OT 325- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 69 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Lifespan development- lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multi-disciplinary, occurs within a context or setting, involves growth, maintenance, regulation of loss, co-construction of biology, culture and individual factors. Periods of development: prenatal- conception to birth. Infancy to toddlerhood- birth to 18-24mo: early childhood- 3-5 years, middle and late childhood- 6-11 years, adolescence- 10-12 to 18-21 years, early adulthood- 20-30 years, middle adulthood- 40-50 years. Late adulthood- 60-death: organismic worldview- humans are viewed as systems. Humans evolve through distinct stages drawing on experiences to. Child occurs as system encounters new input resulting from environmental interactions: doing something to acquire a new skill takes repetition and practice. Ie- to k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat a (cid:272)hild (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t do a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat"s e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted to do or k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) do a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e motivated to do: organismic theorists- look at development within the brain and body function. Contextual worldview- dynamic relationship between the person and the environment.
