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Chapter 11: Developmental Theories 2024-2025
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•Difference between growth and development
-Development includes biological, cognitive, and
psychosocial changes throughout life
-Individuals have unique patterns of growth and
Understanding
development
Development
•Must adopt a life span perspective of human
development
-Takes in account all developmental stages
-Includes development through adult years
-Development includes biological, cognitive, and
Difference Between
psychosocial changes throughout life
Growth and
-Individuals have unique patterns of growth and
Development
development
Life Span Perspective of -Takes in account all developmental stages
Human Development -Includes development through adult years
•Provide a framework for examining, describing, and
appreciating human development
•Important in helping nurses assess and treat a
Developmental Theories person's response to an illness
•Understanding the specific task or need of each
developmental stage guides caregivers in planning
appropriate individualized care for patients
, •Biophysical Developmental Theories
-Gessell's Theory of Development
•Psychoanalytical/Psychosocial Theories
-Freud (psychosexual)
Types of Theories -Erikson (psychosocial)
•Cognitive Developmental Theories
-Piaget (cognitive/moral development)
•Moral Developmental Theories
-Kohlberg (moral reasoning)
•Biophysical development is how our physical
bodies grow and change
•Gesell's Theory of Development
-Growth and development is unique and is directed
by gene activity
-Maturation follows a fixed developmental
Biophysical
sequence
Developmental Theories
-Human growth is both:
•Cephalocaudal (growth is fastest at the top,
head/brain develops faster than arms/legs)
•Proximodistal (growth pattern starts at the center of
the body and moves toward extremities (organs
develop before limbs)
-Growth and development is unique and is directed
by gene activity
-Maturation follows a fixed developmental
sequence
Gesell's Theory of -Human growth is both:
Development •Cephalocaudal (growth is fastest at the top,
head/brain develops faster than arms/legs)
•Proximodistal (growth pattern starts at the center of
the body and moves toward extremities (organs
develop before limbs)
growth is fastest at the top, head/brain develops
Cephalocaudal Growth
faster than arms/legs
- growth pattern starts at the center of the body and
Proximodistal Growth moves toward extremities
- organs develop before limbs
Chapter 11: Developmental Theories 2024-2025
Upto date Questions and Detailed Answers |
Easy to Read | Grade +
Leave the first rating
Terms in this set (48)
•Difference between growth and development
-Development includes biological, cognitive, and
psychosocial changes throughout life
-Individuals have unique patterns of growth and
Understanding
development
Development
•Must adopt a life span perspective of human
development
-Takes in account all developmental stages
-Includes development through adult years
-Development includes biological, cognitive, and
Difference Between
psychosocial changes throughout life
Growth and
-Individuals have unique patterns of growth and
Development
development
Life Span Perspective of -Takes in account all developmental stages
Human Development -Includes development through adult years
•Provide a framework for examining, describing, and
appreciating human development
•Important in helping nurses assess and treat a
Developmental Theories person's response to an illness
•Understanding the specific task or need of each
developmental stage guides caregivers in planning
appropriate individualized care for patients
, •Biophysical Developmental Theories
-Gessell's Theory of Development
•Psychoanalytical/Psychosocial Theories
-Freud (psychosexual)
Types of Theories -Erikson (psychosocial)
•Cognitive Developmental Theories
-Piaget (cognitive/moral development)
•Moral Developmental Theories
-Kohlberg (moral reasoning)
•Biophysical development is how our physical
bodies grow and change
•Gesell's Theory of Development
-Growth and development is unique and is directed
by gene activity
-Maturation follows a fixed developmental
Biophysical
sequence
Developmental Theories
-Human growth is both:
•Cephalocaudal (growth is fastest at the top,
head/brain develops faster than arms/legs)
•Proximodistal (growth pattern starts at the center of
the body and moves toward extremities (organs
develop before limbs)
-Growth and development is unique and is directed
by gene activity
-Maturation follows a fixed developmental
sequence
Gesell's Theory of -Human growth is both:
Development •Cephalocaudal (growth is fastest at the top,
head/brain develops faster than arms/legs)
•Proximodistal (growth pattern starts at the center of
the body and moves toward extremities (organs
develop before limbs)
growth is fastest at the top, head/brain develops
Cephalocaudal Growth
faster than arms/legs
- growth pattern starts at the center of the body and
Proximodistal Growth moves toward extremities
- organs develop before limbs
