Theories Flashcards
What is PLAY?
- Play is a NEED of children
Describes 6 stages of play
Solitary,
Onlooker,
Parallel,
Associative,
Cooperative,
Competitive
Onlooker
child begins to watch other children playing but does not play with them.
Solitary
child plays alone
Parallel
child plays alongside or near others but does not play with them
Associative
child starts to interact with others during play, but there is not a large amount of interaction at this stage
Cooperative
child plays together with others and has interest in both the activity and other children involved in playing they are participating in cooperative play.
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
Sensorimotor
Birth- 2yr
- Infants use senses and motor abilities to understand the world. Learning is active, without reflection.
Preoperational
2-6yr
- Children think symbolically, with language, yet children are egocentric, perceiving from their own perspective.
Concrete Operational
6-11yr
- Children understand and apply logic. Thinking is limited by direct experience.
Formal Operational
12yr- adulthood
- Adolescents and adults use abstract and hypothetical concepts. They can use analysis, not only emotion.
Information Processing and Stress Appraisal in Unfamiliar, Threatening Situations
○ Low Information Leads to
○ High Uncertainty
○ Low Perceived Control
○High Threat Appraisal
○ High Emotional Distress
○ Ineffective Information Processing
Information Processing
children strive to develop strategies for problem solving by processing info and learning ways to reach goals based on successful strategies
Vygotsky- Zone of Proximal Development
○ What they know/can do
○ What the child does not know/cannot do
Scaffolding
Helping the child with what they can not do
Social Learning Theory
Modeling, Observational Learning
* We learn by watching others
Attachment theory
According to Ainsworth, “an affectional tie” that an infant forms with a caregiver — a tie that binds them together in space and endures over time.
secure attachment
A relationship in which an infant obtains both comfort and confidence from the presence of his or her caregiver
insecure-avoidant attachment
pattern of attachment in which an infant avoids connection with the caregiver, as when the infant seems not to care about the caregiver’s presence, departure, or return.
insecure-resistant/ambivalent attachment
A pattern of attachment in which an infant’s anxiety and uncertainty are evident, as when the infant becomes very upset at separation from the caregiver and both resists and seeks contact on reunion.
Erikson’s Life Stages
Basic trust vs. mistrust
Autonomy vs. shame
Initiative vs. guilt
Industry vs. inferiority
Identity versus role confusion
Intimacy versus isolation
Generativity versus stagnation
Ego integrity versus despair
Basic trust vs. mistrust
Birth- 1 year
Separation from caregivers
Unfamiliar environment, routines, and people
Autonomy vs. shame
1-3 yr
Reduced autonomy
Lack of opportunities for self-control
Separation anxiety