Understanding Childhood Flashcards
Give two examples of the differences between childhood in the past and today.
Work: children were expected to work at a younger age and play: in the past they didn’t have as many toys to play with.
In what sense is childhood a recent discovery even though there has always been children?
Childhood was different in the 1900s then it was in the past and now we have better technology to understand children better.
What do the pathways in the brain do?
Program the brain so it can control different functions and thinking processes.
Identify approximately when the brain begins to control the following functions:
A. motor development
B.vision
C. vocabulary
A. Motor development: before birth
B. Vision: starting in the first year
C. Vocabulary:starting in the first year
Development is similar for everyone.
Babies go through the same thing in development they stand before they can walk they talk before they talk full sentences.
Development builds on earlier learning.
Sequence step by step they must be able to do something before they move on and succeed.
Development proceeds at an individual rate.
The rate or how fast development is depends on the child.
The different areas of development are interrelated.
Researchers focus on one thing even though many things are happening in a child.
Development is continuous throughout life.
Development never stops it can be fast or slow.
Name two major influences on development and give an example of each.
Heredity: the characteristics you are from your family and environment: things surrounded by baby.
What are three development task of adolescence?
Finding your identity, becoming independent , and planning your life’s work.
What are the development task of different stages of adulthood and when do they typically take place?
Establish leading groups; during the 30s away from family. Reevaluating; 50s questioning the choices made. Peace and stability; 50s, new sense of freedom, travel and spend time with friends.
