Human Growth SEM-01 - A1
Human Growth SEM-01 - A1
Human Growth SEM-01 - A1
1.1 Introduction
This course exposes student teachers to the study of child and human development
in order to gain a better understanding about variations and the influence of socio-
cultural-political realities on development. A critical understanding of theoretical
perspectives of development would aid in their application in teaching learning process.
Through close observation of children in their natural environments the teacher trainee-
would be able to situate their theoretical knowledge within realistic frames. This course
would also be able to equip the trainees to reflect and critique the normative notions of
childhood and adolescence.
1.2 Objectives
After studying the Unit 1 the student-teacher will be able to -
• Explain the process of development from the pre-natal period to adulthood
• Analyze the typical development of children from birth to five years of age
• Comprehend the different domains of human development
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body change dramatically between conception and maturity.
Another aspect involves cognitive or intellectual abilities and processes. What children
know, learn and can remember changes greatly as they grow with the time.
A third aspect involves social behavior and relationships. A newborn has limited ability
to participate in social interactions but before reaching adulthood the child forms many
relationships and knows how to behave appropriately in a variety of social situations.
All the different facets of development are inter related.
Child development is the scientific study of how and why children change over time.
Although development is a continuous process it can be broadly divided into five periods
a. The prenatal period - Conception to birth
b. Infancy and toddlerhood -Birth to age 3
c. The preschool period -Ages 3 to 6
d. Middle childhood / the school years - Ages 6 to 12
e. Adolescence - Age 12 to adulthood
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undergoes a systematic series of sequential changes to become increasingly complex
and differentiated.
Over the period of the ten lunar months (usually about 280 days) of prenatal development,
the new organism shows many varieties of change. Changes in the kinds, number,
position, size and shapes of cells, tissues, and somatic systems occur.
Prenatal development includes three periods and these periods are a continuous phase
of development:
The period of the zygote / period of ovum, which is sometimes called the germinal
period, includes approximately the first two weeks of life, extending from fertilization
until the fertilized ovum, or zygote, proceeds down the fallopian tube and becomes
implanted on the wall of the uterus.
The period of the embryo extends from the second gestational week to the end of the
eighth gestational week. After implantation, the developing baby is called an embryo.
Differentiation of the most important organs and physiological systems occurs at this
time, and by the end of this period, the embryo is recognizable as a partially functioning
tiny human being. The period of the embryo is the phase in which environmental
intrusions caused by such things as maternal disease, malnutrition and drugs, etc., may
result in deviations in development. In addition, in this period, three important supporting
structures develop - the amniotic sac, the placenta and the umbilical cord. By the end
of the period of embryo, the face and its features are delineated, and fingers, toes and
external genitalia are present. At 6 weeks the embryo can be recognized as a human
being, although a rather strangely proportioned one in that the head is almost as large
as the rest of the body. Primitive functioning of the heart and liver, as well as the
peristaltic movement of ingestion, has been reported late in this period. Most
miscarriages, or spontaneous abortions, occur during this period; the embryo becomes
detached from the wall of the uterus and is expelled. Research has shown that the rate
of spontaneous abortion is as high as 1 in 4 pregnancies. This high rate of abortion may
be advantageous to the species since the great majority of aborted embryos have gross
chromosomal and genetic disorders. The most severely affected embryos are
spontaneously eliminated.
The period of the fetus extends from the ninth gestational week to birth. During this
time the body systems developed within the first 8 weeks of life are improved and
perfected (O’Rahilly and Muller,1987). The central nervous system (CMS develops
rapidly in this period though the development of CNS is completed several years after
birth. By the end of the fourth month (usually between 14th and 20th week) mothers
usually report movement of the fetus, This event is called quickening (A. C Harris,
1993), it marks the first direct contact between the mother and the baby. At around 5
months reflexes such as sucking, swallowing and hiccoughing usually appear. After
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the fifth month the fetus develops nails and sweat glands, a coarser, more adult like
skin, and a soft hair which covers the body. By 6 months the eyes develop, and opening
and closing of the eyes occur. If an infant is born prematurely at 6 months, the regulatory
processes and respiratory systems are usually not mature enough for survival without
intensive intervention.
Prenatal Influences on Development
During the period of prenatal development many agents may raise the incidence of
deviations or produce malformations in the fetus. These agents are called teratogens,
which derives from the Greek word ‘teras’, meaning ‘monster’ or ‘marvel’. Teratology
is the study of environmental factors that affect prenatal growth and cause birth defects
(Moore,1989).
Six classes of teratogens have been identified that account for 10% or fewer of all
congenital malformations {Brent & Beckman, 1990)
1. Disease or illness in the mother - hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes,
eclampsia (a type of hypertension), Rubella, chicken pox, mumps and measles
(caused by viruses), toxoplasmosis (infected animals may pass the parasite, or it
may be present in the raw meat eaten by animals), Sexually transmitted diseases
(syphilis, AIDS,etc), Blood (Rh) incompatibility.
2. Prescription and social drugs :-laxatives, tranquilizers, diet pills, headache and
cold remedies, antacids and even aspirin can have complicating effects. Steroids
may have devastating consequences for fertility for both men and women. Illegal
drugs, e.g., cocaine, heroin, morphine and other addictive drugs, cigarette smoking,
alcohol use.
3. Nutritional deficits and inconsistencies
4. Stress and emotional factors
5. Radiation exposure
6. Chemicals, toxins, and pollutants
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Principles of Growth
• Cephalocaudal Principal: growth directs the development from the head downward
• Proximodistal Principal: growth that proceeds from the spine to the extremities i.e.
encourages development from the central part of the body outward.
Infancy and Ø All senses and body Ø Ability to learn and Ø Attachments to
Toddlerhood systems operate at birth to remember are present, parents and others
(birth to age varying degrees. even in early weeks. form.
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Ø The brain grows in Ø Use of symbols and Ø Self-awareness
complexity and is highly ability to solve develops.
sensitive to environmental problems develop by
influence. end of second year. Ø Shift from depen-
dence to autonomy
occurs.
Ø Comprehension and
Ø Physical growth and use of language Ø Interest in other
development of motor skills develop rapidly. children increases.
are rapid.
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Early Child- Ø Growth is steady: Ø Thinking is some Ø Self-concept and
hood (3 to 6 appearance becomes what egocentric, understanding of
years) more slender and but understanding emotions grow:
proportions more adult of other people’s self-esteem is
like. perspectives grows. global. Indepen-
Ø Appetite diminishes, and Ø Cognitive dence, initiative/
sleep problems are immaturity leads to self-control, and
common. some illogical ideas self-care increase.
Handedness appears; fine about the world. Ø Gender identity
and gross motor skills Ø Memory and develops.
and strength improve. language improve. Ø Play becomes more
Ø Intelligence imaginative, more
becomes more elaborate, and more
predictable. social.
Ø Attending Ø Altruism,
preschool is aggression, and
common, fearfulness are
kindergarten more common.
so. Ø Family is still focus
of social life, but
other children
become more
important.
Adolescence (11 Ø Physical growth and Ø Ability to think Ø Search for identity,
to about 20 other changes are rapid abstractly and including sexual
years) and profound. scientific reasoning identity, becomes
Ø Reproductive maturity develops. central.
occurs. Ø Immature thinking Ø Relationships with
Ø Major health risks arise persists in some parents are
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from behavioral issues, attitudes and generally good.
such as eating disorders behaviors. Ø Peer groups help
and drug abuse. Ø Education focuses develop and test
on preparation for self-concept but
college or vocation. also may exert an
antisocial influence.
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1.6 Nature Vs Nurture
Psychologists considers that day to day behavior is affected by both biology and
environment and by past as well as by current experiences. People’s moods and thoughts
are often the result of genetic factors and biochemical processes interacting with
environment. There is a complex interplay between experience and biology, between
conscious voluntary decision making and inherited traits - between nurture and nature.
Nurture refers to the impact of learning, training, education or more generally the
individual’s environment.
Nature refers to the impact of an individual’s genetic inheritance or heredity. But inherited
traits do not become evident in behavior unless a person’s environment supports and
encourages them. Thus a child who has inherited some special talent must be given
opportunities
Some influences on development originate primarily with heredity: the genetic
endowment inherited from a person’s biological parents at conception. Other influences
come from the inner and outer environment: the world outside the self-beginning in the
womb, and the learning that comes from experience. Individual differences increase as
people grow older. Many typical changes of infancy and early childhood seem to be
tied to maturation of the body and brain - the unfolding of a natural sequence of physical
changes and behavior patterns, including readiness to master new abilities such as
walking and talking. As children grow into adolescents and then into adults, differences
in innate characteristics and life experience play a greater role.
Many controversies about children’s development rest upon differences in the emphasis
placed on nature and nurture as explanations for development. One of the controversies
concerns the relative importance of heredity and environment in determining the physical
and mental characteristics of the developing child. No completely accepted method
has been formed to isolate the influence of heredity from that of environment.
The evidence indicates that the development of physical and mental traits comes partly
from exercise and effort on the part of the individual. Which plays the more important
role is still a matter of conjecture.
Intrinsic maturation is the unfolding of characteristics potentially present in the individual
that come from the individual’s genetic endowment. The common development such
as creeping, crawling, sitting and walking comes through maturation.
The functions specific to the individual such as swimming, ball throwing, riding bicycles
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or writing need training. Without training the said skills may not develop. No hereditary
endowment can mature fully without environmental support.
In the field of child development
• Both biological and environmental factors are influential
• Biological extremists argue that biology is destiny and development is maturation,
course of development is predestined and predetermined by genetic factors.
• Modern developmental psychologists are exploring, how biological and
environmental factors interact to produce developmental differences.
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ii) Improving balance and co-ordination
iii) Developing information processing abilities
Experience - ongoing action perception cycle consist of
i) Perceiving possibilities and self-capabilities
ii) Interaction with other domains such as motivation, social and cognitive development
iii) Specific and flexible learning
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POSTURE AND LARGE MOVEMENTS (Major development)
AGE 1 MONTH
• Lying on back (supine) keeps head to one side
• Jerky movements of limbs and arms than legs
• At rest keeps hands closed and thumbs turned in
• Fingers and toes fan out in extension of limbs
• Pulled to sit - head lags till vertical , then momentarily erect, back is one complete
curve
• Held in supported sitting
• In ventral suspension- holds head in line with body and hips are semi-extended
• Placed on abdomen (prone)head immediately turns to side, arms and legs flexed,
elbows away from body, buttocks moderately high
AGE 3 MONTHS
• Lying on back (supine) - prefers to lie with head in midline, limbs more pliable,
movements smoother and more continuous
• Waves arms symmetrically, hands loosely open
• Brings hands together from sides to midline over chest and chin
• Kicks vigorously, legs alternate or occasionally together
• When pulled to sit - little or no head lag
• Held sitting - back is straight except in lumbar region
• Head held erect and steady for several seconds before bobbing forwards
• In ventral suspension - head held well above line of body, hips and shoulders
extended
• Needs support at shoulders when being bathed and dressed
• Lying on abdomen (prone) - lifts head and upper chest well up in midline, using
forearms to support with buttocks flat
• Held standing with feet on hard surface, sags at knees (negative support reflex)
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AGE 6 MONTHS
• In supine - raises head up and moves arms up to be lifted
• When hand grasped - braces shoulders and pulls self to sitting
• Kicks strongly, legs alternating
• Sits with support and turns head from side to side to look around
• Can roll over from prone to supine at around 5-6 months and usually from supine
to prone at around 6-7 months (Bly, 1994)
• Held sitting - head firmly erected with back straight
• May sit alone momentarily
• In prone- lifts head and chest well up, supporting self on flattened palms and
extended arms
• In supported standing with feet touching hard surface - bears weight on feet and
bounces actively
AGE 9 MONTHS
• Sits unsupported 10-15 minutes on the floor
• Can lean forward and pick up toy without losing balance
• Can turn body to look sideways and grasps toy
• Very active movements of whole body
• Progresses on floor by rolling or squirming
• Attempts to crawl and sometimes succeeds
• Pulls to standing holding support for a few moments but cannot lower himself and
falls backwards with a bump
• Held in standing - steps purposefully on alternate feet
• When being carried by an adult, supports self in upright position and turns headto
look around
AGE 12 MONTHS
• Sits well on floor for indefinite time
• Can rise to sitting position from lying down with ease
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• Crawls, shuffles on buttocks or ‘bear walks’ rapidly
• Pulls to standing and sits down again holding onto furniture
• Walks around furniture lifting one foot and stepping sideways
• Walks forwards and sideways with one or both hands held
• May stancj for a few moments, may walk
• May crawl upstairs (average 13-14 months)
AGE 15 MONTHS
• May walk alone usually with uneven steps: feet wide apart, arms slightly flexed
and held above head or shoulder level for balance.
• Let’s self-down from standing to sitting by collapsing backward with a bump Kneels
unaided or with support
AGE 18 MONTHS
• Walks well with feet only slightly apart
• Starts and stops safely
• No longer needs to hold up arms in extension to balance
• Runs carefully, head held erect in midline, eyes on the ground but finds difficulty
in negotiating obstacles
• Pushes or pulls toys or boxes
• Can carry a large doll or teddy bear while walking
• Backs into small chair or slides in sideways
• Climbs forward into adult’s chair, then turns around and sit
• Squats and rises with hands helping
• Walks upstairs with helping hand
• Creeps backwards down stairs or (occasionally) bumps down on buttocks
• Kneels upright on flat surface without support
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AGE 2 YEARS
• Runs safely on whole foot, stopping and starting with ease and avoiding obstacles
• Squats and rises to feet without using hands
• Pushes and pulls toys easily
• Walks backwards pulling toys
• Pulls small toys by cord with obvious appreciation of direction
• Climbs on furniture to look out of window or to open doors and can get down
again
• Shows increasing understanding of self in relation to size and position of objects
in the environment and to enclosed spaces such as a cupboard or cardboard box
• Walks up and down stairs holding on to rail or wall, two feet on each stair
• Throws small ball overhand and forwards without falling
• Walks into large balls when trying to kick it
• Sits on small tricycle but cannot use pedals - propels with feet across floor
AGE 3 YEARS
• Walks alone up stairs using alternate feet, comes downtwo feet to a step
• Usually jumps from bottom step with two feet together
• Climbs nursery apparatus with agility
• Can turn around odstacles and corner while running and while pushing or pulling
toys
• Walks forwards, backwards sideways hauling large toys with complete confidence
• Obviously appreciates size and movements of own body in relation to external
spaces
• Rides tricycle using pedals and can steer round obstacles
• Can stand and walk on tiptoe
• Stands momentarily on one(preferred) foot when shown
• Sits with feet crossed at ankles
• Can throw ball overhead and can catch large ball on or between extended arms
• Kicks ball forcibly
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AGE 4 YEARS
• Walks or runs alone up and down stairs, one foot to each step
• Navigates self-locomotion skillfully, turning sharp corners, running, pushing and
pulling
• Climbs ladders and trees
• Expert rider of tricycle, executing sharp U-turns easily
• Stands on one foot (preferred) for 3-5 seconds and hops on preferred foot
• Arranges and picks up objects from floor by bending from waist, with knees straight
• Sits with knees crossed
• Shows increasing skill in ball games, throwing, catching, bouncing, kicking, etc.,
including use of bat
AGE 5 YEARS
• Walks easily on narrow line
• Runs lightly on toes
• Active and skillful in climbing, sliding, swinging, digging, and various ‘stunts’
• Skips on alternate feet
• Moves rhythmically to music
• Grips strongly with either hand
• Can stand on one foot 8-10 seconds, right or left and also stand on preferred foot
with arms folded
• Can hop 2 or 3 yards forward on each foot separately
• Can bend and touch toes without flexing knees
• Plays all varieties of ball games with considerable ability, including those requiring
appropriate placement or scoring, according to accepted rules
Cognitive Development
All children can learn. Learning refers to adaptation to one’s environment through
the use of cognitive or intellectual development. Intellectual development can be
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defined as an individual’s ability to cope with the changing world through continuous
organization and re-organisation of experiences.
Cognitive development refers to the processes involved in -
• Attention - focuses on selection of sensory stimuli
• Perception - include detection, organization, interpretation of sensory information
• Memory - refers to retention and recall of perceived information
• Reasoning - using knowledge to make association between familiar and new
information, make inferences and draw conclusions
• Reflection - evaluation of the quality of ideas and solutions to problems
• Insight - recognition of new relationships between two segments of information
Learning is facilitated by both the Internal and External environment.
The Internal environment broadly comprises of
i) Sensory organs and sensory integration
ii) Smooth functioning of other bodily systems
iii) Mental health
The External environment consists of
i) People around us
ii) The air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink
iii) Flora and Fauna
iv) Our social and emotional experiences
v) Opportunities and Access
Stage Theory
Studies on children suggest that biological drive is not enough for children to
move from one stage to the other. Opportunities, access to facilitative adults and a
stimulating environment that promotes activity based learning and discovery
learning are required for children to move across the stages.
~ Each stage evolves from the previous stage
~ No sub-stage or stage is skipped
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~ The sequence does not vary
~ Learning becomes more complex as the child moves from one stage to another
~ The transition from one stage to another is gradual
Sensori-motor Stage
During this period behavior is primarily motor. The child does not yet ‘think’
conceptually, though cognitive development is seen.
This stage -
• Involves use of sensory information and action patterns
• Develops knowledge based on physical and sensory experiences
Six Sub-stages of Sensori-motor stage
1. Random and reflex actions (Birth to 4-6 weeks)
2. Primary circular reaction phase (4-6 weeks to 3-4 months)
3. Secondary circular reactions phase (4 to 7/8 months)
4. Co-ordination of secondary circular reactions phase (7/8 to 12 months)
5. Tertiary circular reactions phase (12 to 18 months)
6. Inventions of new means through mental combinations (17/18 months to 24 months)
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SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION (Major development)
Age in months
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15 Makes many speech-like sounds
Says a few recognizable words
Comprehends simple questions
Points to familiar persons
18 Enjoys nursery rhymes
Identifies simple pictures
Attempts to sing
Imitates animal sounds
2 years Comprehends verbs - points to appropriate action pictures, e.g., eating,
running
Combines two or three words - ‘Bye papa’
Refers to self by using name
Joins in nursery rhymes and action songs
Indicates body parts
Carries out simple instructions
2+ to 3 years Uses 200 or more recognizable words
Knows full name
Imitates phrases (echolalia)
Asks questions beginning - what? who? Where?
Listens eagerly to stories and demands favourites over and over
Counts by rote up to ten or more but little appreciation of quantity beyond
two or three
3+ to 5 years Speech grammatically correct and completely intelligible
Understands some abstract concepts, e.g., ‘one of, ‘before’, ‘after’, ‘if
Listens to and tells long stories
Counts by rote and beginning to count objects by word and touch in
one-to-one correspondence up to four or five
Enjoys jokes
Can repeat nursery rhymes correctly
Speech fluent, grammatically conventional and usually phonetically
correct
Gives full name, age and usually birthday
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Gives home address
Defines concrete nouns by use
Understands time and sequence concepts and uses terms such as ‘first’
then ‘last’
Asks meaning of abstract words and uses them
AGE 3 MONTHS
• Fixes eyes unblinkingly on parent’s or carer’s face when feeding
• Eager anticipation of breast or bottle feed
• Begins to show reactions to familiar situations by smiling, cooing and excited
movements
• Enjoys bathing and caring routines
• Responds with pleasure to friendly handling, e.g., playful tickling, singing
AGE 6 MONTHS
• Recognises familiar people
• Reacts enthusiastically to often-repeated games
• Differentiates between people and objects
• When offered a rattle, reaches for it and shakes it to make a sound
• Manipulates objects attentively, passing them from hand to hand
• Takes objects to mouth
• Touches, feels objects and explores environment
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AGE 9 MONTHS
• Recognises his / her own mother
• Initially shy with strangers
• Throws body back and stiffens in annoyance or resistance
• Plays ‘peek-a-boo’ and imitates hand clapping
• Offers food to familiar people and animals
• Watches toy being partially hidden under a cover or cup and then finds it
• Sustained interest in looking at pictures named by adult
AGE 12 MONTHS
• Waves ‘Bye’ and claps hands
• Makes wants known by pushing, pulling and reaching
• Put objects in and out of cup or box when shown
• Demonstrates affection to familiars
• Enjoys joint play with adults
AGE 15 MONTHS
• Pushes large, wheeled toy with handle on level ground
• Explores toys
• Engages in functional play, e.g. pushing toy car, pretends to drink from empty
cup
• Casts objects to floor in play or rejection and watches where things fall. Looks
for hidden toy
• Enjoys ‘give and take’ games
• Looks to care-giver to monitor his/her reactions particularly in unfamiliar situations
• Is affectionate to familiar people
AGE 18 MONTHS
• Explores environment with understanding but no sense of danger
• Treats dolls and teddies as babies - hugging, feeding, etc.
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• Remembers where objects belong
• Plays alone but likes to be near familiar adult or older sibling.
• Exchanges toy both cooperatively and in conflict with peers
• Holds spoon and gets food safely to mouth
• Assists with dressing and undressing
AGE 2 YEARS
• Follows parent around house and imitates domestic activities in simultaneous
play
• Shows tantrums when frustrated
• May take turns but has little idea of sharing tous
• Parallel play present
• Resentful of attention shown to other children, particularly by own familiars
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• Follows tidiness routines but needs constant reminders
• Plays imaginatively, creating
• Choose own friends
• Understands need for rules and fair play
• Shows definite sense of humour
• Tender and protective towards younger children and pets
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Unit 2 : Theoritical Approach to Development
Structure
2.1 Congnitive and Social Congnitive Theories
2.1.1 Introduction
2.1.2 Objective
2.1.3 Theory of Congitive Development—Piaget
2.1.4 Educational Implication
2.1.5 Check Your Progress-1
2.1.6 Lere Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory
2.1.7 Educational Implications
2.1.8 Check Your Progress-2
2.1.8 Jerome S Bruner
2.1.10 Educational Implications
2.1.11 Check your Progress-3
2.1.12 Albert Bandura’s Theory of Congnitive Development
2.1.13 Educational Implications.
2.1.14 Check Your Progress
2.2.1 Asy-chosocial Theory of Erikson
2.2.2 Abrief Description of the Psychosocial Stages.
2.2.3 Educational Implications
2.2.4 Check Your Progress-1
2.3.1 Psychoanalytic Theory by Freud.
2.3.2 Structure of the Psych or mind
2.3.3 The Concept of ld Ego—Superego.
2.3.4 Stages of Development
2.3.5 Educational Implications
2.3.6 Check Your Progress
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2.4.1 Ecological Theory of Bron-fenbrenner
2.4.2 Bronfenbrennerb Structure of Environments
2.4.3 Educational Implications
2.4.4 Check Your Progress
2.5.1 Holistic Theory of Development (Steiner)
2.5.2 Principles of Steiner Education
2.5.3 Educational Implications
2.5.4 Check Your Progress
2.5.5 Let us Sum up
2.5.6 Unit End Exercise
2.5.7 Answer to ‘Check Your Progress’
2.5.8 References
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Pioneer in the field are : Piaget, Vigostsky and Bruner.
Where as Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) refers to a psychological model of behaviour
that emerged primarily form the work of Albert Bandura (1977-1986). Initially developed
with an emphasis on the acquistion of social behaviours, Social cognitive theory (SCT)
continues to emphesize that learning occures in a social context and that much of what
is larned is gained through observation.
In this unit we will be able to understand the cognitive theory and social cognitive
theory in the context of develoment of learner cognition. You will also be able to know
the theories of Piaget, Vigotsky, Bruner and Bandura.
2.1.2. Objectives :
After going through this unit, we will be able to
❏ Know the cognitive theory given by Piaget, Vigotsky, Bruner and Bandura.
❏ Elucidate the theory of Erikson.
❏ Explain the theory of Freud and trace out its importance in personality development.
❏ Understand the ecological theory of Bronfren Brenner.
❏ Know the holistic theory of development by Steiner.
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experience. The situation and conshuet their cognitive structure. All the stages are
stated below.
Stage 1 : Sensorimotor (Birth–2 years) "Thinking with the senses." During this stage
children use touch, sound, sight, taste and smell to an object. Raach for a ball, they
move head and eyes to follow moving objects.
Stage 2 : Preoperational (2-7 years) "Use of language and symbols." General making
believe is developed in this stage. They play with telephone and pretend to drink. They
believe that everyone thinks the way that they do (called egocentrism). They also believe
that inanimate objects have feelings and thoughts like they do.
Stage 3 : Concrete Operational (7-11 years) children in the concrete operational stage
have a better understanding of time and space. Children at this stage have limits to
their abstract thinking, according to Piaget.
Stage 4 : Formal Operational (11-years) "logical and abstract thinking." The formal
stage begins in most people at age twelve and continues into adulthood. This stage
produces a new kind of thinking that is abstract, logical and formal. Thinking is no
longer tied to events that can be observed. A child in this stage can think hypothetically
and use logic to solve problems. It is thought that not all indeviduals reach this level of
thinking.
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actually leads to cognitive development. This phenomena is called the Zone of Proximal
Development. He explains it as "the distance between the actual development level as
determined by in dependent problem solving and the level of potential development as
determined through problem solving under adult guidence or in collaboration with
more capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1978).
Generally, a student can perform a task under adult guidence or with peer collaboration
that cannot be achieved alone. The Zone of proximal develpoment bridges that gap
between what is known and what can be known. Vygotsky Calims that learning occur
in this zone.
Therefore, Vygotsky focuses on the connections between people and the cultural context
in which they act and interact in shared experiences (Crawford, 1996). According to
him, humans use tools that develop from a culture, such as speech and writing, to
mediate their social environments. Initially children develop these tools to serve solely
as social functions, ways to communicate needs. He believs that the insternalization of
these tools led to higher thinking skills. Piaget points out that young children participating
in egocentric speech in their prepoerational stage, but when children reaches in the
concrete stage this phare become disappear. In contrast, Vygotsky viewed this egocentric
speech as a transition from social speech to internalized thoughts (Driscoll, 1994).
Therefore, he believs that thought and language cannot exist without each other.
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2.1.8. Check Your Progress :
(6) Who is considered the originator of social development theory.
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(7) What is zone of proximal development ?
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Structure :
Structure is important thing in Bruner's theory of learning. In this aspect he reflects the
views of Gestalt psychology. He finds that the structure of discipline veries in complaxity
from stage to stage. Learning become meaningful only when the learner Grasps the
structure of a discipline The same idea may be compared with Piaget's use of the term
'Schema' which means cognitive structrue.
DISCOVERY LEARNING :
Grasping the struture of a subject is understanding it in a way that permits many other
things, to be related to it meaningfully. According to Bruner, learning is not passive,
but an active process of discovery influenced by prior knowledge and ability of the
learner. These resources are very limited in the case of an infant. Teachr should provide
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problem situations that stimulate student to "discovery" for themselves the "structure"
of the subject matter.
Therefore, from the above discussion of "structure" and "discovery learning" it way be
stated that ideas can be linked to those who propose information precessing models in
that he suggests development occures as mental structures become more elaborate and
sophisticated through interaction and experience, "learners construct new ideas or
concepts based upon their current/past knowledge. The selects and transform information,
constructs hypothesis and makes decisions, relying on a cognitive structure to do so"
(Kearsley, 2001). In addition, his work is considered interactional in a manner similar
to that proposed by Dewey and Vygotsky. He is concerned with the sequence of
representation (the stages), but he is eaually concerned with the role of culture on
cognitive development.
Besides these, Bruner recognizes three modes of representation that must be present at
all stages of development. These three modes of representation (enactive, iconic and
symbolic) are not necessarily hierarchical, but some learning can only be achieved by
passing through each thpe in a specefid development order.
Enactive representation can only demonestrate the past through appropirate motor
experiences. Iconic represatation employes the use of orgamizational structures, spatial
signifiers,or images to represent past experiences. The third one is symbolic. In this
mode, design features that can include remotenss or arbitrariness represent the past.
Language is the most common tool used for this type of representation, but the
characterizing feature of these type of representation is that the symobles being used
do not have to have a concrete corelations to what is being described. The representation
goes a concrete connection to th information.
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students to go beyond the content or information provided and fill in the gaps in thier
knowledge through exploration and enquiry.
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But imitation follows certain principles such as competency, prestige, power and
similarity of the model.
How does learning take place ? According to Bandura (1977), the following processes
or steps are usually involved in this kind of learning :
(1) Attending to and perceiving the behaviour : In this step the learner follows the
behaviour of the person acting as a model. Particular aspect or total behaviour of the
subject may grab close attention for analysis.
(2) Remembering the behaviour : In this step, what are the learner observes is field
away in his memory in the form of mental images.
(3) Converting the memory into action : It is transformed into action only afterwards
and then the observed relevent and accepted aspects of the model's bahaviour are imitated
by the learner.
(4) Reinforcement of the imitated behaviour : In this final step, the bahaviour of the
model imitated by the learner is reinforced for proper adoption and further continuance.
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Stage II : A sense of autonomy versus a sense of shame. In this stage, child develops a
sense of autonomy. He does not want help from others. He likes to do things in his own
way. Parents should be careful about their autonomy. There should have balance between
firmness and permissiveness to make a healthy sense of autonomy.
Stage III : A sense of initiative versus guilt. The third stage of psycho-social development
between three to six years of age is characterized by the crisis of initative versus guilt.
Equiped with the sense of trust and autonomy the child now begins to take initiative in
interacting with his environment. Therefore, these is need to resolve the crisis of initiative
vs guilt at this stage of psycho-social development and it can be property done if we
allow the child to experiment with his initative by properly supervising and guiding
him activites and encouraging him to develop a habit of self-evaluation of the results
of his iniliative.
Stage IV : Period of industry vs. inferiourity. Generally, by this age children begin
to attend to school where they are made to learn various skills and the teachers as well
as the school environment generate pressures on them to work hard in ordr to perform
well. Parents also now begin to make demands upon the children to lend their hand
with household duties or some cases put them with occupational resposnibilities.
Therefore, the teachers and the school environment thus play a very significant role in
helping the child out of the industry versus inferiority crisis.
Stage V : The period of indentity vs role confusion :
This stage, begining with the abvent of puberty, is marked with the crisis of identity vs
role confusion. Adolescents begin to search for their own personal identity equipped
with the sense of trust, initiative and indistry. The sudden changes in their bodies and
mental functioning and the altered demands of society compel them to ask questions of
themselves like, who am I ? What have I bacome? Am I the some person I used to be ?
What am I suppised to do and in which manner am I to behave. There is return of
leterosexual interests. Adolseents are concerned about their future role and status.
Stage VI : Intimacy vs isolation : This is the stage of easly adulthood. Erikson considers
social interaction has fundamental and unavoidable influence on personality
development. So, durng this stage the individual tends to develop a sense of intimacy
or commitment to another person.
The opposite of intimacy is isolation. When one fails to develop an adequate sense of
intimacy by using one's identity with that of another person or when relation deteriorates
for one reason or another, one tends to develop a sense of isolation––a pulling away
from relationships and breaking off of ties.
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Stage VII : The period of crativity vs stagnation : This stage is called middle
adulthood. In this stage, he tries to establish in a professional career. He wants to satisfy
his needs for generativity, a concern to establish and guide the next generation. This is
realized through nurturing his own children, guiding and directing other young people
and by emgaging is some kind of creative, productive for fruitful activity that may
prove beneficial to society.
Opposed to the sense of generativity, there is a tendency on past of the individual to
become egoistic and selfish. This leads to stagnation and personal impoverishment.
Stage VIII : Integrity vs despair. This is old age. The person reflects upon the life
lived and sometimes integrates even death into the pattern. During this last stage of
psycho-social development one is confronted with the final cirsis of one's life span,
termed ego-integrity vs despair. Ego-integrity refers to he integration or culmination of
the successful resolution of all seven previous crisis in the course of one's life.
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(14) What are the stages in this theory of Psycho-social developments put formal by
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Let us try to understand these terms.
Conscious : This structure of mind may be compared with the upper surface layer of a
river. It occupies only one thenth of our total mental life. The ideas, thoughts and
image that we are aware of any moment of our mental life is the concious part of mind.
Pre-consecious : The preconsecious mind is the part of the mind that represents ordinary
memory. When we are not conseciously aware of this information at any given time,
we can retrieve it and pull it into conseciousness when needed.
Unconscious : Below the preconscious mind lies the unconscious. It is most important
of part of our mind. It contains all the repressed wishes, desires, feelings, drives and
motives many of which even relate to sex aggression.
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3. Phallic stage : This stage is confined with the ages between three to six years. The
sexual pleasure shifts from anus to sexual organ. Oedipus complex is developed during
this period. The male child desires his mother and wants to destroy his rival, the father
but perceives his father as a powerful rival and is afraid of being hermed by castrating
him. The primitive fear of physical herm is called "castration anxiety." Gradually this
conflict is resolved by repressing his desire for his mother and identifying with his
father. The female child likes her father, and hates her mother. This is called ‘‘Electra
Complex’’.
About the oedipus and Electra phases, Freud says that these are the results of the sexual
attraction or pleasure of that children experience in the company of the parent of the
opposite sex.
4. The latency stage : This is the fourth developmental stage where in girls starts from
6 years and boys 7 to 8 years. They like to play with there own sex and neglect or hate
members of the opposite sex.
5. The genital stage : Puberty is the onset of the genital stage. The children at this
stage have very strange feeling, as they have strong sensation in their genitals and
gets attracted towards the opposite sex. At this stage they may fall in love with
themself, takes interest in beautifying themselves and even go to the extent of sexual
relation.
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with which the child has direct contact. The microsystem encompasses the relationships
and enteractions a child has with her immediate surroundings (Berk, 2000). Structure
in the microsystem in clude family, school neighbourhood, or child care environments.
The mesosystem : This layer provides the connection between the structures of the
child's micorsystem (Berk 2000). Examples : the connection between the child's teacher
and his parents, between his church and his neighbourhood, etc.
The exosystem : It describes the larger social system in which the child does not function
directly. The structures in this layer impact the child's development by interacting with
some structure in her microsystem (Berk 2000). Parent workplace schedules or
community based family resources are example. The child may not be directly involved
at this level, but he does feel the positive or negative forces involved with the interaction
with his own system.
The macrosystem : It is the outer most layer in the child's environment. While not
being a specific framework, this layer is comprised of cultural values, customs, and
laws (Brek 2000).
The chronosystem : This system encompasses the dimension of time as it relates to a
child's environment. Elements within this system can be either extermal, such as the
timing of a parent's death, or internal such as the psychological changes that occur with
the aging of child. As children get older, they may react differently to environmental
changes and may be more able to determine more how that changes will influence
them.
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2.4.4 Check your progress :
(19) Why ecological theory of Bronfenbrenner is very important in the aspect of
socialzation process of a child ?
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❏ Teach a child to write before you teach them to read.
❏ Engage with the child and make sure that they are enthusiastic about the material
being covered.
❏ Give a moral lead but do not teach a particular set of beliefs.
❏ Encourage learning for its own sake. Do not just work for exams.
❏ Self-actualization.
2. Interpersonal connections.
Social studies and other curriculum areas should be used
❏ Empathize and understant others.
3. Interconnectedness.
Social studies and other curriculum areas should be used to understand the whole, to
see the world interms of inter-related and interconnected experience.
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❏ Nurture and to give to all (enviornment, humans, other)
❏ Embrace seemingly paradoxical ways of thinking (things are not either/or; rather
they are)
Three Views of Teaching :
There are three views of teaching as stated below.
1. Teaching as transmission.
The first and foremost task of teaching is to transmit knowledge. This is a teacher-
centric approach in which the teacher is the transmitter of knowledge. A teacher's job
from this perspective is to supply students with a designated body of knowledge in a
predetermined order. The main focus of this approach is to develop the academic
achievement of students.
2. Teaching as transaction.
This view perceives teaching as creating situations whereby students are able to transact
with the material. The philosophy of construetivism consistent with this view. A common
constructisist learning strategy is to help students generate what they know about a
topic before a lesson. This helps them to strengthen the connection between known
and new.
3. Teaching as a transformation.
Transformational teaching and learning invite both students and teachers to discover
their full potential as learness, as members of society, and as human beings. The ultimate
transformational goal is to become more nurturing human beings who are better able to
perceive the interconnectedness of all human, plant and animal life (Narve, 2001) Holistic
education is an educational philosophy consistent with the transformative view.
Academic achievement from this perspective is seen as discovering and developing
your unique talents and capbilities to the fullest extent possible.
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2.5.3. Educational Implication :
Steiner believed that education should be disigned to meet the changing needs of a
child as they develop physically, mentally and emotionaly. So, in the aspect of allround
development Steiner's theory of holistic approach is very important in to day's world. It
helps a child to fulfil his full potential.
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(ix) Why psycho-socical theory of development is very important in learning ?
(x) How many stages are there in the psycho-social theory of development discuss the
characteristics of each stages.
(xi) Discuss the various stages f personality development of Freud according to psycho-
analysis theory with their characteristics.
(xii) Discuss the structure of 'psyche' or mind of the theory of psycho-analysis of Sigmund
Freud.
(xiii) Why ecological theory of Bronfenbrenner is very important in the aspect of
socialization process of a child ?
(xiv) Discuss the importance of principles of Steaine's education.
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(12) This theory is very important to understand the socialization process because it
takes place through the process of imitation and observation. It is very important
for the parents to act well behaved because their gestures are observed by their
children otherwise they may imitate worng behaviour.
(13) According the Erikson, the stages of development are categorized into eight phases
marked by specific developmental charateristics.
(14) The duration of 1st phrase of development is birth to 1st year.
(15) Puberty begins in the 5th stages, the period of identity vs role confusion.
(16) Psychoanalysis is a shcool of psychology which did not originate in psychology
itself. It remians a concersn for modern psychiatry becaue Sigmund Freud who
was a pioneer of psychoanalysis was actually a neurophysiologist (from the domen's
of Psychiatry).
(17) In the oral stage, the focus of pleasure is in the mouth. The child's love object is
his anoher's breast which he sucks to satisfy his hunger. Where as the anal stage
refers to the stages when the focus of pleasure shifts from mouth to the anus.
(18) Sinmund Freud
(19) According to Bronfenbrenner sociatal attitudes should foster that value work
done on behalf of children at all levels parents, teachers, extended family, mentors
work supervisors and legislators.
(20) In the micro system the layer is very closest to the child and contains the structures
with which the child had direct contact.
Where as in the meso system, this layer provides the connections between the
structures of the child's microsystem.
(21) According to Steainer, up to the age of seven learner should encourage with play,
drawing, storgletting, nature study etc. the also suggests that teach a child to
write before you teach them to read.
(22) Interpersonal connections mean encouragement of developing the interpersonal
intelligence and social skills and to perceive interpersonal connections.
2.5.8. References
(i) Inhelder, B. and Piaget, J., The Growth of logical Thinking from childhood to
Adolescence (Trans. by Anne Parson and stanley Milgram), New York : Basic Books,
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1958.
(ii) Papalia, D. E. and Olds. S.W., Psychology, New York : Mc Grow Hill. 1987.
(iii) Erickson, E., Childhood and Society, New York : Norton, 1950.
(iv) Hurlock, E. B., Child Psychology, Tokyo : Mc Grow Hill, 1959.
(v) Mangal, S. K. Educational Psychology, Ludhiana : Prakash Brothers. 1989.
(vi) Rudolph Steiner : Education : An Introductory Reader (Christropher Clouder, ed),
Sophia books (March 2004)
(vii) Wilkinson, R. (1996) : The Spiritual Basis of Steiner Education. London : Sophia
Books.
(viii) Miller. J. (1996). The holistic curriculum, Toron to : OISE Press.
(ix) Santrock. J. W. (2007). Adolescence, Tata Mc. Grow Hill Publishing Company,
New Delhi.
(x) Brisbane. E. H. (2004). The developing child, Mc. Grow Hill. USA.
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Unit - 3 p The Early Years (Birth To Eight Years)
Structure
3.1.1. Introduction
3.1.2 Objectives
3.1.3 Conception of Pre-natal Development
3.1.4 Stages of Pre-natal Development
3.1.5 Stages and influences of Prenatal Development
3.1.6 Check Your Progress
3.1.3 Milestones and variations in Development
3.3.4 Signifance of these milestones
3.3.5 Check Your Progress
3.2.1 Birth and Meonatal Development
3.2.3 Screeing the newborn
3.2.4 Check Your Progress
3.2.5 The Newborn (APGAR) Scoring System
3.2.6 Check Your Progress
3.2.7 Reflexes and responses of Newborn
3.2.8 Normal Newborn Reflexes and Behaviour
3.2.9 Check Your Progress
3.2.10 Neuro-perceptual Development
3.2.11 Objective
3.2.12 Introduction
3.2.13 Importance of perceptual development
3.2.14 Development of auditory-visual perception
3.2.15 Check Your Progress
3.4 Environmental factors inflencing early childhood development
3.4.1 Objective
3.4.2 Introduction :
3.4.3 Environment availble after birth
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3.4.5 Check Your Progress
3.5.1 Role of play in enhancing development
3.5.2 Objective :
3.5.6 Reference :
3.5.5 Check Your Progress
3.5.4 The importance of play in promoting healthy child development :
3.5.3. Introduction :
3.5.7 Let us Sum-up
3.5.8 Unit End Exercises
3.5.9 Answer to check progress
3.1.1. Introduction
As for as the human being is concerned, life starts with the conception in the mother's
wrmb as a result of the process of fertilization of the ovem (egg cell) of the mother by
the sperm cell of the father. The mother's womb then becomes the site and the means
for the growth and development of the new life and it is only after about nine months
that the baby is able to come into the world as a newborn. The period spent in the
mother's womb is termed as pre-natal period and is useully not includes in the
computation of unis chronological age.
3.1.2 : Objectives
❏ to know the conception of Prenatal development.
❏ to understand various stages of Prenatal development.
❏ to know the influences of Prenatal development.
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3.1.4 : Stages of Pre-natal Development
In duration of pregnancy is divided into three wqual segments called trimesters. The
first trimester (month-3) is essential to the proper development of the infant and
encompasses both the ovum and embriynic period of pre-natal development. This is
when all organs, nerve cells, and brain cells develop. This when most spontaneous
abortions (miscarriages) occur. They generally are caused by abnormal development
of the fetus and are nature's way of eliminating a chromosomal abnormality. It is vital
that all necessary nutrients be avaiable to the fetus in order to develop properly. This
period is also called the period of the zygote. This stage begins at conception and lasts
until the zygote is implanted in the mother's uterus.
The second trimester (month 4-6) is often reffered to as the "golden trimester." This is
wehn the mother generally feels the best. Morning sickness and nausea have generally
disappeared, and the mother in quite comfortable. In this period, the umbilical cord is
connected to the placenta. The placenta is un organ that serve as a medium ofr the
exchange of nutrients and waste products between the mother and the fetus. During
this period, all the organs that will remain present at birth are formed. The third trimester
compirses month 7-9. There are important months for the baby as its organs and body
systems mature and prepare to function on their own. The fat accumulated during this
time will give the baby a "hadd start" on life. The third development period is also
called the period of the fetus. The fetus will begin to resemble a human being, and
features will increase in clasity. During the fetal period the baby may8 increase in
length by as much as 12 inches.
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Important environmental influeces involving the mother include nutrition, physical
activity, smoking, intake of alcholo or other drugs, transmission of maternal illness or
infections, maternal age, incompatibility of blood type, and external environmental
hazards, such as chemicals, and radiation. External influences may also affect the father's
sperm, such as teratogemic, fetal alchol syndrome (FAS) and AIDS.
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3.1.3 Milestones and variations in Development
3.3.2 Objective
to know the developmental milestones and variation.
3.3.4 : Infants go through many changes during their first 12 months and so two
infants develop at the same pace One infant may reach a milestone early, another later.
Infants born prematurely tend to reach miles stones a little later. It is also not unusual
for infants toregress in one skill or another from time to time. Many infants, for example,
develop sleep problems when their teeth begin to come in.
The following is a general guide to some basic milestone for physical, cognitive, language
and social and emotional development from birth to 12 months.
Newborn to 1 months
Physical development milestones
❏ Infants develop basic reflexes needed to survive, such as sueking swallowing, coughing,
gagging, elimination, graasping, blinking and starling.
❏ Their eyes are not coordinated and may appear to corss.
❏ They cannot organize their hands and eyes to work together
Cognitive developmental molestones
❏ Infant will watch an object about 12-15 inches away, especially if it is moving slowly
from one side of their field of vision to the other.
❏ They can distinguish smells and taste. They may prefer sweet-testing liquids and wil
recoil from unpleasant smells.
Language developmental milestone
❏ Infants communicate mostly by crying but sometines by making other noises.
❏ They will turn in direction of a familiar voice.
Social and emotional development milestones
❏ Infants will sleep, on average, between 17 and 19 hours a day. But they do it in a
series of short sleeping periods.
❏ They enjoy being held and rocked.
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1–4 months
Physical development milestones
❏Infants when face down, should be able to lift their head and chest and look both
ways.
❏ The move their arms and legs in a squirming fashion and kick their legs out.
Cognitive development milestones
❏ Infants move their heads toward different colours and changes in lighting.
❏ They are attracted to people' voices.
Language developmental milestones
❏ Infants make cooing and gurgling noises, especially when a coregiver talks to or
smiles at them.
❏ They cry when they need someting.
Social and emotional milestones
❏ Infants respond with a smile when somone smiles at them.
❏A familier voice can soothe them when they are upset.
4–8 months
Physical development milestones
❏ Their first teeth may come in, causing gum swelling and irritation.
❏ They can support a bottle on their own during a feeding.
Cognitive development milestones
❏ Infant anticipate being fed and may open their mouth when food is in sight.
❏ They will focus on an objects and reach for it.
Langaage development milestones
❏ Infants will recognize their own name.
❏ They repeat the same sounds over and over.
Social and emotional milestones
❏ Infants have a strong attachment to, and preference for, their primary caregivers.
❏ They may start to show stranger anxiety around unknown adults.
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8–12 months
Physical development milestones
❏ They manage to drink from a cup with a little help.
❏ They can sit up by themselves.
Cognitive development milestones
❏ Infants imitate the movements of their caregivers.
❏ They start to understand how to use common objects.
Language development milestones
❏ Infants will imitate spoken words or sound made by their caregivers.
❏ Infants begin to interact verbully with their caregivers.
Social and emotional development milestones
❏ Infants will try to keep their primary caregivers in sight.
❏ They may share belongings with other infants.
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becau9se the health policies have typically targeted mortality and infections morbities
but not disabilityes.
These policies have been successful in lowering infant mortality rates,but the net effect
of these gains has been somewhat offset by an increase in disability.
One of the basis requistics for a screeing programme is the availability of the
epidemiolegical data regarding disease burden. But in our country like Inida the diagnosis
is delayed due to lack of awarness among the professionals and of easily accesible
teachnices expertire.
Therefore priorities have been given across the country for inclusion ini the first phase
such as-congenital Hypothyroidism.
It has been included in newborn screeing programme and serves as a tmeplate for both
introductions, fulfilment of all cirteria and cost efectiveness of the newborn screening.
This is because of availability of smiple therapentic measures and the good response
that follow early detection and treatment.
Deafness –– The importance of screeing for deafness can clearly be understood from
the fact that if hearing aid can be provided in the prelingeual phare it can minimize the
negative impact 17 sensorinerved hearing loss on speach and language acquisition.
Hemoglobin Disorders : It is considered to be a serious problem by who. In India, the
career frequency of beta thalassema varies from 1–17% (mean 3.3%). It is estimated
that about 10,000 babies affected with beta thalassema are born every year.
G6PD Deficiency : G6PD screeing should be given importance. It should also be
included in the first phase but in regionalized manners. Both ELISA and
flouroimmunoassay based tastecan be done.
Congenital Adrenal Hyperploasia (CAH) : The incidents of CAH in India has been
found to be 1 : 2575 from a small sample survey. In a study from ALLMS, NewDelhi,
CAH was diagnosed in about 38% of children presenting with ambiguous genitalia.
What was most striking was that only one child out of the 53 cases studied was brought
immediately after with 14 presenting after the age of one year.
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was further more hoped that the scoring system would ensure closer observation of the
infant during the 1st minute of life.
Therfore, mostly we can say, the APGAR scroing system is used to asses newborn
infants for depression of cardiopulmonary and neurological function. Scroing is done
at 1 and 5 minuts after birth.
The scoring system is given below for better understanding the topic.
Sign 0points 1 points 2 points
Heart Rate Absent <100 >100
Respiratory Effort Absent Weak cry Strong cry
Muscle Tone Flaccid Some flexion Active motion
Reflex Irritability No response Grimace Cough, sneeze, or cry
Colour Blue, pale Body-pink; extremities blue Fully pink
Introduction :
Minimum Score : 0
Maximum Score : 10
The lower the score the more profoundly affected the infant is with score 5 considered
serious. A low initial scores with no improvement in 5 minute score is associated with
neonatal problems including denth.
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Toxic Neck Reflex : The baby appear like a "fencer" when lying flat on her back and
fauing to the side. Whichefver direction her face is turned, that arm will extend and the
other will be flexed. Babies may sleep in this position for a couple of years; however,
an awake baby should not display this reflex beyond four months of age. Prolonged
display of this reflex in an awalke state could be an indication of cerebral palsy.
Doll's Eye Reflex : As with a doll eyes, when an baby is lying on her back, if you turn
her head from side to side, her eyes remian fixed. This reflex lasts up to two months of
age.
Babinski's Reflex : The baby toes will hyperextend when the bottom of his foot is
stroked upward from the sole to the ball of his foot. This reflex disapperes within a
year.
Stepping Refelex : When the bewborn is held upright with the fect on a flat surface,
the baby will make stepping motions. This reflex diminishess by the fourth month and
does not return until the baby begins to standard walk.
Baues' Reflex : When pressure is applied to the soles of the feet of a newborn lying
face-down, the baby will making crauling movements. This disappears by sik weeks of
age and returns when the baby is learning to crawl.
Traction Reflex : When a newborn is pulled up by the wirsts to a sitting position, hee
hand will first fall back, than life upright and held before it falls forward onto the chest.
This is a sign of maturity and musels tone.
Arm Recoil : The baby's are will flex rapidly after extending them.
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expand their langs.
• Passing gas (not a temporary behaviour)
• Sleep noise from breathing and moving
• Sneezing
• Spitting up or belching
• Brie stiffening of the body after a noise or sudden movement (also called that startle
reflex), the more reflex or hte embrace eyevlex.
• Staraining with bowel movements.
• Throat clearing (or gurgling sounds of secrctions in the throat.
Trembling or jitteriness of arms and legs are comon during crying (Jittery babies are
common. Convulsions are rare. During suck with theirs months, and don't cry.) If your
baby is trembling and not crying. Give her something to suck on. If the tremblings
doesn't stop when your baby is sucking, call your physican's office immediately.
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Neuro-preceptual development refers to perception of information from objects or events
avaiable to multiple senses stimulation. Because most objects and events can be seen'
heard, and touched, everyday perception is primarily intermodal. Despite the feet that
information about the world is carried through different sensory channels that each
provide distinct form of stimulation, we are able to perceive a stabel world of uniturg
objects and events (people speaking, cars hanking), rather thans seperate sights, sounds,
and tectile impressions. The seems work together as a coordinated perceptual system,
even in newborns, and intermodal perception develop rapidly and with increasing
specificity across infancy.
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3.2.14 : Development of auditory-visual perception
Scientist have discovered that even young infants are skilled at perceiving amodal
information, that intermodal perception improves across the first year of life, and that
it develops in order of increasing specificity, with global information detected
developmentally prior to more specific leaves of stimulation. Consistent with the pattern
of differentiation and "increasing specificity" proposed by Gibson.
Audiovisual Space : As early as the first weeks of life, infants reliably move their eyes
in the direction of a sound. This early coordination of auditory and visual space in
important because it enables infants to discover visual information at the source of the
sound and thus promotes detection of intersensory redundancy.
Object and event perception :In the first month following birth, infants can detect the
temporal synchrony and spatial colocation uniting the sights and sounds of an object
moving and striking a surface. By two to five monts, infants match soundtracks with
object motions on the basis of fires levels of amodal information, such as substance
(elastic vs rigid), composition, tempo, and rhythem. These remarkable abolities illustrate
the principle of increasing specificity and how processing of global information such
as intersensory redundancey8 seafolds the development of more sepcific processing.
Social development : People provide a great deal of multimodal stimulation for infants,
including talking, laughing, singing and touching. Adults and infants also engage in
richly struetured multimodal interactions, called protoconversation.
Speech perception and language : Speech is interently multimodal, involving
coordinated falial, vocal and gestural information, and audiovisual redundancy promotes
learning in this domains as well.
Development of visual-tactile and visual motor perception : Amodal information
also guides and constrains perception across vision and touch. For example, when we
feel as object with our hands, we can perceive the same shape, size, texture, and substance
that we see.
Odor and vision : Young infants show recognition of their mother on the basis of her
smell, and breastfed infants prefer the order of their mother over that of another lactating
women, illustrating their sensifivity to object odor combinations.
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3.2.15 Check Your Progress
20. What is neruo-perceptual development ?
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3.4.1 : Objective
(i) to know how environmental factors influence early childhood development.
3.4.2 Introduction :
The factors lying outside the individual in his environment are said to be the external
factors influencing development. The principle intention of this. S. M is to highlighted
the factors which extemally influence the development of the early childhood. Early
childhood is an extremely sensitive period in human development, during which the
brain, especially the circuitry governing emotion, attention, self-control and stress, is
shaped by a chil's environment. As children grow, the biological and environmental
factors that determine their development become intertained. When the environment is
a secure, positive one, these factors join forces to help maximize childrne's potential.
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But when children face enduring obstreles tohealthy development, such as poverty,
inapprepriate care, or violence, environment and biology may route them on "course to
emotional, physical and mental health problems.
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3.4.5 Check Your Progress
27. What is environment ?
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3.5.2 Objective :
(i) to know the role of play in enhancing development.
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3.5.3. Introduction :
In the childhood development play has a unique role to play. This issue is very important
because of the recent impetus for a more academic focus in early childhood classrooms
and questions about the development benefits of play. This concern is not only important
for academic excellency but emotional and social developemental. In this aspect, the
role teachers and parents could play in making play a developmental and educational
purpose.
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34. What does it mean by alround development ?
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3.5.6 Reference :
(i) Loeber G. Webster D, Aznarez A. Quality evaluation of neonatal screeing programs.
Acta Paediatrsuppl 1999, 88 : 3.6
(ii) Shetty T. K. Metabolomics : Impact on diagnosis and monitoring of inborn/aequired
metabolic disorders. Indian J Clin Biochem 2007, 22 : 3–5.
(iii) Devi AR, Naujhad SM. Newborn screening in India. Indian J Pediatr 2004; 71:
157–160.
(iv) Berkow R Fletcher Aj et al. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 16
editin. 1992. Pages 1978–1979.
(v) Graef JW. Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics 5 edition. Little Brown and Co. 1994.
(vi) Ahvenainen, E. K, and Verstola, T : Evaluation of the Newborn Infant. Ann, Paed.
Fenn, 5:27, Fasc. 1.1959.
(vii) Gibson, E.J, & Pick, A.D. (2000). An ecological approach to perceptual learning
and development.
New York : Oxford University Press.
(viii) Rosenblum, L. D. (2005) Primacy of multimodal speach perception. In D. Pisoni
& R. Ramez (Eds), Handbook of speech perception (pp. 51–78). Melden, M. A :
Blackwell.
(ix) Mittal. S. (2006) child development––Experimental Psychology, Isha books, Delhi.
(x) Cobb. N. J. (2001). The child infants, children and adolescents, May field publishing
company, California.
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3.5.7 Let us Sum-up
Early childhood is the most rapid period of development in a human life. Althoug
individual childhood develop at their own pace, all children progress through and
identifiable sequence of physical, cognitive, and entronal growth and change.
Because of identifiable sequences of physical cognitive, and emotional growth, it always
go through a stages from pre-natal to old age. The prenatal means the growth and
development of a new life in the moters wombs. It extences up to old age and passes
various stages like infance early childhood, childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
The early child development approach is based on the porcess fact that young children
respond best when casegives use spceific techniques disigned to encourage and stimulate
progress to the next level of development. In this aspect the newborn screeing is the
best thing at the earliest possible of recognition of disorders to prevent the most serious
consequences by timely intervention.
The another thing of newbron caring is APGAR scoring system.
The APGAR scoring system is used to asses newborn infants for depression of
cardiopulmonery and neurological function. The scoring is done at 1 and 5 minute
after birth.
In the same way, newborn reflexes are also an important thing to judge the baby's
condition at the time of birth. Newborn depend on their inherent of these reflexes
could indicate a problem with the baby's central nervous system.
In the total developmental processes, neuro-perceptual development perception is vital
things because without proper development the infant may face permanent disability.
Hence, neuro-perceptual development refers to perception of information from objects
or events availble to multiple senses stimulation. Becuae most objects and events can
be seen, heard, and touched everyday perception is primarily intermodal.
It is also an important task to detect the variations in development. The process of
knowing the variations in development is called developmental molestones. Through
this milestones we can asses the physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional
development from birth to 12 months.
As a conscious and mature caregivers, we should be more aware about the environment
of early childhood as an external factors of development. Early childhood is an extremely
sesitive period in human development, during which the brain, especially the circuitory
governing emotion, attention, self-control and stress, is shaped by a child's environmental.
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Within this environmental factors, play is essential to development, because it contributes
to the cognitive, physical, social and emotional well-being of childhood and youth.
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(9) Hoemoglobin, Disorders––It is considered to be a serious health problem by WHO.
(10) G 6PD Deficiency is one knid of disorder is observed in the newborn.
(11) APGAR scoring means a way to judge the condition of a newborn baby quickly
and accurately.
(12) Minimum Score in 'O'.
(13) Maximum Score is '10'.
(14) Atleast 2 points.
(15) Scoring is done within 1 and 5 minutes.
(16) Neonatal reflexes are inborn reflexes which are present at birth and occur in
predictable fashion.
(17) Absence or extenced duration of these reflexes could indicate a problem with the
baby's central nervous system.
(18) Steeping reflex means the baby will make steeping motions.
(19) Arem Recoil means the baby's are willflex repidly after extending them.
(20) Neuro-preceptual development reflex to perception of information from objects
or events available to multiple sensus stimulation.
(21) In the first month following birth, infants can detect the temporal synchrony.
(22) Scafolding means support based development.
(23) Sucking indicates physical development milistones.
(24) Criteria of cognitive development as like a baby can distinguish smells and taste.
(25) Infants can recognite their own name in the duration of 4–8 months.
(26) Speaking word is the criteira of language mulistones.
(27) The environment means the atmosphere where we born and stay up to our last
breath.
(28) Medical care refers to medicalo support with medium and treatment if there is any
kind of disease or other things.
(29) The peer group may be classmate or same age someone.
(30) Qulity schooling refers to school environment which essens quality education in
this school ....
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(31) Economic status means financial strength of a family.
(32) Child centric education means children are the ultimatum of education.
(33) Academic excellency means good academic performance.
(34) Al record development refers to the development of physical, mental and second
development.
(35) Optimal development means height level of development.
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Unti - 4 ❐ Middle Childhood to Adolescence
Structure
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Objectives
4.3 Middle childhood to adolescence
4.3.1 Physical, Social, Emotional capabilities emerging –during Middle
Childhood to Adolescence(From nine years to eighteen years)
4.3.2 Emerging capabilities across domains of cognition, metacognition,
creativity, ethics.
4.3.3 Issues related to Puberty
4.3.4 Gender and development.
4.3.5 Influence of the environment (social, cultural, political) on the growing
child
4.4 Let us sum up
4.5 Check your progress
4.6 References / Select reading.
4.1 Introduction
In times and places children are valued because of the reason that by studying children
we can unlock the mysteries of human species in general. The child became the best
natural laboratory for the study of evolution and the idea of development dominated
the science of man Thus was born developmental psychology a field devoted to the
study of development of child from conception through childhood, adolescence and
beyond. The period of life span from conception till birth is the prenatal stage which
is followed by the neonatal stage; the first 4 weeks after birth. This is a time of transition
from the total dependency of prenatal life to a more independent existence. Next comes
the period of Infancy, a period that lasts about 4 weeks to about 18 months, when
language appears. From the age of 18 months through the age of 6 is the age of early
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childhood characterised by ‘play’. The actions that children make to switch over from
sensory motor thinking to thinking that involves internal manipulation of symbols. The
elementary school years the years 6 through 12 in a child’s life, is the most important
period. It is the period of middle childhood and late childhood which are filled with
both motion and emotion as the child confronts the diverse demands of school and
society. It is a period when children acquire intellectual tools, a capacity for intimate
peer relationships and socialization. The most life dramatic life transitions is that of
childhood to adolescence. Adolescence is the period ranging from 12 years to 18 years
during which a child takes one an adult like physique and intellect.
In order to achieve a detailed study of the developmental tasks that a child need to
master in the years of childhood and adolescence certain issues need to be discussed. In
this regard, the aforesaid issues related to development in middle childhood to
adolescence, the most significant developmental span, must address the followings :
a) What are the emerging physical, social and emotional capabilities during middle
childhood and later childhood?
b) What are the physical, social and emotional capabilities emerging during
adolescence?
c) What are the emerging capabilities across domains related to cognition,
metacognition, creativity , ethics.
d) What are the issues related to puberty?
e) What is the relation between gender and development?
f) What is the influence of the social, cultural and political environment on the
growing Child.
The content of this unit shall reflect the issues related to the aforesaid questions.
4.2 Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to :
• Enlist the different emerging capabilities across domains of physical, social and
emotional.
• State the emerging capabilities across domains related to cognition and
metacognition, creativity, ethics
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• Explain the issues related to puberty
• Describe the relation between gender and development
• Highlight the role of the environment (social, cultural, political) on the growing
child.
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• Children belonging to this age group soon discover that expression of emotions,
especially of the unpleasant emotions is socially unacceptable to their age-mates. As a
result they acquire the capabilities to control the outward expressions of their emotions.
In the course of learning to curb the external expressions of emotions, they discover
that in doing so, they become nervous, tense and temper outburst and slightest
provocateur. After by trial and error or guidance, the older children discover that. They
can clear their systems of suppressed emotions by play, cry or laugh. Thus they acquire
the ability to handle emotions to conform to social expectations called emotional
catharsis.
• Social behaviour in middle childhood is popularly referred to as the “Gang age”
because they are interested in activities with their peers and often reject parental standards,
develop an antagonistic attitude toward members of the opposite sex and become
prejudiced against all who are non-gang members.
Purety
Puberty is caused by hormonal changes characterised by growth spurt, changes in body
sizes changes in body proportions, development of the primary sex characteristics and
development of the secondary sex characteristic. It affects physical well being as well
as attitudes and behaviours. The two major concerns characteristic of puberty relate to
normalcy and sex appropriateness. The psychological hazards of this age are tendency
to develop unfavourable self concepts; to become under achievers; unwillingness to
accept changed bodies or socially approved sex roles and deviant sexual maturing.
Adolescence
Adolescence is an important period in life span, a transitional period, a true of change,
a problem age, a time when individual searches for identity and the threshold of
adulthood. It is characterised by :
→ The physical growth is far from complete when puberty ends, its rate slackens in
adolescence and much of the age occurs is internal than external. During the later years
of adolescence, when physical growth will be complete, it is characterised by concerns
of sexual development.
→ Traditionally adolescence is a period of heightened emotionality, a time of “storm
and stress” and is characterised by temper outbursts, anger, sulking, refusing to speak
or loudly criticising those who angered them. Towards the end of adolescence, they do
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achieve emotional maturity and learn to use emotional catharsis to release peat-up
emotional energy
→ The most important social changes in adolescence include increased peer-group
influence, more mature patterns of social behavior, new social groupings, and new values
in the selection of friends and leaders and in social acceptance.
METACOGNITION
Metacognition refers to higher order thinking which involves active control over the
cognitive processes engaged in learning. It involves activities such as planning,
comprehension, monitoring, evaluation and completion of a task which is problem
solving in nature. Metacognition is said to be “cognition about cognition” or “knowing
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about knowing”. The term was comed by John Flavell (1979) an American
developmental psychologist, who defined metacognition as knowledge about cognition
and control of cognition.
COGNITION – METACOGNITION
Metacognitive and cognitive strategies may overlap in that the same strategy, such as,
questioning could be regarded as either a cognitive or metacognitive strategy depending
upon the purpose, self questioning while reading as a means of obtaining knowledge is
cognitive while monitoring what you have read is metacognitive the distinction between
cognition and metacognition is vain effort, since they operates simultaneously of times.
The period middle childhood, later childhood, puberty and adolescence are the periods
of development and consolidation of metacognition
CREATIVITY
The psychologists label later childhood (from puberty) as the creative age, in the sense
that it is the time in life span when it will be determined whether children will become
conformists or producers of new and original work. While the foundations for original
activities is general not well developed before children reach the late childhood year,
Adolescents who have been encouraged to be creative in their play and academic work
as children develop a feeling of individuality and identity that has a favorable effect on
their self concepts. By contrast, adolescents who have been forced to conform to an
approved pattern since earliest childhood lack a feeling of identity and of individuality.
ETHICS
In recent days, there is a growing trend to take into account the ethical aspects of research.
It involves considering the rights of the subjects, emphasis being placed on asking their
consent to participate in experiments or for the very young, the consent of parents or
guardians. Shuch an attitude made it more difficult to get subjects for scientific research.
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are most rapid during the ages between 8.5 and 11.5 years with a peak coming, on the
average at 12.5 years for girls while for boys it is between 10.5 and 14.5 years reaching
a peak between 14.5 and 15.5 years.
The major areas of concern or the issues related to puberty are :
• Puberty affect physical wellbeing as well as attitudes and behavior since these
effects tend to be unfavourable especially during the early part of puberty
• Two major concerns characteristic of puberty relate to normalcy and sex
appropriateness.
• There are certain psychological issues related to puberty, the most common being
the tendency to develop unfavourable self-concepts; to become underachievers;
unwillingness to accept changed bodies or socially approved sex roles and deviant sexual
maturing.
• The three A’s of happiness – acceptance, affection and achievement are often violated
during these years and hence puberty tends to be one of the most unhappy periods of
the life span, called ‘negative phase’ by charlotte Buhler.
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Gender socialization in classroom (learning situation encompass the use of gender
(he/she; his/her) in instructional language, classroom, management and instructional
materials like text books etc.
Gender Fair Education implies that boys and girls play, learn and grow together.
Teachers play a major role in creating school environments that are free of gender bias.
• Social Environment
The social environment and its forces help to nurture the development of a growing
child. The influence exerted by the social environment is manifested through the social
expectations about the stage of development. Every society or social group expects its
member to master certain skills and acquire certain approved patterns of growth and
behavior at various ages of life span. In the middle childhood, later childhood and
adolescence, there are certain developmental tasks which the society expects of them
(Havighurst). The sociometric status of a growing child, the peer group influence,
attitudes of peers, family treatment, interactions with the relatives, members of
neighbourhood and community shape the personality of a growing child.
• Cultural Changes
The development of a growing child is affected by cultural changes because it is molded
to conform to cultural standards and ideals, changes children brought up in western
culture differ in developmental aspects (language, personality, attitude, values etc.) than
those reared eastern/oriental culture.
• Political Environment
The influence on political environment is pronounced during the adolescence to shape
the ideals, moral standards, ethics and political values of them.
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in all aspects of human behavior. The age span nine to eighteen years course middle
childhood to adolescence. The middle childhood to later childhood is the gang age
marked by strong interest in peers, play and the ability of emotional catharsis.
Adolescence is the period of marked physical and psychological changes, the foundation
of which are being laid in puberty. The period of puberty extending upto adolescence is
characterised by heightened emotionality, social changes, cognition and metacognition
along with creative interests. The social, cultural and political environment influence
the growing child especially in the manifestation of developmental patterns.
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3) Objective type
Choose the correct answer :
a) Puberty is character by
(i)Growth spurt (ii) babbling (iii) object permanence
b) Gender and development was initiated by
(i) WHO (ii) UNESCO (III) WORLD BANK
Answers to check your progress:
I. (a) Gang Age, (b) Formal Operations, (c) John Flaxell, (d) Emotional Catharsis.
II. Two cognitive operations that develop in the concrete operational stage are the
concept of conservation and reversibility.
III. Two emerging capabilities of adolescence in the domain of emotional development
are heightened emotionably and temper outbursts.
IV. A significant influence of culture on development is that the personality pattern
of the child is catered to the cultural norms, standards or ideals.
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