Characteristics of Families
Chapter 7
Six characteristics of strong families
- Being committed
- Showing appreciation
- Communication
- Spending time
- Sharing values and beliefs
- Coping with stress
Erikson – 3 stages (I)
Early Childhood = Initiative (3rd stage)
- Children display eagerness to understand new activities
- Guilt is emotional response to realization of possible failure
Middle Childhood = Industry (6-12 years old) (4th stage)
- Children attempt to gain recognition of their efforts in completing something worthwhile
Adolescence = Identity (12-20 years old) (5th stage)
- 2 developmental peaks: take on adult body proportions, ability to think abstract
- Adolescents gain increase sense of purpose and own individuality
Vygotsky – social context of learning
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Preoperational stage (age 2-7) (2nd stage)
- Children think before taking any action and anticipate outcome
Concrete Operational Stage (age 7-12) (3rd stage)
- Children begin to use symbols to perform operations or mental activities, although cannot transcend "here and now"
Formal Operational Stage (age 12-20) (4th stage)
Adolescents can think:
1. logical
2. abstract
3. systematic
4. hypothetical
Physical Development
- Slow, steady physical growth in early childhood until middle childhood
Poverty is major contributor to poor health, affecting 23% of children (0-17) in US in 2012
Gross Motor Skills: Abilities acquired during infancy and early childhood pertaining to whole body movement and large muscle groups
- Involves entire body
Fine Motor Skills: Coordination of small muscle movements
Obesity: body weight more than 20% average for person of given age and height
Lateralization: Left (verbal), Right (nonverbal)
Handedness: preference for using either the right or left hand in gross and fine motor activities
Deferred imitation: They are able to imitate someone’s actions long after seen or heard
Yet, children are
Six characteristics of strong families
- Being committed
- Showing appreciation
- Communication
- Spending time
- Sharing values and beliefs
- Coping with stress
Erikson – 3 stages (I)
Early Childhood = Initiative (3rd stage)
- Children display eagerness to understand new activities
- Guilt is emotional response to realization of possible failure
Middle Childhood = Industry (6-12 years old) (4th stage)
- Children attempt to gain recognition of their efforts in completing something worthwhile
Adolescence = Identity (12-20 years old) (5th stage)
- 2 developmental peaks: take on adult body proportions, ability to think abstract
- Adolescents gain increase sense of purpose and own individuality
Vygotsky – social context of learning
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Preoperational stage (age 2-7) (2nd stage)
- Children think before taking any action and anticipate outcome
Concrete Operational Stage (age 7-12) (3rd stage)
- Children begin to use symbols to perform operations or mental activities, although cannot transcend "here and now"
Formal Operational Stage (age 12-20) (4th stage)
Adolescents can think:
1. logical
2. abstract
3. systematic
4. hypothetical
Physical Development
- Slow, steady physical growth in early childhood until middle childhood
Poverty is major contributor to poor health, affecting 23% of children (0-17) in US in 2012
Gross Motor Skills: Abilities acquired during infancy and early childhood pertaining to whole body movement and large muscle groups
- Involves entire body
Fine Motor Skills: Coordination of small muscle movements
Obesity: body weight more than 20% average for person of given age and height
Lateralization: Left (verbal), Right (nonverbal)
Handedness: preference for using either the right or left hand in gross and fine motor activities
Deferred imitation: They are able to imitate someone’s actions long after seen or heard
Yet, children are