Child Life Child Development Theories Flashcards
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According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, a child who follows hospital rules to avoid punishment is functioning at which level?
Answer: Preconventional level
At the preconventional level, children make moral decisions based on direct consequences to themselves, such as punishment avoidance or reward seeking.
In Ainsworth's Strange Situation experiment, a child who shows little distress at the caregiver's departure and actively avoids them upon return demonstrates which attachment style?
Answer: Avoidant attachment
Avoidant attachment is characterized by apparent indifference to separation and active avoidance of the caregiver upon reunion, often due to consistent caregiver unavailability.
Which theorist's work on the concept of 'scaffolding' is most directly applied when a child life specialist gradually reduces support as a child demonstrates increasing ability to cope independently?
Answer: Lev Vygotsky
Scaffolding, derived from Vygotsky's ZPD concept, involves providing temporary support structures that are gradually removed as the child develops competence.
A toddler who cries inconsolably during hospitalization and then becomes withdrawn and detached is demonstrating which phase of Robertson's separation response?
Answer: Detachment phase
Robertson identified three phases of separation response: protest (crying, searching), despair (withdrawal, sadness), and detachment (apparent acceptance but emotional disengagement).
According to Piaget's theory, which cognitive milestone allows a school-age child to understand that spreading out pills does not change the total number they must take?
Answer: Conservation
Conservation is the understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in appearance, typically mastered during the concrete operational stage (ages 7-11).
Which developmental theorist's concept of 'industry versus inferiority' directly supports a child life specialist providing opportunities for mastery experiences during hospitalization?
Answer: Erik Erikson
Erikson's Industry vs. Inferiority stage emphasizes children's need to develop competence. Providing mastery experiences in the hospital supports this developmental task.