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C H ILD DEVELOPMENTAL THEORISTS - Elimination takes on new importance for ADOL ESCENT
- PSYC HOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT the m; children find pleasure in both the - Called the “ge nital phase”
T H EORY: Sigmund Freud retention of feces and defecation - Freudian theory considers the
- PSYC HOSOCIAL T HEORY: Erik - This anal interest is part of toddlers’ main events of this period to
Erikson o Self-discovery be the establishment of new
- C OGNITIVE T HEORY: Jean Piaget o A way of exerting independence, sexual aims and the feeling of
- MORAL DEVELOPMENT: Lawrence and new love objects
Kohlberg o Probably accounts for some of the - Adolescent develops sexual
difficulties parents may experience maturity and learns to establish
PSYC HOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT – Sigmund in toilet-training children of this satisfactory relationships with
Fr eud age the opposite sex
-Developing instincts or sensual pleasure ➢ N URSING IMPLICATION: ➢ N URSING IMPLICATION:
-Described adult behavior as the result of -Help children achieve bowel -Provide appropriate
instinctual drives and bladder control without opportunities for the
o That have a primarily sexual nature undue emphasis on its child to relate with the
(libido) that arise from within the importance opposite sex;
person and -If at all possible, continue -allow the child to
o The conflicts that develop between bowel and bladder training verbalize feelings
these instincts (represented in the while child is hospitalized about new
individual as the id, reality (the e go), relationships
and society (the superego) PRESCHOOLER
-Described child development as being a - During this period, children’s PSYC HOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT – Erik
series of psychosexual stages in which a pleasure zone appears to shift Er ikson
child’s sexual gratification becomes focused from the anal to the genital area -One of the main tenets of his theory,
on a particular body part - Called as “phallic phase” that a person’s social view of self is more
- Child learns sexual identity important than instinctual drives in
through awareness of the genital determining behavior, allows for a more
area optimistic view of the possibilities for
- Masturbation is common during human growth
this phase
- Children may also show 1. IN FANCY – trust vs mistrust
exhibitionism, suggesting they 2. T ODDLERHOOD – autonomy vs
hope this will lead to increased shame and doubt
knowledge of the two sexes 3. PRESCHOOL – initiative vs guilt
➢ N URSING IMPLICATION 4. SC HOOLAGE – industry vs inferiority
IN FANCY
-Accept children’s sexual 5. ADOLESCENCE – identity vs role
- Freud termed the infant period the interests, such as fondling
“or al phase” because infants are so confusion
their own genitals, as a normal 6. YOUNG ADULT – intimacy vs isolation
interested during this time area of exploration
- According to this theory, infants suck 7. MIDDLE ADULT - generativity vs
-Help parents answer their stagnation
for enjoyment or relief of tension, as child’s questions about birth
well as for nourishment 8. L ATE ADULT – ego integrity
or sexual differences
➢ N URSING IMPLICATION:
SC H OOL-AGE PIAGET’S T HEORY OF COGNITIVE
-Provide oral stimulation by - Called the “late nt phase” a time in
giving pacifiers; do not DEVELOPMENT – Jean Piaget
which children’s libido appears to
discourage thumb-sucking -Jean Piaget (1896-1980) a Swiss
be diverted into concrete thinking
-Breastfeeding may provide - He saw no developments as psychologist
more stimulation than obvious as those in earlier periods -Introduced concepts of cognitive
formula feeding because it development or the way children learn
appearing during this time
requires the infant to ➢ N URSING IMPLICATION and think
expend more energy. -Help children have positive -Piaget defined four stages of cognitive
T ODDLER development; within each stage are
experiences with learning so
- Described as an “anal phase” their self-esteem continues to finer units or schemas. Each period is an
because during this time, children’s grow and they can prepare for advance over the previous one.
interests focus on the; anal r egion as
the conflicts of adolescence
they begin toilet training.
FINALS
NCM 107 – GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
By: Juliana Marie O. Sacay
C H ANGES OCCURRING IN
GIRL S:
-Increase in the transverse
diameter of the pelvis
-breast development
-vaginal secretion
-growth of pubic and axillary
hair
➢ Me nstruation begins
between the time the
girl develops pubic
hair and the time she
develops axillary hair
C H ANGES OCCURRING IN
BOYS:
-Increase in the size of the
genital
-hypertrophy in the size of
tissue
-growth of pubic, axillary,
facial, and chest hair
-production of spermatozoa;
may begin nocturnal emission
(loss of seminal fluid during
sleep)