Chapter 18/Developmental Assessment Flashcards
Through the Life Span
Cognition
How a person perceives and processes information
Piaget/main goal for child
Establish equilibrium between self and environment
Piaget/Each stage represents
Change in how child understands & organizes the environment
Piaget/each stage characterized by
more sophisticated types of reasoning
Piaget/4 stages
Sensorimotor (0-2yrs)
Preoperational (2-7yrs)
Concrete operation (7-11yrs)
Formal operations(11-15yrs)
Piaget/Sensorimotor (0-2yrs)
Thought dominated by physical manipulation of objects & events
(“Out of sigh/out of mind’”)
Piaget/Preoperational (2-7yrs)
Functions symbolically using language as major tool
(They see the world from their own perspective)
Piaget/Concrete operations (7-11yrs)
Mental reasoning processes assume logical approaches to solving concrete problems
(Amount of something doesn’t change/even if it’s appearance does)
Piaget/Formal operations (11-15yrs)
True logical thought and manipulation of abstract concepts emerge
(Can reason about hypothetical situations/think about future/use deductive logic)
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
(Way to remember SPCT)
Smart (Sensorimotor)
People (Preoperational)
Can (Concrete operations)
Think (Formal operations)
2 Types of adult intelligence
1) Fluid
2) Crystallized
Fluid intelligence
(dependent of CNS/declines w/age/physiologic change)
Ability perceive complex situations
Engage in short-term memory
Concept formation
Reasoning
Abstraction
Crystallized intelligence
(Dependent on life experiences/education/remains stable/increases w/maturity)
Maintained longer than fluid intelligence
Skills and knowledge learned growing up in a given culture, such as verbal comprehension, vocabulary/ability to evaluate life experiences
innate ability
Natural skill/ability you are born with
Innate ability/Adult intelligence factors
Social Class
Illness
Personality
Motivation
Adult Intelligence/Sternberg 3-pronged theory
1) Componential sub theory- Internal analytical mental mechanisms
2) Experiential sub theory=Focused on how learning through life experiences, combined w/insight & creativity/affects person’s thinking
3) Contextual sub theory-Focused on external environment in determining what constitutes intelligence in a particular situation
Infants: Physical growth
Height
Weight
Head circumference
Newborn
(first 28 days of life)
Healthy newborn weight: 5lb 8oz- 8lb 13oz
Head circumference average: 13-14 inches
(increases 0.5inch/month for firsts 6 months)
Infants growth
1 inch each month first 6 months
0,5inches a month 6months-12months
INFANTS/ Behavioral & Cognitive Development
Erikson’s Developmental Task
1st Stage/Oral Sensory-Develop trust w/o completely eliminating mistrust (infants develop trust relationships w/mother or primary caregiver)
* Advance from crawling-walking-eating
**At 1 month, different cries indicate different things
***Cognitive development occurs w/5 senses as infant interacts w/environment
**Infants learn object performance(objects/people still exist when out of sight)
Assessment tools: Focus on physical growth/psychosocial development/determining mother/father interaction w/infant
Denver II tool: Provides assessment: gross motor movement/language/fine motor movement/personal-social skills- ages 1month-6years
INFANTS/Behavioral & Cognitive Development
Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
Tools that identify developmental delays in children 4 to 60 :
19 age specific questions to gather data from parents re:
Child’s communication
Fine motor skills
gross motor movement
Problem solving
Personal-social skills
CHILDREN/TODDLERS
(12-36 months)
Cognitive development of toddler remains in Piaget’s PREOPERATIONAL STAGE(begins when toddler learn by trial & error & exploration)
Denver II & ASQ used to assess development
Quest for exploration & mastery of their environment
daytime control of B & B by 24months
20teeth expected by 30months
**Developmental task for toddler is to achieve some autonomy, minimize shame, and doubt
“holding on” & “letting go” describe this stage
(includes B&B/holding on/letting go)
CHILDREN/PRESCHOOLERS
(3-5 years)
Grow 2.5-3.5 inches/year
By age 4/birth doubled
Weight increases 4.5-6lbs/year
By age 5: Lose deciduous teeth/1at permanent teeth erupt
CHILDREN/PRESCHOOLERS
(3-5years)
Behavioral & Cognitive Development
Become egocentric and self-centered & unable to understand other’s viewpoints
Denver II & ASQ used to assess development
Become more autonomous, communicate easily, achieve B&B continence, active imagination, demonstrate basic social skills, delay gratification, more acceptable expression of frustration, and expand environment beyond home
*When prasised, they learn they are meeting other’s expectations