Child Growth and Development Flashcards
Growth
specific body changes (child size, height, weight, etc.)
Development
rate of progression (refined knowledge, behavior & skills)
Girls Puberty vs. Boys Puberty
G: 8-13 years B: 10-15 years
How does growth proceed in a child?
head downward, and from center of body outward
What are the five principles of the developmental domain?
- children can move forward, and then regress
- infants large muscles develop first and then smaller muscles begin to develop
- skills and behaviors begin to build on top of one another
- rates of development are different but follow same path
- physical development, cognitive, general knowledge, language and communication, and social and emotional approaches to learning
Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
- Self Actualization
- Esteem
- Social
- Comfort & Safety
- Physical
What’re Erik Erikson’s 8 psychosocial Stages?
- trust vs. mistrust
- autonomy vs. shame/doubt
- initiative vs. guilt
- industry vs. inferiority
- identity vs. confusions
- intimacy vs. isolation
- generatively vs. stagnation
- integrity vs. despair
What’re the 8 psychosocial stages broken into age groups?
- infant- 18 mo
- 18 mo - 3
- 3-5
- 5-13
- 13-21
- 21-39
- 40-65
- 65 +
Piagets Stages of Cognitive Development
- Sensorimotor
- Pre-operational
- Concrete
- Formal operations
Lev Vygotsky Sociocultural Theory
- Scaffolding
- Collaboration
- Zone of Proximal Development
Scaffolding
as the child learns the responsibility is transferred to him or her
Collaboration
peer collaboration while completing task under adult supervision
Zone of proximal development
what a child can do on their own and what they can do with the help of adult or peer
What’re the developmentally appropriate practices? (6)
- helps maintain high level attention
- age appropriate activities
- encourages participation
- allows for individual growth
- socially & culturally appropriate
- practices are age appropriate
