Development Catch-All Flashcards
Vygotsky’s Concepts
- Language: Child learns through social engagement
- Emphasized role of culture on development
- Zone of Proximal Development: tasks just beyond child’s comprehension that can be learned using:
- Scaffolding: changing level of support as students develop, less guidance given
Solitary Play
- Child playing alone in a room full of kids.
Vs: parallel play- two children playing blocks simultaneously but not talking
Vs: Associative play- two children building same thing, talking but not working together
Vs: Cooperative play- working together
Differences between Adult and Childhood Depression
- Somatic Complaints (stomach aches, etc)
- Irritability
Adolescence and Common Stressors
- Power Hierarchies
- Puberty/ hormones
- Sexuality
- Social / Peer Groups
- School
- Drugs / Alcohol
Risks to Early Adulthood Development (26-35)
- Depression
- Body Image Concerns
- Substance Abuse
- Violence (car crashes, suicide, homicide)
Counseling Issues during Middle Adulthood (36-60)
Central Themes:
- Consolidation (consolidating priorities)
- Reassessment is life goals
- Refinement (focus on specific goals: getting healthy, etc)
- Ageism, physical changes, career changes, midlife crisis
- Somatic Stress
- Cultural Stress
- Economic Stress
- Psychological Stress
Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory
Microsystem: Immediate- SES, Work, Family, Peers
Mesosystem: Interactions between microsystems- parents reject child and they have trouble making friends as a result
Exosystem: Indirect environment- community, local laws
Macrosystem: Social/cultural, national laws
Chronosystem: changes over time- family history, sociohistorical,