operation development occur?
12-15 yrs
What is object permanence?
If the baby can’t see something, it doesn’t exist
What are some behaviours to be expected during the sensorimotor stage?
- Explore the world through senses and motor activity
- Early on, baby can’t tell difference between themselves and environment
- Early on, object permanence
- Begin to understand cause and effect
- Can later follow something with their eyes
What is conservation of matter?
Understanding that something doesn’t change even though it looks different
Shape is not related to quantity
What are some behaviours during the concrete operational stage?
- Abstract reasoning ability
- Ability to generalise from concrete increases
- Understand conservation of matter
What are some behaviours during the formal operations stage?
- Be able to think about hypothetical situations
- Form and test hypotheses
- Organise information
- Reason scientifically
According to Piaget, how does development from one stage to another occur?
Through interaction with the environment
Cognitive development can only occur after genetically controlled biological growth occurs
True or False
Drive for development is internal
TRUE
True or False
Child can learn many things at each development stage
FALSE
True or False
Environmental factors can influence and direct development
FALSE
Environmental factors cannot direct development but can influence
Development will occur naturally through regular interaction with social environment
TRUE
