Child Psychology

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Using caregivers as a source of information about how to respond to an uncertain emotional situation or condition. Infants “catch” emotional

Social Referencing

Erikson the 1st stage of psychological development

Developing a Sense of Trust

The predisposition to respond in certain enduring and characteristic ways to one’s environment. Shows stability across

Temperament

The match between a child’s temperament and demands of his/her environment. Environment may include family, sc

Goodness of Fit

Birth-8 weeks(2 months) / Infants are “asocial” in that they do not distinguish between social and nonsocial

Preattachment phase

7 months and Up- Show clear preference for particular caregivers.

Clear Cut Attachment-

Patterns in which infants use their figures as a secure base, obtaining comfort from their presence and becomin

Secure Attachments

Equally as good as the mother.

Fathers as caregivers-

Fail to provide basic needs to child

neglect

Efforts targeted at the population as a whole, to sensitize people to basic issues or to provide particular skills. (Pre

Primary prevention

Efforts targeted at a specific segment of the population thought to be at high risk. (E.g, provides support to single

Secondary prevention-

Efforts directed at preventing or decreasing the reoccurrence of an event that has already occurred. (E.g, provide a pr

Tertiary prevention

Continuing development of visual systems, Improved communication between hemispheres, balance, practice and imitating ot

Gross Motor Skills- Continuing development of visual systems, Improved communication between hemispheres, balance, practice and imitating ot

ex of Gross Motor Skills

Ex: Running, Jumping, Walking, Kicking— Jess’s gross motor skills have increased quite a lot in just a year. At first he could barely walk

Developmental progression is from less to more. Differentiation-Coodination-Control & Is Due to Practice, Development o

Fine Motor Skills-

Fine Motor Skills

Ex: Building Blocks,Drawing,Cutting

Thinking is no longer dominated by motor action. Faster, more flexible thinking. Symbolic r

Piaget: Pre-operational Stage(2-7 years of age)

Tasks used to assess children’s use of operations in which children must decide whether a transformed object i

Conservation Tasks-

The tendency to focus attention on the most salient characteristic of an object.

Centration-