1. Understanding Children’s
Behavior
Positive Child Guidance
Chapter 3

2. Babies
• Crying
• Sensorimotor
• Growing
• Trust vs. Mistrust; Bonding
• Reflexes
• Brain Development
– Stressors
– Separation & stranger anxiety

3. Toddlers
• Explore with their senses
• Independence vs. doubt & shame;
preoperational
• Providing safety – it’s not about the adults. . .
• Toddler Possessiveness

4. Preschoolers
• Metacognition emerges; Preoperational
• Recognizes sensitive issues –
– If I had been better. . .
– Now I lay me. . .
• Learning to express feelings with words
• Initiative vs. guilt
• Developing friendships skills necessary
• Supporting independence (self – esteem)

5. 5 – 8 year olds
• Curious
• Name callers
• Fair (Tattling)
• Industry vs. inferiority
• Concrete operational (7-11)
• Over diagnosis of ADHD?