6 Questions
At what stage of cognitive development do children primarily learn through senses and motor activities?
Sensorimotor
According to Kohlberg's stages, at what age do individuals typically begin to develop internal moral principles?
12+ years
What is the term for the ability to manage one's emotions, impulses, and behaviors?
Self-Regulation
At what stage of physical development do children typically learn to hop, skip, and throw?
Early childhood
What is the term for the type of attachment where children feel safe and protected and explore their environment?
Secure Attachment
What is the term for the stage of language development where children use single words to communicate?
One-Word Stage
Study Notes
Child Development
Physical Development
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Gross Motor Skills:
- Infancy (0-1 year): Lifting head, rolling over, reaching, and grasping
- Toddlerhood (1-3 years): Sitting, crawling, walking, and running
- Early childhood (4-6 years): Hopping, skipping, and throwing
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Fine Motor Skills:
- Infancy: Bringing hands to midline of body, transferring objects
- Toddlerhood: Using raking and grasping motions, building towers
- Early childhood: Using scissors, drawing simple shapes
Cognitive Development
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Piaget's Stages:
- Sensorimotor (0-2 years): Learning through senses and motor activities
- Preoperational (2-7 years): Using symbols and language, egocentric thinking
- Concrete Operational (7-11 years): Understanding cause-and-effect relationships, logical thinking
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Language Development:
- Babbling (6-9 months): Making sounds and experimenting with vocalizations
- One-Word Stage (9-12 months): Using single words to communicate
- Telegraphic Speech (12-18 months): Combining two words to convey meaning
Social-Emotional Development
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Attachment:
- Secure Attachment: Feeling safe and protected, exploring environment
- Anxious-Ambivalent Attachment: Resistant to separation, anxious about exploration
- Avoidant Attachment: Avoiding intimacy, not seeking comfort
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Emotional Regulation:
- Temperament: Innate personality traits, such as extraversion or introversion
- Self-Regulation: Managing emotions, impulses, and behaviors
Moral Development
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Kohlberg's Stages:
- Preconventional (0-9 years): Following rules to avoid punishment
- Conventional (9-12 years): Following rules to maintain social norms
- Postconventional (12+ years): Developing internal moral principles
Explore the physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and moral development stages of children from infancy to early childhood. Learn about Piaget's stages, language development, attachment, and Kohlberg's moral development stages.
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