L4: Developmental Issues During Infancy, Childhood & Adolescence

Question 1

stages of the human lifecycle

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Question 2

Characters of Infant Attachment (Birth to 15 Months)

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Question 2

……….., separation from the primary caregiver leads to initial loud protests from the infant ……..

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• Toward the end of the first year of life
• “separation anxiety”.

Question 2

Depressed infants may show:

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• Poor health and slowed physical growth.
• Become withdrawn and unresponsive.
• Attach indiscriminately to strangers as if they were familiar to them.

Question 3

Children without proper mothering (e.g., those in orphanages) show:

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• severe developmental retardation.
• poor health
• higher death rates despite adequate physical care.

Question 3

Characters of The toddler years (15 - 30 Months)

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Question 4

Death in The toddler years (15 - 30 Months)

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The toddler has no understanding of death and sees the death of a close family member separation.

Question 5

The major theme of the second year of life is to Separate from the mother or primary caregiver, a process that is complete by about age …..

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3

Question 6

Characters of The Preschool Child (3- 6 Years)

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Question 7

Toilet training typically occurs at age …….

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3

Question 8

……, a child should be able to spend a few hours away from the mother in day care.

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After reaching 3 years of age,

Question 9

A child who can’t do this after age 3 is experiencing ……

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separation anxiety disorder.

Question 10

Death in The Preschool Child (3- 6 Years)

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Preschool children may perceive death as a punishment. They believe that death is temporary and typically expect that a dead relative (or pet) will come back to life.

Question 11

…. , the child’s conscience (the superego of Freud) and sense of morality begin to develop.

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At the end of the preschool years (about age 6)

Question 12

…., children can put themselves in another person’s place (empathy) and behave in a caring and sharing way toward others.

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After age 6

Question 13

Social Characters of School Age (7- 11 Years)

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Question 14

Death in School Age (7- 11 Years)

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After about age 11, the child understands that death is universal and inevitable.

Question 15

Cognitive Characters of School Age (7- 11 Years)

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• Organized (e.g., gathers collections of objects).
• Has the capacity of logical thought and can determine that objects have more than one property (e.g., an object can be both red and metal).
• Understands the concepts of conservation and seriation:

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what is Conservation?

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• Conservation involves the understanding that a quantity of a substance remains the same regardless of the size of the container or shape it is in.

Question 17

What is Seriation?

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• Seriation involves the ability to arrange objects in order with respect to their sizes or other qualities.

Question 18

Characters of Adolescence (11-20 years)

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Question 19

Characters of Middle adolescence (15-17 years)

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Question 20

Characters of Late Adolescence (18-20 Years of Age)

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Question 21

In the effort to form one’s own identity, ………

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an identity crisis commonly develops

Question 22

Identity Crisis

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