What Is Day Care? And key issue Flashcards
The key issue is are the affects of daycare on children’s development positive or negative? Why would bowlby argue that it is negative?
Bowlby argues that daycare is a form of prolonged seperation abit like maternal deprivation which could affect the child’s social development especially attachment bond with mother
What is daycare?
Daycare is when children are temporarily minded by someone other than the primary caregiver such as nannies relatives or communal care providers
In the key issue of daycare why would the effects of daycare on child development be positive?
Keywords
Social and emotional
Cognitively advanced
Children who have been placed in daycare for more than 20 hours a week and under the age of 12 months may have social and emotional development
Also daycare children are more sociable and cognitively advanced than home cared children
What is the general conclusion to the key issue of daycare?
The general conclusion is that under certain conditions such as trained staff,not to many hour, not starting early, daycare can be beneficial
What are the three areas when studying the effects of daycare?
Social development
Emotional development
Cognitive development
How is social development looked at when looking into the effects of daycare?
It looks at the realationship and interaction the child has with others and their ability to form healthy attachments
How do psychologist look at emotional development when studying the effects of daycare?
It looks at the child’s feelings and their feeling towards others, including learning to cope,being confident and not self concious and being able to develop independance
Cognitive looks at the child’s cognitive skills such as ?
Perceptual
Processing skills
Language learning
General development of the brain
What are the positive effects of daycare in terms of social?
Keywords
Mix
Self confidence
Multiple attachments
It allows children to mix with each other and so encourages self confidence
It allows children to form multiple attachments with other caregivers developing their social skills
What are the negative effects of daycare in terms of social development?
Keywords More than 10 hours Aggressive Bowlby Antisocial Pro-social
Children who are separated from their mothers for more than 10 hours a week early in their life are more aggressive
Bowlby argued that daycare is a form of prolonged separation abit like maternal deprivation and so would harm child’s social development especially attachment bond with mothers
Children become more antisocial and non daycare become pro social
What are the positive effects of daycare in terms of cognitive development?
Keywords IQs Language Later Stimulating environment
They have higher iqs and language abilities than non day care children this is because of the stimulating environment the are exposed to
They are given opportunities……
Hint
Cognitive
Structured play
To engage in structured play which helps develop their cognitive abilities, this is organised by trained staff
What effects is daycare with families from low income houses?
Cognitive
It has been found more likely that children from low income houses who attend daycare to attend higher education than similar children who did not experience daycare
Why are the negative effects in language abilities in 3-4 yrolds poorer?
Because mother worked during the child’s first year
In cognitive development….(daycare) 5-6yr olds….
Have poorer reading and math skills if mother worked when the child was under 3
Research has found negative correlation:
Between a child’s exams results and how often the mother went to work when the child was under 5
What are the positive effects of daycare in terms of emotional?
They have more confidence in themselves and show higher levels of self esteem
They are also less timid and fearful as they are encouraged to be more assertive and independant
