Developmental milestones

Question 1

Infancy

Answer 1

0-2 years

Question 2

Pre school

Answer 2

2-5 years

Question 3

Young childhood

Answer 3

5-7 years

Question 4

Middle childhood

Answer 4

7-10 years

Question 5

How do you develop between 0 and 2 years?

Answer 5

• Exploring environment
• Attachment - forming emotional relationships
• Newborn gaze distance = early bonding and forming attachments

Question 6

The four stages of attachment

Answer 6

Pre-attachment: 0-2 months - babies prefer people to objects

In-the-making: 2-7 months - turn-taking and attention, taught by primary caregiver

Clear-cut: 7m-2y - showing specific attachments to specific people

Goal-corrected: 2y+ - attachments become increasingly intentional

Question 7

How do you develop between 5 and 7 years?

Answer 7

• Self conscious emotions
• ‘Cool’ emotional front to peers
• Use of social skills to deal with emotions of themselves and others

Question 8

How do you develop between 7 and 10 years ?

Answer 8

• Use of emotional expression to regulate distance within relationships
• Awareness of conflicting emotions about someone you know
• Retaining information and making memories to maintain friendships
• Sophisticated understanding of illness etc
• Simple links - germs etc
• Fears = fire, weather, being home alone, rejection

Question 9

How do you develop between 10 and 13 years?

Answer 9

• Use multiple strategies to regulate emotions and stress
• Distinguish between genuine emotions with close friends
• Understand social roles and scripts

Question 10

How do you develop after 13 years

Answer 10

Awareness of emotional cycles

• Pushing boundaries
• Moral principles
• Management strategies
• Awareness of self-identity, body image, sexual identity, adult roles, relationships outside family