SLCL Flashcards
3 domains of child development.
physical, cognitive, social (and emotional)
Which domains of development are puberty affected by?
Physical and social.
In development: abilities advance, decrease and xxx
specialise
Growing awareness of effect of environment on child development was brought about by:
Social reform movements (Industrial revolution)
Beginnings of a research-based approach in child development due to xxx, by xxx means.
Darwin’s theory of evolution through comparison of human and animal (orangutang) development.
Theoretical history: Freud developed the xxx in xxx century
Psychoanalytic approach in 19-20th century.
Theoretic history: Watson developed xxx in xxx century.
Behaviourism in 19-20th Century.
Nature vs Nurture:
define Nature argument
Biological endowment, genes from biological parents
Nature vs Nurture:
define Nurture argument
Environments (physical and social) that influence development
Define epigenetics. Give example.
Interaction of genes and environment determines what and when changes occur.
Example: Genes influence neurotransmitters, experiences affects brain plasticity.
Define Continuous development
Age related changes that occur gradually. Eg: a tree
Define Discontinuous development
Occasional large shifts. Eg: Caterpillar – Chrysalis - Butterfly
Normative Age-graded change and example
Universal, linked to a specific age. Eg: First steps.
Normative history- graded change and example
Members of a cohort as a result of factors at work during a specific, well defined historical time period. Eg: lowering age of puberty.
Non-Normative change and example
Individual differences, unique unshared events. Eg: Conception.
Critical period and example
Specific period where an organism is sensitive to a particular experience experience (or absence of an experience). Eg: language development.
Sensitive period and example
Span of time where organism is responsive to types of experiences (or absence of an experiences). Eg: Parent – Infant attachment.
4 internal factors that influence development
Maturation
Inborn bias
Behaviour genetics
Pre/Perinatal history
Internal factor of development: Maturation define.
different rates, same pathway.
Sequential and predictable patterns of growth and development
Internal factor of development: : Inborn bias example
Whole object bias.
Internal factor of development: Behaviour genetics define and how researched.
Genes that contribute to behavior (twin studies).
Internal factor of development: Pre/Perinatal history define and 3 examples
Maternal factors (Eg: substance misuse), Prematurity, Birth weight.
3 external factors of development.
Social environment. Eg: SES.
Sociocultural context. Eg: Denmark vs USA, sleeping in same bed as parents.
Parenting (controversial).
Development…
Development is not due to age-specific events but occurs within a range that can differ from child to child.
Development of the CNS is an example of
Biological development
Environmental factors of development include:
Balance between parent expectations and developmental limits. Eg: 2yrs cannot read but language development improves if read to.
Theory Piaget developed is called:
Theory of cognitive development.
Schema
Units of knowledge. Increase in number and complexity as the child constructs an understanding of the world.
3 examples of innate schema
sucking, grasping, rooting.
Adaptation define and theorist
Piaget:
assimilation and accommodation
Assimilation define and theorist
Piaget:
Add info to existing schema
Accommodation define and theorist
Piaget:
Existing schema is changed to allow new information
Equilibrium define and theorist
Piaget:
Mental balance. Force that advances development
Disequilibrium define and theorist:
Piaget:
Mental unbalance. The force that allows schema to change to return to equilibrium
Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development and corresponding ages
0-2 Sensorimotor stage
2-7 Preoperational stage
7-11 Concrete operations stage
12+ Formal operations stage
Sensorimotor stage
age, features
0-2
Sensory input
Motor capabilities
Object constancy and object permeance (Eg: mother).
Preoperational stage
age, features
Preoperational Stage: 2-7
Manipulate images and symbols
Symbolism in pretend play
Egocentric view of world
No logical organization of thoughts. Eg: Unable to apply principles of conversation.
Concrete operations stage. age and features.
7-11
Internal problem solving (concrete).
Basic math skills.
Can hold conversation.
Sort items, reverse direction of thinking, 2 concepts simultaneously.
Understand situation from another perspective.
Formal Operations Stage, age and features
12+
Abstract concepts.
Logically test hypothesis.
Speculate about future.
Theoretical, philosophical and scientific reasoning.
Adolescents reinterpret and revise knowledge base.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
6 years: what stage?
Preoperational stage
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
10 years: what stage?
Concrete Operations Stage
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
3 years: what stage?
Preoperational stage
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
1 year: what stage?
Sensorimotor
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
15 years: what stage?
Formal operations
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
Logically test hypothesis. What stage?
Formal operations
12+
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
Internal problem solving. What stage?
Concrete operations 7-11
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
Symbolism in pretend play. What stage?
Preoperational 2-7
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:
Object permenance. What stage?
Sensorimotor Stage: 0-2
Psychosocial development theory
5 stages and ages:
0-1 Trust vs Mistrust 1-2 Autonomy vs Shame/doubt 2-6 Initiative vs Guilt 6-12 Competence vs inferiority 12-20 Identity vs Role confusion
Trust vs Mistrust
Age and Positive outcomes
0-1
Infant will trust caregiver if needs are met.
Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt
Age and Positive outcomes
1-2
Encouraged to explore and reassured when mistakes made = Autonomy.
Initiative vs Guilt
Age and Positive outcomes
2-7
Encouragement and consistent discipline = learn wrong/right
Competence vs Inferiority
Age and Positive outcomes
6-12
Pleasure in learning and productivity = sense of competence.
Identity vs Role Confusion
Age and Positive outcomes
12-20
Strong identity, ready for future
Age: 8 what stages (2)
Concrete operations.
competence vs inferiority.
Age: 5 What stages (2)
Pre-operational stage
Initiative vs Guilt
Age 13 What stages (2)
Formal operations
Identity vs Role Confusion
Age 1 What stages (2)
Sensorimotor
Trust vs Mistrust
Usha Goswami
‘children’s cognitive development and learning.’ Cambridge Primary review trust
Key points
Children think and reason in the same way as adults.
Differences arise from lack of experience.
All children (including babies) demonstrate main types of learning: statistical, imitation, analogy and causal.
Learning is socially mediated.
Huge individual variation in language skills.
Executive function:
Building the brains ‘air traffic control’ system - Harvard. Working paper 11.
What is EF? (3)
Working memory
Inhibitory control
Cognitive/mental flexibility
Executive function:
Building the brains ‘air traffic control’ system - Harvard. Working paper 11.
EF develops into adolescence True/False
True
Executive function:
Building the brains ‘air traffic control’ system - Harvard. Working paper 11.
EF develops into adolescence ability is synonymous for school readiness.
False.
EF ability is distinct from, but important for school readiness.
Executive function:
Building the brains ‘air traffic control’ system - Harvard. Working paper 11.
What EF Strategies are effective (2)
training parents and EY professionals can be effective.
Define literacy
The ability to read and write.
Associations between spoken language and literacy:
Verbal comprehension = Reading comprehension
Expressive language = Expressive writing
Speech = Phonological awareness, Spelling
Motor = Handwriting
Concepts of Print (5)
- Knowledge of letters (AaBbCc..)
- Alphabetic principle (letter to sound correspondence: Cc = /k/)
- Printed text carries linguistic meaning.
- Correspondence between written and spoken words.
- Where to start reading a text (English: left-right, top-bottom)
Knowledge of letters
(AaBbCc..)
Letters represent phonemes of spoken language.
Several characteristics of each letter: Upper/lower case, name/sound.
Alphabetic principle is…
Knowledge of letter/sound linkage as a systemic relationship: Cc = /k/
Phonological awareness define (Stackhouse & Wells)
Ability to reflect on and manipulate the structure of an utterance as distinct from its meaning
2 dimensions of phonological awareness:
Size of linguistic unit
explicitness of operations.
‘Size of Linguistic unit’ define
Phonemes: /s/ /t/ /e/ /p/ /s/ Onset-Peak-Coda: st e ps Onset Rime: st eps Syllables: steps Word: Steps (Noun)
‘Explicitness of operations’ define
Identification: Recognise linguistic units.
PIG, PIN: Share same initial phoneme.
Segmentation (Spelling): Recognise and break up LU:
TOMATO = 3 syllables
Blending (Reading): Recognise and put together LU:
Blend onset-rime: SH– OP = Shop
Manipulation: Recognise, breakup, delete/add/exchange LU:
Say COLD without /k/.
‘Explicitness of operations’
Identification. Example
CAT, MAT, HAT: Share rime unit.
PIG, PIN: Share same initial phoneme.\
Recognise linguistic units.
‘Explicitness of operations’
Segmentation. Example
TOMATO = 3 syllables
Recognise and break up Linguistic Units:
‘Explicitness of operations’
Blending. Example
Blend onset-rime: SH– OP = Shop
Recognise and put together Linguistic units.
‘Explicitness of operations’
Manipulation. Example
Say COLD without /k/.
Swap 1st sounds of FISH and TABLE (tish and fable)
Recognise, breakup, delete/add/exchange Linguistic units.
Letter name vs sound knowledge. Predictor of literary success?
Letter name knowledge: Preschool predictor of later literacy success.
Letter sound knowledge: 5+ overtakes as predictor of later literacy success.
Alphabetic principle employs: (2)
Letter sound knowledge.
Phonological awareness.
Ehri’s Model of becoming a skilled reader: 4 stages and key skill.
Pre-alphabetic - Environmental print.
Partial alphabetic - Letter sound knowledge.
Full alphabetic- Decoding.
Consolidated alphabetic - experience and memory.
Ehri’s Model of becoming a skilled reader:
Pre-alphabetic (3)
Pre-reader.
- Little or no knowledge of letters.
- Cannot read new words.
Some reading ability:
3. Environmental print Eg: McDonalds sign
Ehri’s Model of becoming a skilled reader: Partial alphabetic (2)
Some letter-sound knowledge.
Use of more salient alphabetic cues
Eg: Initial and final letters, Differentiation of vowel sounds particularly difficult.
Ehri’s Model of becoming a skilled reader: Full alphabetic (3)
- Full knowledge of alphabet and letter-sound correspondence.
- Decoding: Words are sounded out.
- Initial acquisition of sight word vocabulary
Ehri’s Model of becoming a skilled reader: Consolidated alphabetic (3)
Much experience
Memory of pronunciation of common letter strings
Predication from context, decoding analogy and sight.
Eye movement in reading
fixation
Integrate ideas presented in successive sentences. Example.
Pronouns: “…She…”
Reading requires:
Decoding and comprehension
What age:
Vegetive sounds
0 - 2months
What age:
Turns to voices
0- 2months