PSY1075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ethology, Lev Vygotsky, John Bowlby
18 Oct 2018
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Gross motor: these are movements using the body"s large muscles and include sitting, standing, walking, running, keeping balance, and changing positions. Fine motor: skills use the small muscles in the hands and fingers. Fine motor skills include using hands to eat, draw, dress, play, and write develop over time. Theories explain and describe growth, behaviour and development. Children are rarely aware of the motives and reasons behind their behaviour and bulk of their mental life is unconscious. Behaviour symbolizes the inner workings of the mind. Early experiences and family conflict between biological urges and social demands relationships are very important to development. Focus of pleasure and sexual impulses shifts as children grow . Critical periods resolving conflicts between sources of pleasure and demands of reality. Children actively construct their understanding of the world and go through 4 stages of cognitive development. Cognitive processes are influence by biological maturation. Children use assimilation and accommodation to understand their world.
