Unit 1 Flashcards
The study of how children grow in different ways Physically Intellectually Emotionally Socially
Child development
A way of acting and responding that is common at each stage of childhood
Typical behavior
Any activity that arouses a baby’s senses
Stimulation
Biological transfer of certain characteristics from earlier generations
Heredity
The people, places, things that surround and influence a person Family Home School Community
Environment
Believed that the personality developes through stages
Adult life is affected by childhood experiences
Significance= childhood is more important and longer lasting than we thought
Sigmund Freud
First to study children scientifically
Focused on how children learn
Children go through 4 stages of learning
Significance= learning tasks should be age and level of development appropriate
Jean Piaget
Biological development and cultural experiences influence children’s ability to learn
Social interaction is important for intellectual development
Significance= children should have the opportunity to socialize with kids their own age
Len Vygotsky
Personality developes in stages
Each stage has a crisis
Crisis handled positively then development occurs normally
Significance= parents should be aware of the children’s needs during each stage and support them through the crisis
Erik erickson
If children act a certain way and something good happens then they will keep doing that action but if the result is bad then the action will stop
Significance= parents can affect a child’s behavior through positive and negative feedback
B. F skinner
Outlined layers of environment that affects child’s development
Significance= relationship with parents should be stable, loving, lasting
Urie bronfenbrenner
Children learn through imitation
Environment shapes behavior
Behavior affects the environment
Significance= parents should set good examples for kids to follow
Albert Bandura
To rely on personal opinions and feelings rather than facts to judge an event
Subjective
Something is factual, leaves aside personal feelings and prejudices
Objective
A record of everything observed for a set period
Running record
A report of a child’s actions that concentrates on a specific behavior or area of development
Anecdotal record
A tally of how often a certain behavior occurs
Frequency count
A list of skills or behaviors kids should show at a certain age
Developmental checklist
Analysis an observer forms and expresses about what was observed
Interpretation
The protection of another person’s privacy by limiting access to personal information
Confidentiality
The process of caring for children and helping them to grow and develop
Parenting
Your beliefs and values about sexual behavior
Sexuality
Chemical in the body that controls the changes that occur as teens become sexually mature
Hormones
The decision to not have sex
Abstinence
Sexually transmitted infections
Stis