FRHD 2260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hand Washing, Semantic Differential, Mcdonaldland

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2260
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Give and take interactions that promote responsiveness in infant. Play is an essential component of early learning. Errors and delays in achieving goal are important step to learning process. Stage theory: like strais; (ierarchical; universal; )nvariant; sequential. Assimilation- similar info: seeing different kinds of dogs, but all dogs. Accommodation-different info: being introduced to a cat after seeing a dog. Social referencing: infant able to observe others for clues to guide one"s behavior. Temperament is specific to emotional traits that are innate-genetic, stable over time. Personality is influenced by one"s experiences, values, attitudes, and personalities of primary caregivers. Rhythmicity: regularity of eating, toileting, and sleeping (cid:884). Approach or withdrawal of situations and people (cid:885). Quality of mood (cid:523)showing emotions(cid:524): the degree of affect (cid:890). Sensitive period: effect of experience on the brain is strong, limited period of development (cid:523)essential for normal development(cid:524) Critical period: window of time, most susceptible to stimulation, environment (cid:523)limited interaction with adults, attachment, may have future difficulties(cid:524)