Milestone Quiz 1 Flashcards
prenatal period
from conception to birth
infancy and toddlerhood
birth to 2 years
Early Childhood
2-6 years
Middle Childhood
6-12 years old
Adolescence
12-19 years old
Physical Domain
body size, proportions, appearance, brain and motor development, heath
Cognitive Domain
thought processes and intellectual abilities, including attention, memory
Social/Emotional Domain
self-knowledge, reasoning, understanding, expression of emotions, temperment, friendships
How do we develop the ability to communicate?
cognitive, auditory, language
3 Components to Cognitive Development Theory
- Schemas
- Adaptation
3.Stages of Cog. Development
Sensorimotor stage
birth-2 years
- infants use their senses and motor abilities to understand the world
- main achievement is object permanence (ability to know object is there even if it is hidden)
Preoperational Stage
2-7 years
- children can think about things symbolically, ability to make one thing ( a word or object) stand for something other than itself.
Concrete Operational Stage
7-11 years
- marks the beginning of logical thought; children able to work things out internally in their heads
Formal Operational Stage
12 and up
- develop the ability to think about abstract concepts and logically test hypotheses
Symbolic Play
18 months
- ability of children to use objects that represent other objects, actions, or ideas as play.
- There is a high degree of relationship between symbolic play and language development.
What is Language?
A system that relates sounds or gestures to meaning.
Expressed through speech, writing, and gesture
5 Distinct Elements to Language
- Phonology
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Pragmatics