PSYC 2700 Lecture 9 Outline of Last LectureI. Modern History of Day CareII. Day Care as intervention approachIII. NICHD longitudinal study of child careOutline of Current LectureI. Stress and DevelopmentII. Bulldog’s Bank NurseryIII. Kibbutz Child CareIV. Child Care in the Soviet UnionCurrent LectureI. Stress and developmenta. Animal studiesi. Stress related hormones (cortisol)b. Human infants who receive little touching, or are neglected and/or abused in early childhood. i. Children in low income families do better in day care because the pre-k programs are buffering and reducing their stress levels.ii. For children from calm, affluent environments, daycare can be stressful and overwhelming.II. Bulldog’s Bank Nursery (Anna Freud and Sophie Dann)a. Children’s backgroundsi. Half dozen polish children who became orphaned during world war II. They are moved from center to center and have no stability. Eventually they arrived at a concentration camp at Taretzen. After freedom send to a country home in England (Bulldog’s Bank) in Sussex. Cared for by two nurses. b. Group-centered behaviori. Children refused to ever be separated. They have positive feelings towards each other. They shared every special treat. They would calm each other and care give among themselves. c. Reaction to adults: after a year individual children would show preferences for individual adults.III. Kibbutz Child Carea. Children’s house: in Israel, built away from borders for safety, made so parents could visit.i. The children were having a caregiver other than the parent for the majority of each day. b. Metapelet: Caregivers were women with good education and training, at first the ratio was relatively small (3:1).c. Parents’ roles; attachment bonds: primary or secondary attachment, decreased stranger anxiety. IV. Child Care in the Soviet UnionThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. Makarenko: leading scholar on child care. Studying advantages of promoting interactions between children. Taking turns, working together. b. By the time they are three, many of the children are in nursery programs.c. They make toys for the nurseries that require several children in order to operate. (Magnets andball, beaker and marionettes)d. Group-oriented- despite the lack of toys, children had been socialized to either work together ortake turns. e. Began giving awards to groups of children rather than individuals. Children then had a change infocus in how they wanted to accomplish their
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