History Of Dev Flashcards
What influences Dev
Family Social Genetics Lifestyle Culture Nutrition Illness and susceptibility Rate of learning
Periods of child Dev
Prenatal -conception to birth Infancy 0-2 Early childhood 2-6 Mid childhood 6-11 Adolescence 11+
Describe pre natal
Crucial and rapid Dev
- limbs, organs, brain
- basic needs
Describe infancy
Dev motor skill and Lang
Describe early childhood
Walk and talk
Exploratory, imaginative and social
Emotional regulation - breakdowns and learn delayed gratification
Describe middle childhood
Dev intellect in school
Social skills with peers
Theory of mind
Prep for independence
Describe adolescence
More independent Puberty Think abstractly Make long term friends and have serious relationships More social
Where did the idea of nature and nurture first arose
Ancient Greece
Children mischievous and unruly (Plato)
How did treatment of children improve in medieval times
Recognise childhood as a distinct period
Recog vulnerability and laws to distinguish offences
Still manual labour and high mortality
How did child rearing change in the reformation
Harsh and restricted - child born evil
Dev child rearing manuals
Emphasise education
How did child rearing change during the enlightenment
Locke - born blank slates, need praise and care
Jean jaques-Rousseau - children innately good and need to be receptive to needs ‘noble savages’
How did the scientific approach influence treatment of children
Darwin and ev - natural selection
Adaptive value of behaviours
Emphasise genetics
Reforms prevent child labour - all in school
How did the ethnological approach influence Dev
Lorenz - imprinting
Bowl by - attachment in critical stages
Freud psychoanalytic
How did Dev science influence
Dev not linear
Influence of genes and environment
Define behaviourism
Ie Pavlov, Watson and rayner
Directly observed behaviours
Dev via experience
