Life Span Test Flashcards
Infancy Reflexes
- Rooting: reaction to check/mouth being touched
- Sucking: object in/touching mouth
- Moro: sudden stimulation
- Babinski: sole of foot stroked
- Grasping: when something touches palm
Gross Motor Skills
- head control within first weeks
- sit while supported by 2mths
- rol over btw 2-5mths
- sit up independently by 6-7mths
- pull themselves up by 8-9mnths
- crawling btw 8-10mnths
stand alone by 10-12mnths
walking btw 12-14mnths
Fine Motor Skills
- Holds rattle briefly by 2mths
- Plays with rattle by 3-4mnths
- Reaching/grasping by 5mths
- Bangs with hands by 5-6mnths
- Pulls a toy by string by 7mnths
- Hits a cup with a spoon by 10mnths
- Uses pincer grasp by 10- 11mnths
- Turns pages in a book 12- 18mnths
- Zips and unzips a large zipper by 18-24mnths
Infancy Cognitive Development
(Sensorimotor Stage)
- the child begins to interact with the environment
- 0-2
Infancy Cognitive Development
(Pre-Operational Stage)
- child begins to represent the world symbolically
(pretends to be doctor) - 2 - 6 or 7
Infancy Cognitive Development
(Concrete Operational Stage)
- the child learns rules such as conversation
- 7 - 11 or 12
Infancy Cognitive Development
(Formal Operational Stage)
- adolescent can transcend the concrete situation and think about the future
- 12 - adulthood
Schema
Our basic structure for organizing information
Assimilation
Molding new information to fit with our existing schemas
Accommodation
Changing existing schemas to fit new information
Attachment Parenting
- co-sleeping
- feeding on demand
- holding and touching
- responsiveness to crying
(parents who are responsive)
Socioemotional
Erikson
- developmental changes occurs throughout life span
- development is in psychological stages rather than psychosexual(Freud)
- at each stage a unique developmental task confronts individuals with a crisis that must be resolved
- crisis is not a catastrophe but a but a turning point marked by increased venerability and enhanced potential
3 items that benefit infants cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development
cognitive: reading books to babies and showing the baby the pictures
physical: healthy nutrition, chairs to help them walk stand and pull themselves up
socioemotional: attachment parenting is a great way for socioemotional growth (drawing can be good as infants can express themselves through colouring)
Whos theory did Erikson alter?
Freud
Eriksons first psychological stage
trust and mistrust
Piaget’s Theory
- children go through four stages of development
- ## children are actively engaged in their own cognitive development, organizing and reorganizing information with new discoveries
Piagets 4 stages
- sensimotor stage
- infant constructs understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences with physical action
- birth - 2yrs - preoperational stage
- child begins to represent the world with the worlds images
- 2- 7 yrs - concrete operational stage
- child can reason logically about concrete events and classify objects into different sets
- 7 - 11yrs - formal operational stage
- adolescence reasons in more abstract, idealistic and logical ways
- 11 - adulthood
Vygotsky Sociocultural Theory
- children actively contract their own knowledge
- culture and social interaction guide cognitive development
- cognitive development is learning innovations of society - language, mathematical systems and memory strategies
Bronf