Child Development: Personal, Social and Emotional

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
6
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand the holistic nature of child development.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Summarise different aspects of child development.

  • 1.2.

    Discuss how personal and external factors can influence child development.

2.

Know how behavioural models relate to child development and the impact of parental style.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Discuss the principles of behaviourism.

  • 2.2.

    Compare and contrast different behavioural theories in relation to child development.

  • 2.3.

    Evaluate the impact of parental style on child development.

3.

Know about attachment theory and the effects of privation/deprivation

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Analyse attachment theory in terms of nativist/empiricist debates.

    Indicative Content

    Theories and relationships, social learning.

  • 3.2.

    Compare Bowlby's research into attachment with other theories.

    Indicative Content

    Theories and relationships, social learning.

4.

Understand cognitive models in relation to child development

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1.

    Compare and contrast theories of cognitive development in child development.