Child development (theorists & milestones) Flashcards

1
Q

What happens at 3 months?

A

Recognise parents voice
Cry when they are alone. They like to be held
Recognise routines

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What happens at 6 months?

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Recognises emotion

Preference for familiar people

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3
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What happens at 9 months?

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Imitates others
Wary of strangers
Specific and multiple attachments

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4
Q

What happens at 12 months?

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Stays close to familiar adults
Has likes and dislikes
Has a personality

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What happens at 15 months?

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Will follow an adult
Emotionally dependent on parents
Cry if adults is out of sight

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What happens at 18 months?

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Will play independently but needs caregiver in the room
Wants immediate attention
Plays alone

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What happens at 2 years?

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Can’t communicate all their thoughts
Extremely loving
Keen to be independent
Parallel play (doesn’t share)

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What happens at 2.5 years?

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Interested in other children

Jealous of other children

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Q

What happens at 3 years?

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Starts to share
Cooperative play
Friendships have started
Begin to comfort other children
Finds it easy to wait
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What happens at 4 years?

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Clear friendship preferences
Needs reassurance from adults
Happy to leave main carer for someone they know

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What happens at 5 years?

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Easily separates from main care giver
Starts school
Starts to enjoy sharing
Enjoys having friends
Upset friends aren't available
Starts to think that not everybody thinks the same
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12
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What happens at 5-8 years?

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Difference between accident and on purpose
Protective towards young children
Able to stay overnight with relatives and friends
Enjoys rules

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13
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What is the fine motor development at 0-3 months?

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Reflexes like suckling, rooting and moro

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14
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What is the fine and gross motor development for 3 months?

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Fine: Clasps and unclasps hands
Gross: Lifts head and chest up

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15
Q

(Bruner)

How does Bruner’s theory help early years practitioners?

A

Able to help children learn concepts and develop their reasoning skills and logic

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16
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(Bruner)

What are the 3 modes of thinking from Bruner’s theory?

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Enactive
Iconic
Symbolic

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17
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What is Bruner’s theory?

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Learning doesn’t all happy at once, it happens in stages and is a continuous process

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18
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What does Bowlby talk about in his theory?

A

Attachment

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19
Q

What is the critical age for babies to develop their first attachment?

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1 years old

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20
Q

When does separation anxiety occur?

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Around 7 months

21
Q

What are the 3 stages that happen with separation anxiety?

A

Protest
Despair
Detachment

22
Q

(Bronfenbrenner)

What are the 5 systems?

A
Micro system
Meso system
Exo system
Macro system
Chrono system
23
Q

(Bronfenbrenner)

What is the micro system?

A

Those closest to the child

e.g. parents and teachers

24
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(Bronfenbrenner)

What is the meso system?

A

Two micro systems working together

e.g. parents and teachers

25
Q

(Bronfenbrenner)

What is the exo system?

A

One step beyond immediate experiences

e.g. society of norms/values/attitudes affects a child’s development

26
Q

(Bronfenbrenner)

What is the macro system?

A

Something that is out of control of the child

e.g. economic/cultural situation in the community

27
Q

(Bronfenbrenner)

What is the chrono system?

A

The timeline of the society and child’s life

28
Q

(Ainsworth)

What did Ainsworth look at a child’s response to?

A

Strangers

29
Q

(Ainsworth)

What happens in the ‘Strange situation experiment’?

A

Children are separated from their parents for a short time. Their response was noted, both during separation and being reunited

30
Q

(Ainsworth)

What are 3 types of classification’s of attachment?

A

Type A
Type B
Type C

31
Q

(Ainsworth)

What happens in Type A?

A

Insecure, avoidant and anxious

32
Q

(Ainsworth)

What happens in Type B?

A

Secure

33
Q

(Ainsworth)

What happens in Type C?

A

Insecure, resistant and unsure

34
Q

(Ainsworth)

Which theorist can you link to Ainsworth?

A

Bowlby

35
Q

(Bronfenbrenner)

Which theorist can you link to Bronfenbrenner?

A

Skinner

36
Q

(Vygotsky)

What is Vygotsky’s theory?

A

Children have a zone of actual development and a zone of proximal development

37
Q

(Vygotsky)

What is scaffolding?

A

The process of providing support to a child whilst they are learning skills

38
Q

(Vygotsky)

What is scaffolding?

A

The process of providing support to a child whilst they are learning skills

39
Q

(Vygotsky)

Which theorists can you link Vygotsky to?

A

Bruner

Skinner

40
Q

Why does Brunner link to Vygotsky?

A

They both talk about scaffolding

41
Q

(Bruner)

What happens in the enactive mode?

A

Learning is through physical movements

42
Q

(Bruner)

What happens in the iconic mode?

A

Thoughts are imagined as images

43
Q

(Bruner)

What happens in the symbolic mode?

A

Symbols like letters and numbers are used when thinking and using language

44
Q

(Bruner)

What relates to the iconic mode?

A

Children that are aged 2-4 years

45
Q

(Bruner)

What relates to the enactive mode?

A

Children under the age of 1

May still be used by 2 year olds

46
Q

(Bruner)

Which theorists link to Bruner?

A

Piaget

Vygotsky

47
Q

Why does Piaget link to Bruner?

A

Conservation. This helps with their social developmement

48
Q

Why does Vygotsky link to Bruner?

A

Scaffolding