Child development

Entails the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy.

Infant

                               a child age birth to 1 year;
                                        -can roll over

Toddler

                                a child age 1 - 3 years;

                                                  can walk

Preschooler

      a child age 4-5 (just before school age); can brush their hair; should be given a choice of healthy foods to eat

Areas of child development

Intellectual

an area of child development such as when a child develops thinking skills
Ex: Compare and contrast: What is the difference between a cow and a horse?

physical

an area of child development based on muscle control and coordination
Ex: a child can hop on one foot without losing balance

social

an area of child development based on the child's ability to have relationships with adults and other children
Ex: a child smiles and offers a cookie to another child

emotional

an area of child development in which a child can express emotions and respond to the emotions of others
Ex: Kim kisses her mother and says, "I love you."

freud

                    unconscious aspects of personality

Kohlberg

stages of moral development constitute an adaptation of a psychological theory originally conceived by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget

Skinner

operant conditioning; it means roughly changing of behavior by the use of reinforcement which is given after the desired response

Piaget

cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence. believed that one's childhood plays a vital and active role in a person's development

Dreikurs

Social Discipline model is based on the four basic premises of Adler's social theory