PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sigmund Freud, Human Genetic Variation, Ethnic Group
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The field of child development focuses in the scientific study of systematic processes of change and stability in human children. The study of child development is part of a broader study of human development. The division of the lifespan into periods of development is a social construction. Early (cid:272)hildhood edu(cid:272)ators (cid:894)ece(cid:895) support (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s earl(cid:455) de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) the (cid:272)lassroo(cid:373) focusing on infants, toddlers and children up to age 6. These edu(cid:272)ators pla(cid:374) (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts that e(cid:374)(cid:272)ourage e(cid:454)ploratio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g. Table 1. 1 five periods of child development: (pg. There are five periods of childhood development; prenatal (conception to birth), infancy/toddler (birth to age 3), early childhood (ages 3 to 6), middle childhood (ages 6 to 11) and adolescence (ages 11 to 20) Developmental scientists study three domains; self-physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. Growth of the body, brain, sensory capacities, motor skills and health are parts of biological or physical development. Learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning and creativity make up cognitive development.
