Module 4 - Childhood

Question 1

performance and environment of children

Answer 1

performance area: self care, productivity, play/leisure

environments:
- home
- school
- other

Question 2

development of gross motor skills throughout this stage

Answer 2

• vestibular, proprioceptive and visual systems develop as CNS matures
• spatial and temporal awareness
• develop need to be active

Question 3

FIne motor development throughout this stage

Answer 3

• hand preference by 6
• in hand manipulation
• hand eye coordination

Question 4

self management skills

Answer 4

• packing lunch box
• organising clothes
• remembering library books
• controlling emotions
• state of arousal in different emotions

Question 5

co-regulation and different parenting styles

Answer 5

• detached
• helicopter parent
• harsh/aggressive
• supportive/guiding
• anxious parent: anxious child

Question 6

characteristics of play

Answer 6

1. intrinsic motivation
2. focus on means rather than ends
3. person centred
4. relation to instrumental behaviours
5. freedom from externally imposed rules
6. active engagement

Question 7

4 classical theories of play

Answer 7

1. surplus energy theory
2. recreation or relaxation
3. pre exercise theory
4. recapitulation theory

Question 8

idea behind psychodynamic theories of play

Answer 8

• explains role of play in emotional development

- can deal with anxiety

Question 9

Piaget - Cognitive Development + Play

Answer 9

1. Practice Games
2. Symbolic Games
3. Games with rules

Question 10

List the Play Epochs

Answer 10

Sensory Motor 0-2
Symbolic + Simple 2-4 
Dramatic Pre Game 4-7 
Game 7-12 
Recreational 12+

Question 11

Bundy’s Model of Playfulness - What is playfulness determined by

Answer 11

1. Internal perception of control
2. Intrinsic source of motivation
3. Freedom to suspend reality