Title: (Optional) Describe physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development.
Course: Family Relations (19259-18) > Section: Supporting Human Development throughout the Lifespan

Description should include how the types of development are interrelated.

Description may include reference to

- Piaget
- Vygotsky
- Maslow
- Erikson
- Bowlby
- Ainsworth
- Kohlberg
- Montessori
- the Reggio Emilia approach.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What factors affect an individual’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?

- What criteria can be used to evaluate an individual’s stage of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?
- What is the relationship between late adulthood and social withdrawal?
- How does childhood trauma affect human growth?

Communication

- How does an understanding of human growth and development help build strong families?
- What are the consequences of poor communication on an individual’s growth?

Leadership

- Why are observation skills crucial when working in a childcare setting?
- How do cognitive abilities change as people move throughout the lifespan?
- What additional skills are needed when working with children who have experienced trauma?

Management

- What could be done to manage emotional stress?
- What are the milestones in your physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?
- How can family activities be managed to enhance family members’ physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth?

Teacher Resource:

Simply Psychology