Neurological and psychological development of a healthy child

Question 1

when assessing a child development what are should we consider ?

Answer 1

each skill field is assessed separately

consider the sequence of developmental progress

if the progress is similar in each field

the stage at which the child has reached for each skill

only at the end a chads overall developmental profile can be build and how it related to their age

Question 2

primitive reflexes should be gone by when ?

Answer 2

by 6 months

Question 3

in infancy through processes develop through what way ?

Answer 3

immediate experiences

Question 4

what are the thought process of preschool children ?

Answer 4

they are the centre of the world
immature objects are alive and have feelings and motive
events have a magical element
everything has a purpose - toys and objective are used in imaginative plays and aids to help make sense of experience and social relationships

Question 5

what is the though process of middle school children ?

Answer 5

mode of thought is practical and orderly

tied to immediate circumstances and specific experiences = operational thought

Question 6

when does a child begin to have abstract thought ?

Answer 6

early to mittens formal operational thought develops which is abstract thought for reasoning , testing hypothesis and manipulating abstract concepts