Understanding child development

What you'll learn

• Outline the benefits of studying the development of the child or young person
• Explore the key questions in child development
• Acquire a basic understanding of how babies and children form attachments
• Understand how attachments can affect boundary formation and the social, emotional and behavioural development of children and young people
• Understand Maslow's hierarchy of human need
• Understand Levin's theory of child development
• Understand Piaget's cognitive development theory
• Understand Vygotsky's social learning theory
• Understand Erikson's theory of psycho-social development