Normal development Flashcards
3 factors influencing development
Constitutional ie genetics
Environmental
Disability
Problems in the child in the first year of life x5
Premature birth
Difficult delivery
Crying a lot
Difficult to console
Physical illness
Problems in the parent in the first year of life x5
Teenager
Single parent
Relationship problems
Little support
Stress
Cognitive skills acquired at end of 2nd year x2
Symbolic thinking
Object constancy
Problems in toddlers x5
ASD
Child abuse
Mild intellectual disability
Insecure attachment
Reactivate attachment disorder
Define intermodal perception
Integration of information from different senses
Describe the ages at which language develops x3
Wk 6- sounds
6M- babbling
10-12M - real language
Describe Bowlby’s attachment theory
Emotional and social development of an infant is shaped by their relationship with the primary caregiver
Describe the first form of communication in the 1st year of life
The reaction of the caregiver to the child’s crying or laughing
Describe a good enough mother according to Winnicott
One that makes active adaptation to the infants needs
Separation anxiety is marked by 2 things
Beginning of attachment
Beginning of fear of strangers
Characteristics of children’s behaviors x2
Urge to explore
Search for safety
Psychiatric disorders in the first year of life x2
ASD
Reactive attachment disorder
Define object constancy
The ability to retain a bond with a person or object despite how they may make you feel upset or angry
Describe inner representation and when it develops
Child can imagine that an object or person is somewhere else
18M