CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Psychologists call internally programmed growth maturation. Maturation is as important as learning or experience, especially in the first years. (Learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience.)

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following is a maturational theory of child development? The child grows and matures, much as a flower, guided by genetics.

Detailed explanation-3: -The study of developmental psychology is essential to understanding how humans learn, mature and adapt. Throughout their lives, humans go through various stages of development. Developmental psychologists study how people grow, develop and adapt at different life stages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Erikson proposed eight crises that extend from birth through old age. Four of the stages occur during the school years, and are given special attention here, but it is also helpful to know which crises are thought to come both before and after those in the school years.

Detailed explanation-5: -From birth to about nine years of age, a child is believed to experience what Kohlberg called the preconventional phase. At this time the focus is self-interest; the child will follow rules just to avoid punishment and achieve a concrete reward.