Child Development Flashcards

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Attachment

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An enduring emotional relationship between two people (child and carer) ..

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2
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Attachment starts and involves

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From 7 months

  • Involves physical proximity seeking
  • Provokes separation anxiety
  • Provides comfort, care, security and a safe base for exploration
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3
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Attachment styles

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Secure
Avoidant
Ambivalent
Disorganised

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4
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First words

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~12 months

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5
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‘Telegraph’ speech

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~ 2 years

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6
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Progression to complete sentences

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From 3 years

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7
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How does attachment work

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Security –> Separation, fear, discomfort –> Anxiety, attachment behaviour –> Carer’s response re-establishes proximity –> Anxiety decreases –> Attachment behaviour drops –> Security

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8
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Securely attached children have, know, develop

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Have sensitive, warm, responsive parents
Know that the carer is available to meet heir needs with consistency
Develop - trust and confidence in other
- positive view of themselves and other
- sense of security/safety to explore, play, learn

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9
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Quality of attachment is measured

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With the “Strange Situation” experiment which looks at@

  • How the child uses carer as safe base
  • How child reacts to separation and reunion
  • Child’s behaviour reflects the quality of interaction with carer
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10
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Secure attachment has been associated with

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  • Emotional and social competence
  • Successful peer relations
  • Higher self-esteem
  • Greater resilience
  • Less active stress systems (normal cortisol patterns)
  • Better overall psychological health
  • Secure attachment with own children
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11
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Children’s ideas about illness Stage Model

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4 - 7 years - magical thinking, belief in punishment
7 - 11 years - Aware of external causes (contact with the ill/germs) but ALL illnesses are contagious
11+ - Biological explanations

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12
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Sophisticated Child View

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Children as young as 5 can understand causes of illness, contamination, role of germs, treatments, illness prevention, death
Knowledge advances with age - but not through stages, not all depends on cofnitive maturation
Influence of - Individual differences and age, experience, culture, education, training

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13
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GMS: 1-2 months

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Holds head up and steady

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14
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GMS: 2 - 3 months

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Holds up head and chest with arms on tummy

Sits with support

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15
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GMS: 3-4 months

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Rolls from tummy to back

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16
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GMS: 6 - 7 months

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Rolls from back to tummy

17
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GMS: 6 - 8 months

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Sits without support

18
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GMS: 8 - 9 months

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Pulls toward standing position

19
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GMS: 9 months

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Crawls

20
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GMS: 9 - 10 months

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Walks with support

21
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GMS: 11 - 12 months

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Stands without support

22
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GMS: 12 - 13 months

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Walks without support

23
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Social: By 2 months

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Starts to smile and look directly at you
Cries to get needs met
Occasionally self-soothe by sucking on hands/fingers

24
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Social: By 4 months

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Smile and play spontaneously
Cries when you stop playing
Begins to engage with you by imitating your expressions

25
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Social: By 6 months

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More aware of which people are familiar and which are strangers
Can respond to your emotions by crying, smiling or laughing
Enjoy looking at themselves in the mirror

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Social: By 9 months

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Start to show stranger anxiety
Start to prefer some toys over others
May cry when familiar faces aren’t around

27
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Social: By 12 months

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Play favourites with familiar people
Are more interactive e.g. handing you a book/toy or making a specific noise to get your attention
Enjoy simple interactive games e.g. peekaboo

28
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Securely attached Parenting style

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Consistent, responsive

29
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Securely attached child behaviour

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Gets upset when mother leaves
Calms down easily when she returns
Explores environment/animated play

30
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Avoidant attachment parenting style

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Rejecting, interfering

31
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Avoidant attached child

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Not upset when mother leaves
Turns away from mother at return
Mood is flat/play is not animated

32
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Ambivalent parenting style

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Inconsistent, unreliable

33
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Ambivalent attached child

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Gets upset when mother leaves
Seeks contact and rejects it
Remains upset/play not animated

34
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Disorganised parenting style

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Neglectful or abusive

35
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Disorganised attached child

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Behaviour is disorganised and incoherent

Remains distressed