Cognitive & Language Development Flashcards
Issues in developmental psychology ( 3 main debates)
Nature VS Nurture
Early VS Later Experience
Continuity VS Discontinuity
Explain Nature VS Nurture
The debate over the relative contribution of inheritance VS environment in development.
(Basically genetics VS environment)
Explain Early VS Later Experience
The relative importance of early experiences versus those that occur later in life
Are we affected more by events that occur in early childhood, or do later events play an equally important role ?
Explain Continuity VS Discontinuity
Does change occur smoothly overtime, or through a series of predetermined steps?
(Steps vs a path)
ADLs for children: FEEDING (among diff age groups)
18-24 months
24-30 months
3 years
4 years
5 years
ADLs for children: DRESSING (among diff age groups)
18-24 months
24-30 months
3 years
4 years
5 years
ADLs for children: BLADDER & BOWEL (among diff age groups)
18-24 months
24-30 months
3 years
Cognitive development: birth to 6 months
Cognitive development: 6 to 12 months
Cognitive development: 12 months
Cognitive development: 2 years
Cognitive development: 3 years
Cognitive development: 4 years
Cognitive development: 5 years
What is speech
Sounds used to transmit information or ideas
What are the speech domains?
Articulation
Resonance
Voice
Fluency /rhythm
What is language?
Understanding the sounds produced or heard; provides meaning to speech
What are the domains of language? (in the correct sequence)
Language development: birth to 6 months
Language development: 6 to 12 months
Language development: 12 to 24 months
Language development: 2 years
Language development: 3 years
Language development: 4 years