Nature & Theories of Development
children go through four stages of cognitive development as they actively construct their understanding of the world
Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory
groups of activities and tasks of everyday life, named, organized, and given value and meaning by individuals and a culture
OCCUPATION
is a brain-neuroendocrine process occurring primarily in early adolescence that provides stimulation for the rapid physical changes that take place during this period of development
PUBERTY
first two years of life
Total brain volume stabilizes by ________, but changes continue.
end of late childhood
holds that development reflects the influence of several environmental systems
ecological theory
instances that are common to a certain generation.
normative history-graded influences
What is the age range in adolescence?
10 - 12 to 18 -21 years
term for a baby who has achieved enough body control to be relatively independent
toddler
_______ are mental actions that are reversible
operations
illustrated an important application of ethological theory to human development.
John Bowlby
actions designed and selected to support the development of performance skills and performance patterns to enhance occupational engagement
Activity
a girl’s first menstruation
Menarche
newborn's brain is about ____ of its adult weight
25%
It is a written statement that spells out a program tailored to a child with a disability.
Individualized Education Plan
holds that behavior, environment, and cognition are the key factors in development
Social Cognitive Theory
process of dissecting an activity into its component parts and task sequence in order to identify its inherent properties and the skills required for its performance, thus allowing the therapist to evaluate its therapeutic potential.
Activity Analysis
involves rapid increases in height and weight and occurs about two years earlier for girls than for boys
growth spurt
neonatal heartbeat is more _____ than that of the adult because the infant's heart is small compared with the arteries.
At ______ of age, children can provide more descriptive items when recalling significant event
6 years
known as instrumental conditioning
Operant Conditioning
views development as lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual
Life-span perspective
the part of the limbic system that is the seat of emotions such as anger, matures earlier than the prefrontal cortex.
amygdala
sensory capacity of infants that is well-developed at birth
smell
consists of the precise details of the information
Verbatim memory trace