Lecture 3 Flashcards
why observe?
- an observation is watching children with the clear goal of examining specific behaviors or abilities
- observations assist professionals in identifying diversity, developing supportive & effective intervention plans, and setting realistic outcome goals
how do you observe?
observe from a distance without the person knowing they are being observed
when someone realizes they’re being watched their behavior changes
choose which one is correct & which one is labeling someone:
1) tommy acts out his aggressive feelings
2) tommy is mean
1) correct
2) you don’t know tommy is mean
choose which one is correct and which is an assumption:
1) annie doesn’t want her brother to take her toy
2) annie doesn’t like to share
1) correct
2) you don’t know that maybe annies brother sucks
as OTs we cannot make _______. Therefore avoid assumptions you aren’t qualified to make
diagnoses
objective observations state
facts
ex: i saw, i counted, i observed, he said, she said etc
subjective observations convey
opinions, judgments, beliefs, biases, and/or assumptions
- anything you can infer without tangible evidence
ex: i believe, i feel
must have clinical background to give _______ opinions
subjective
anecdotal records
recorded observations of a child’s behavior
- helps test hypotheses regarding behavioral cause & effect
- identify conditions that reinforce behavior by noticing what happens prior to behavior
- gain feedback about what a child may have learned from an experience
timed sampling
observations taken at set intervals
tallies
provide a record of how often behavior happens over time
event sampling
document exactly what happens during a particular event
daily- therapy notes, circle time behaviors
or
circumstantially - incident reports - what, when & how an event occurs
check list
simplest form of observation
observer checks off listed behaviors
narrative
written summary of observed activities
life span developmental science seeks to:
- form theories that explain typical characteristics observed/seen
- describe behavioral characteristics across ages
- identify how people respond to life’s experiences
- understand factors that contribute to individual developmental differences
theories
orderly set of ideas which describe, predict & explain behavior
why are theories important
- to give meaning to what we observe
- as a basis for action
psychoanalytical theories
freud- psychosexual
erikson- psychosocial
behaviorism
pavlov/watson- classical conditioning
skinner - operant conditioning
social learning theory
bandera
biological theory
maturationism- G. Stanley Hall & Gesell
ethology: Lorenz
Attachment: bowlby
cognitive theory
cognitive development- piaget
sociocultural- vygotsky
information processing
systems theory
ecological systems- bronfenbrenner
classic stage theories
emphasize discontinuity with periods of stability & rapid transitions between stages
-Freud, erikson & piaget