Child Development Flashcards

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Critical times of development

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time in which the child can learn a skill

linguistics and vision have critical times

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sensitive times of development

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times when it is easiest to learn skill

begins and ends more gradually than critical times

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cognitive development

major points for birth to 6 months

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react to stimuli and interact with caregivers
check out environment
-close to age 6months will cry/whimper when held by unfamiliar ppl and develop preferences for faces
-2mo cooing noises,
-4mon babbling
-joint attention (communicate about same items or events; inant may change visual attention, engage by 6mon)

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cognitive development

major points for 7mo to 1 year

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  • use toys
  • OBJECT PERMANENCE understand that objects still exist when not seen
  • peak a boo games, point at things, speak first word, respond to name
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cognitive development

major points 13mo-18mo

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  • look for objects out of site
  • memory storage and retrieval advance and typically 1st word 12-13month
  • vocab about 200 words by 18mo
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cognitive develpment

major points 19mo-2 years

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  • carry out actions/plans like building blocks
  • interact with other babies; pretend play
  • 2 or more words senstences
  • learning and practicing pronounciation
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social/emotional development

major points birth to 6mo

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learn to regular
sleep unpredictable until 8wks old
eating about 5-8x/day first couple months then 3-5x/day by 6mo
GASE AVERSION: infant looks away from stimuli; method to regulate
-they can become easily overwhelmed
6wks match caregiver feelings
3-4mo start laughing
-see distinguishable frustration at 6mo,
-temperament develops

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When is the first word typically spoken?

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12-13 months

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When do temperaments develop?

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-between birth and 6mo

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What is a highly reactive temperament?

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express more negative, may be irregular sleep and eat

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What is a easy temperament?

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more regular, adapt well

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What is a slow to warm temperament?

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initially withdrawn, mildly negative reactions, eventually exhibit positively

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Do temperaments stay with you until adulthood?

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about 60% are same temperament when they get older

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social/emotional development

major points 7mo-1 year

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  • ATTACHMENT
  • stranger wariness peaks about 1 year
  • seperation anxiety NORMAL UP TO TODDLERHOOD
  • SOCIAL REFERENCING: baby looks at caregiver or adult before reacting
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social/emotional development

major pionts 13mo-18mo

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-self aware
look in mirror
play with peers
start to develop empathy
 (usually age 2 start to read caregivers and comfort)
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When do attachments develop?

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7mo and 1 year

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What is avoidant attachment?

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no attachment

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What is resistant attachment?

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hesitant to explore while caregiver present and upset when she leaves, angry and aggressive when she returns

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What is disorganized attachment?

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most SEVERE FORM

confused, contradictory, dissociative, emotionally labile

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social/emotional development

major points 19mo

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knows names of various behavior states
uses language
separation anxiety decreases

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cognitive development

major points 2-5yr

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SOCIODRAMATIC PLAY: imaginative friend

  • make believe play more complex
  • 3-4 dual represenation
  • magical thinking
  • private speech/talk to self outloud
  • use sentences
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social/emotional development

major points 2-5yr

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-struggle to be independent
-increase in aggression, resistance, tantrums, biting, and hitting 1-3 but this significantly declines by 4-5 yrs
-3-4yr can become calculative and goal directive anger
-empathy and sympathy start to develop
-develop friendships 3-4 yrs
-moral beliefs, recognize cultural differences/races
GENDER CONSTANCY: idea that gender cannot be changed
*ask about genetalia/show peers their privates but do not force or coerce or imitate which suggests abuse

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cognitive development

major points 6-11 yrs

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  • typically able to stay on task by age 6
  • 8-9 focus or atleast easily redirected
  • 11 can finally hold sequence of steps
  • have gist memory
  • autonomicity (practicing new information)
  • distinguish right from left by 6 yr and 7-8 distinguish right from left of others
  • 7 understand calendar more and “wait 5 minutes”
  • 11 understand double meaning of words
  • 6 better at phone and age 11 offer info on phone
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social/emotional development

major points 6-11 yr

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  • self esteem
  • more mod regulation
  • moral development
  • peer relationships
  • self control, delay of gratification and impulse control
  • aware of gender, sterotypes and roles, gender identity
  • 8 learn they can experience more than 1 emotion at once
  • problem focused coping (identify the issue as changeable or make note of issue, think of solutions then carry out solutions)
  • emotion centered coping (work to manage or control responses through social support)
  • increase ability of empahty and perspective talking (understand themselves as they understand others)
  • 10 yr understand views of impartial 3rd party
  • moral development and normative beliefs (beliefs about appropriate behavior)
  • increase focus on rules and laws
  • peer victimization and bullying begin
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cognitive development major points 12-18 yr
- metacognition (increase attention and awareness of their own thought process) - self consciousness (called imaginary audience; belief they are main focus of others attention); very self involved - personal fable (result of imaginary audience; come to belief that they are focus of everyone's attention; believe they are special or unique; believe their emotions are more intense or terrible than others; "never understand"; risk for risk taking behavior) - greater planning and problem solving - by 18, 40,000 words usually able to read and understand adult literature
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social/emotional development major points 12-18yr
- more aware and self conscious - risk taking, experimental, struggle to assert ones own identity - marked fluctuation in self esteem, regulation, identity formulation; (linked to hormonal changes; moody and leads to disagreements; 18 usually decreases) - cliques, peer group conformity - delinquency training (groom others to do bad things; peer pressure)
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When does moral development develop? When does empathy develop?
starts by ages 2-5 - by 2 they will comfort caregivers - start to recognize differences with cultures and races and moral development starts by 6-11 have increased ability of empathy -moral development and normative beliefs (what is normal/appropriate social behavior)
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When should a child be able to maintain attention? When should a child be able to follow a sequence of steps?
By age 6 they are typically able to stay on task and 8-9 focus or atleast be easily redirected -11 can hold a sequence of steps and have gist memory
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What age should you see mood regulation? When does self esteem start to develop?
mood begins to be more regulated by age 6-11 and they start to develop self esteem, self control and delay of gratification and impulse control However by 12-18 can have fluctuation in self esteem and regulation as they start to create their identity and linked to hormonal changes but this decreases by 18
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What age does bullying and peer victimization begin?
by about age 6-11
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Secure attachment and development
mother is sensitive and responsive; assessable and cooperative child is secure, self reliant, trusting, helpful as adult will be able to cope w/ stress; take risks; face challenges; open up to new things; seek help; have love and stable
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insecure attachment and development
ambivalent, inhibited, anxious mother is unpredictable, may use threats of abandonment -as infant can be fretful, anxious, clinging -toddler do not feel secure to try new things -children cling, anxious, overly dependent on teachers or bullied by others -adults struggle w/ loneliness, intense roller coaster romances; fall in love easily; hypervigilant about separation; work px like procastination; difficulty concentrating; their children tend to be ambivalent and anxious attachment patterns
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avoidant attachment and development
mother is angy, rejecting, rigid, hostile, adverse to physical contact; behavior threatening - child avoids mother, does not want to be held by mother; would rather be by self; they have no distress, anger or fear, do not seek love and care from others; may be odd, or have odd behaviors like hand flapping; attachment to objects - adults have difficulty with social situations; live with out love and support; complain of depression and somatic sx; dismissive, hostile, condescending; dissociate from loneliness, feel ashamed to approach someone for love; high rates of divorce and promiscuity
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disorganized attachment and development
- mother is frightening toward infant like abusing physically or sexually; may be frightened or not secure; may be suffering from physical or sexual or verbal abuse and is viewed by child as unable to provide protection - child has no organized strategy for managing stress of separation or strange situation; fearful of caregiver; freeze and are disoriented with desire to seek proximity but also avoid it; - adults show unresolved mourning; later experience trauma and the risk for DID is high