Growth And Development Of The Child Flashcards
Name the 7 stages of growth and development and the age ranges
Neonate - 0-28 days
Infant _ birth to I year
Toddler - 1 - 3 years
Preschooler- 3 to 6 years
School-ager- 6-10 years
Prepubertal- 10 - 12 years
Adolescence -13 to 18+ years
What’s the difference between growth and development?
Growth is a physical change that occurs across lifespan.it is quantitative. Growth goes from top to bottom and from proximal to distal
Development is more qualitative.it proceeds from simple to complex and from general to specific
Factor affecting growth and development
Environmental factors (including nutrition and interpersonal relationships) and cultural factors, genetics, gender, health
Major theories of personality and human development
Psycho analytic theory
Cognitive theory
Psychosocial theory
Theory of Human needs
Theory of moral development.
Who founded the psychoanalytic theory?
Sigmund Freud
Who founded the psychosocial theory?
Erik Erikson
What is the psychoanalytic theory about?
This theory posits that behaviors and personalities are controlled by unconscious forces
Name the 8 stages of human development according to Eric Erickson
Trust vs mistrust
Autonomy vs shame and doubt
Initiative vs guilt
Industry vs inferiority
Identity vs identity confusion
Intimacy vs isolation
Generativity vs stagnation
Integrity vs despair
Define maturation
Maturation is a process through which baby moves towards achievements essentials for future challenges. Process of maturation involves physical and psychological adaptive changes in the baby. Maturation involves internal and external changes in the body as well as brain.
Define Personality
Personality: a person’s internally based characteristic way of acting and thinking
Explain the terms cephalocaudal and proximodistal as it relates to growth and development
Cephalocaudal is growth from head to toes, while proximodistal is growth from proximal areas of the body to the distal areas like feet and hands
What are the 3 categories of the psychoanalytic theory?
Level of awareness
Components of mind
Psychosexual stages
What are the psychosexual stages and age ranges according to Freud?
Oral phase (0-18 mths)
Anal phase(18-36 mths)
Phallic phase(3-6yrs)
Latency phase (6-11/13)
Genital phase (puberty onwards)
What theory did Piaget founded?
Theory of cognitive development
What is the theory of cognitive development about?
Processes that allows people to know, understand and think about the world
What are the stages of cognition development and the age ranges for each stage?
Sensorimotor ( birth to 18 months/2 yrs)
Preoperational (2-7)
Concrete operational (7-11)
Formal operation (12+)