Theorists
Effects of positive and negative reinforcements (rewards and punishments)
Behaviorism
Who is B. F. Skinner?
The stage from age birth to 12 months
What is infancy?
A child learning and discovering the expectations and rules for interacting with others
Word smart
A child's physical increase in size or amount that is easily seen
What is GROWTH?
Personality develops in stages (Trust, guilt, Hard work, taking care of others)
Believed each stage is focused on overcoming conflict
Success or failure in dealing with conflicts
Who is Erik Erikson?
stage from 3 years to 6 years
Identifying personal values
What is moral development?
Myself smart
What is Intrapersonal?
What are 3 most common methods of learning?
1. Direct
2. Peer
3. Independent Learning
Italian educator
Thought children learn best through their senses pursuing their own interests at their own rate.
Who is Marie Montessori?
The stage with age range 13 years- 18 years
What is adolescents?
Includes muscle coordination and control growth in size and in proportion
What is Physical Development?
People smart
What is Interpersonal?
Growth proceeds from near to far
What is proximal to distal?
Austrian psychiatrist
Childhood experiences effect adult life. Negative or positive behaviors.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The stage from ages 12 months to 3 years
What is Toddler?
The ability to recognize and understand feelings and how to respond to them appropriately
What is emotional development?
Nature smart
What is Naturlastic?
The ability to do things that are complex and difficult
What is DEVELOPMENT?
Children go through 4 stages. (Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete, Formal)
First to study children scientifically
Who is Jean Piaget?
The ability of the brain or mind to take in and process information
What is cognitive development?
Body smart
What is Kinesthetic?
Why do we observe children?
- to get to know a specific child better
- to assess teaching skills
- to assess where a child is developmentally