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No differences were found between African Americans and Caucasians on the Mental Scale, but the African American babies tended consistently to score above the Caucasians on the Motor Scale. [4] These findings emphasised the need to study in careful detail the development of mental processes in the second year of life. [4]
1) children's psychological functioning develops within relationships, 2) individual differences in temperament and biological vulnerabilities significantly shape their experience, and 3) the family’s cultural context is essential to understanding a child’s developmental trajectory.
It was validated both at the hospital and the community level against the standard Denver Developmental Screening Test. [2]With a sensitivity of 66.7% and specificity of 78.8%, it can be used even by community level health worker for mass screening and takes around 5 minutes to complete. [2]
The Gesell Developmental Schedules claimed that an appraisal of the developmental status of infants and young children could be made. The Gesell Developmental Schedule believes that human development unfolds in stages, or in sequences over a given time period. These stages were considered milestones, or the manifestations of mental development. [1]
The Battelle Developmental Inventory is a clinical-administered assessment that measures mastery of developmental milestones in the global domains of communication, social-emotional, adaptive, motor, and cognitive development. It is appropriate for use with children from birth to 7 years, 11 months. This assessment is published by Riverside ...
The developmental profile is a matrix consisting of 10 developmental levels (horizontal rows) and nine developmental levels (vertical columns). Each line describes various categories of behaviour and for each line there are various phases in the development of the psychosocial capacities. The lowest six levels refer to maladaptive behaviour
Smiling tadpole person (combined head and body) drawn by a child aged 4 + 1 ⁄ 2. The Draw-a-Person test (DAP, DAP test), Draw-A-Man test (DAM), or Goodenough–Harris Draw-a-Person test is a type of test in the domain of psychology. It is both a personality test, specifically projective test, and a cognitive test like IQ. The test subject ...
The questionnaire is quite brief with 25 questions and, depending on the version, a few questions about how the child is affected by the difficulties in their everyday life. [1] Versions of it are available for use for no fee. The combination of its brevity and noncommercial distribution have made it popular among clinicians and researchers.