Developments
What are the four areas of development?
Physical, emotional, intellectual, and social.
Research falls into what two categories?
Environment and heredity.
prenatal development is influenced by what three things?
maternal health before birth, prenatal drug use, and the birth process.
Children at risk have greater chance of what?
What does physical development include?
the ways a child's body grows and what all the body can do.
what are the categories of physical development?
Large motor skills, small motor skills, and balance and motor coordination
how many theorists did we learn about in this class?
10
How long between doctors appointments do pregnant women need to go back to the doctor.
at the beginning four weeks and it progressively gets shorter the farther along she gets.
Children at risk experience...
Conditions that interfere with their proper development and well-being.
What are the categories of intellectual development?
Sensory skills, language, concepts, thinking skills.
What are the principles of development?
Development...
- follows a similar pattern for each child
- rate depends on the individual
- is sequencial
- is interrelated
- is a lifelong process
What were the stages development stated by Jean Piaget?
Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational.
What types of drugs that can affect the fetus.
Marijuana, cocaine, LSD, alcohol, nicotine, meth, heroin, painkillers,
Behavioral problems for children at risk should include...
Inability to listen, early isolation from others, signs of childhood depression.
Social development includes...
Family and peer relationships.
what is emotional development?
Helps children understand their feelings and accept them in positive ways.
What was Maslow's area of study?
Cognitive development
What happens to the baby if the mother does drugs while pregnant?
Still-birth, disabilities, stunted development, trouble with focusing, heart issues.
Intervention services that may help children at risk include...
Parent education and support services.
What is the difference between heredity and environment?
Heredity is set before birth and is unchangeable while environment changes throughout life.
what are the principles of brain development?
sensory experiences, repeated and related experiences and critical periods.
Name five researchers we have learned about in this class.
Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, Erik Erikson, Howard Gardner, Sigmund Freud, Lev Vygotsky, Abraham Maslow, Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, B.F Skinner, Urie Bronfrenbrenner.
What are the features of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
Small head, small eyes, very small upper lip, short upturned nose, smooth skin between the nose and lip.
Name four risk characteristics
Physical disabilities, malnutrition, inability to listen, low energy level, mental disability, behavior problems, signs of childhood depression, early isolation from others, family moves often.
Care providers must...
respond to children's basic needs for comfort, love and assistance.