Chapter3

ChronologicalAge-and

Phase-Appropriate

IllustrationsforEach

ObservationalCategory

In

this

chapter,

Ifu

rthe

rillustrate

theage-andph

ase-

appr

opri

atedi

ffer

encesin

theca

tego

ries

describedin

Chapter2bymeansofaschematic

chart.We

seethat,forexample,boththefineandthegrossmotorcoor

dina

tion

ofa

7-or8-

year

-old

arequitedifferentfromthoseof

a2-

to3-

year

-old

.In

thelatter,coordinationin

gros

smotorca

paci

tiesmayal

read

y

bedeveloped,whereassome

fine

motorca

paci

ties

will

bejust

emerging

(e.g

.,holdingape

ncil

anddrawing

line

s).Inachildage7or

8,in

con

tras

t,fine

motor

skills

willbequitedeveloped.Withrespectto

styleofre

-

latedness,

youwouldexpecta3-year-old

tore

late

inane

ed-f

ulfi

llin

g

manner,whereasyouwouldexpecta7-

or8-year-old

toshowamorebal

ancedca

paci

tyforpartnershipandsharing.

Inboth

instances,

however,

youwouldexpectthecapacityforemotionalrelatednessto

bepresent.

Intermsof

mood,youmightexpect

tose

eva

riat

ions

inyounger

chil

drendependingon

theirimmediateexternal

circ

umst

ance

s.A

shiftfrom

elationto

sadn

essin

thecourseof

anhourwouldnotraiseconcern.Ina

childage8or9,youwouldexpectsomest

abil

izat

ionofmood.Atthesame

time,th

econtentofth

emood—happy,

sad,

depressed,

apprehensive,and

soforth—wouldbeindependentof

ageandwouldbedeterminedbyth

e

emergingpersonalitystructureoftheyoungster.

Intermsofth

eorganization,depth,va

riat

ion,

and(predominant)

typesof

affe

ct,age

will

be

adeterminingfa

ctor

.Witha

2-or

3-ye

ar-o

ld,

wemightseeaf

fect

sconcernedwithegocentricneeds,je

alou

sies

,andso

forth.

In5-

or6-

year

-old

s,weexpectarangeofaf

fect

s,withpredominant

type

sreflectingsomedegreeoforganizationanddeptharoundthemes

ofjealousy

andcompetition

aswe

llas

love

and

curiosity.

In8-

or9-

year

-

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