s task 4

Question 1

a significant change to physical development during infancy

Answer 1

Growth: Birthweight doubles by 6 months and triples by 12 months

Question 2

a significant change to emotional development during infancy

Answer 2

Learning appropriate ways of expressing and communicating emotions: Infants can express anger and happiness by 8 months. The expression of frustration (stems from anger) may result in tantrum-throwing later months.

Question 3

a significant change to intellectual development during infancy

Answer 3

Attention: Attention span is short for infant, no longer than one minute for a single action type of activity e.g. playing with a toy
may give extra attention to things (games, objects) found interesting

Question 4

a significant change to intellectual development during early childhood

Answer 4

language: learning new words and how to use language occurs rapidly during this stage. By age 5, a child knows approximately 1500-2500 words

Question 5

a significant change to emotional development during early childhood

Answer 5

Developing self-concept: Begin to develop an identity that’ll continue to form for years to come. Learn to see themselves as being a seperate person from others.

Begin associating certain things with themselves such as ownership of a toy

Question 6

a significant change to physical development during early childhood

Answer 6

Changes to body system: First set of teeth is complete by 3rd year

Question 7

Key features of authoritarian parenting style

Answer 7

• employs strict rules and punishments if rules are broken
  consequences
• often directs anger at parents for punishments
• gains minimal skills in problem solving, impacting intellectual development
• parenting style results in lower levels of emotional health and wellbeing and development

Question 8

Key features of permissive parenting style

Answer 8

• low in discipline
• parents see themselves more as friends than parents

consequences on child
- Child has issues with authority and rules, causing difficulty in school and later in life
- often low self-esteem and sadness, causing poor mental health and wellbeing
-social health and wellbeing is compromised as there is an absence of a parental or adult role model due to parents wanting more to be friends than adults