FTCE Pre-K-3

Child psychology can be defined by the conscious and subconscious development of his/her brain. By observing their interaction with their loved ones, the surrounding environment, and themselves, one can understand their mental development from an infant to a toddler and then to a school-going child and furthermore. You can learn more about children's psychological development in the following flashcard. Happy learning. 

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Cognitive Development
The way children process thought maintain attention, remember, understand, and plan, predict, regulate, and evaluate tasks and situations.
Social Development
The process by which children learn values, knowledge and skills that allow them to contribute to social groups and situations, such as families, schools, and community.
Behaviorism
All behaviors are learned through interactions with the environment.
Constructivism
Learning is an active process and knowledge is constructed based on personal experiences. ( Active Learning)
John Piaget (Theory of Cognitive Development )
Theory of Cognitive Development- A child’s knowledge develops from assimilating new information and accommodating new knowledge through four stages.
John Piaget four stages
  • Sensorimotor- Infancy. Infants explore the world with their senses. Object Permanence- an object continues to exist even when it is out of sight.
  • Pre-operational- Toddlerhood- Early Childhood. Children begin to demonstrate intelligence through symbols.
  • Concrete-operational- Elementary-adolescence. Actions are logical and rational.
  • Formal-operational- adolescence-adulthood. Children are able to become independent on problems and situations.
Lev Vygotsky ( Social Development Theory)
Zone of Proximal Development. Things the child can do on his own. Social Development plays an important role in cognitive development. Cognitive development is better achieved through interactions or help from peers or an adult.
Howard Gardner ( Theory of multiple intelligences)
There are nine different types of intelligence in which children and adults develop skills and solve problems. Verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial-visual, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal. Intrapersonal, naturalist, existential.
Jerome Bruner ( Three modes of representation)
Enactive- knowledge is stored through motor responses. Iconic- knowledge is stored by visual images. Symbolic- knowledge is stored through words, mathematical symbols, or other symbol systems.
Albert Bandura ( Social Learning Theory)
Children learn best by observing, imitating, and modeling behaviors, attitudes and emotional reactions.
Erik Erikson ( Theory of psychosocial development)
Trust vs mistrust- first 18 months of life. Infants need to develop a sense of trust and secure feelings. Autonomy vs shame and doubt- 18 months- 3 years. Children begin to assert their independence.Initiative vs guilt- 3 years - 5 years. Children assert more independence while interacting with other children.Industry vs inferiority- 5 years - 12 years. Children seek approval from peers in order to develop self-esteem.
Abraham Maslow ( Hierarchy of needs)
Biological- air, water, food, shelter.Safety- security, stability, freedom from fear.Love- relationships.Self-esteem- success, independence, status, respect. Self-actualization- personal growth.
Benjamin Bloom ( Domains of learning )
Blooms Taxonomy ( hierarchy of skill )
  • Remember and Recall
  • Understand and Interpret
  • Apply and Implement
  • Organize and Analyze
  • Evaluate and Critique
  • Create and Plan
Developmental stages of milestones
Atypical Behavior- When Behaviors fall outside of expected range of development. Typical behavior- is the ability to manage one’s own feelings and positively interact with others. Social-emotional, cognitive development, language development, physical development and moral development.
Social-emotional
Feelings of emotions self-concepts, autonomy, self-esteem and behaviors and skills used to build and maintain positive developments.