Facilitating Learning and Child & Adolescent Development Flashcards
What is growth?
- Physical changes, increase in size, and is quantitatively measured
- It is rapid during prenatal, neonatal, infancy and adolescence but slows down in childhood and adulthood
What is development?
Qualitatively measured and refers to the complexity of functions and skills
What is maturation?
Change that is independent from the environment and is genetically programmed
What is play?
It is important for children to exercise their skills and contribute to their general personality development
In the development trends, what is phylogenetic?
Predictable and TRUE to all members
Under phylogenetic development, differentiate cephalocaudal, proximodistal, and bilateral.
- Cephalocaudal: head to foot
- Proximodistal: central to extremities
- Bilateral: dev’t occurs simultaneously in both sides of body
In the development trends, what is ontogenetic?
Rate of dev’t varies and is unique to ALL
What is nature vs. nurture?
- Nature is hereditary and temperament
* Nurture is the living environment, living experiences, family,
In the categories of play, what is solitary?
Playing alone
In the categories of play, what is parallel play?
Playing side by side
In the categories of play, what is associate play?
Children play the same game but not playing together
In the categories of play, what is cooperative play?
Working and playing together
What is the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud?
All human beings pass through psychosexual stages and has its own conflicts and development of sensitivity of a particular erogenous spot
In the psychoanalytic theory, elaborate the oral stage.
Birth to 1 year (mouth)
Sucking, spitting, chewing and biting
If frustrated, they might form an eating disorder or smoking
In the psychoanalytic theory, elaborate the Anal stage.
1-3 years old
Voluntary defecation so toilet training happens
If frustrated, can lead to fixation of development
In the psychoanalytic theory, elaborate the phallic stage.
3-6 years old
Derive pleasure from acts associated to stroking/manipulating sex organs
Boys develop oedipus complex and girls develop electra complex.
In the psychoanalytic theory, elaborate the latency stage.
12 onwards
Child sex instincts calm and continue to puberty
Focus more on school work and play
Many disturbing and conflicting feelings are buried in the mind
In the psychoanalytic theory, elaborate the geintal stage.
12 onwards
Longest and lasts longer up until old age
Aim is for reproduction and the complexes are back but for the opposite sex
If not fixation from other stages, they’ll live a satisfying life