Intro Flashcards
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why do OTs need to learn this material
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LYou must understand typical development to identify atypical development
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Development
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Development -Orderly and Sequential changes that take place over time
3
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Domains of development
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Physical •Includes gender-related differences •Musculo-skeletal •Neurological • Cognitive •Sensory •Perceptual • Emotional-Social
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Processes of development
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Growth
•Metabolic taking in, breaking down and reassembling compounds to sustain life
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Maturation
•Automatic unfolding of genetic patterns of functioning
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Learning
•Modification of behavior based on experience
5
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Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Approach of development
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- interaction with environment
- changing physical and social settings
- relationships among settings
- effects of society in which embedded
6
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Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory
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Self
- Microsystems
- Mesosystem
- Exosystems
- Macrosystems
7
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Ecological Approach
•Developmental Influences:
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Person interacts with environment
•Changing nature of physical and social environments
•Societal effects
