Development in Childhood

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Be able to explain evaluate theories and research relating to attachment theory and early social development.

Attachment theory e.g. Bowlby's attachment theory, Dollard and Miller’s behavioural theory of attachment.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1

    Explain one attachment theory with reference to early childhood social development.

  • 1.2

    Evaluate theory of attachment chosen for 1.1.

  • 1.3

    Evaluate research relating to attachment theory.

2.

Be able to analyse the controversial nature of evidence on the effects of enrichment and deprivation.

John Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis

Research could include Bowlby’s 44 thieves study, Mary Ainsworth strange situation, Rutter’s (2011) English Romanian Adoptee study. 

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1

    Explain John Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis.

  • 2.2

    Analyse the evidence for the effects of enrichment and deprivation.

3.

Understand theories relating to children's cognitive and measured intelligence development.

Cognitive Development Piaget’s stage theory of cognitive development versus the work of Vygotsky – the role of social interaction (1978) and Bruner - language as the driving force (1960).

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1

    Compare theories of cognitive development.

  • 3.2

    Compare and contrast different practical applications of these theories .