B-EDS 111
ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE: 24 FEB 2026 (MEMO)
, SANTS BEd (FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHING) & BEd
(INTERMEDIATE PHASE TEACHING)
B-EDS 111
ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE 24 FEBRUARY 2026
Assignment Answers: Education Studies 1 (Child Development Theories)
Question 1.1: Matching Crossword Clues to Terms
Proximodistal Development The growth pattern from the trunk (core) outward to
the limbs.
Defense Mechanism An unconscious strategy to protect a person from anxiety
or unacceptable impulses.
Interpsychological (Social) Level Vygotsky’s phase where learning occurs
through social interaction between a child and a more knowledgeable other.
Libido Freud’s term for basic instinctual especially sexual) energy driving
behavior.
Egocentrism In Piaget’s preoperational stage, a child’s inability to take another’s
perspective.
Id (Unconscious Drive) Freud’s unconscious source of instinctual drives (sexual
and aggressive) that seeks immediate gratification.
Scaffolding Guided support or structured help from an expert that helps a
learner move from what they cannot do to what they can do.
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ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE: 24 FEB 2026 (MEMO)
, SANTS BEd (FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHING) & BEd
(INTERMEDIATE PHASE TEACHING)
B-EDS 111
ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE 24 FEBRUARY 2026
Assignment Answers: Education Studies 1 (Child Development Theories)
Question 1.1: Matching Crossword Clues to Terms
Proximodistal Development The growth pattern from the trunk (core) outward to
the limbs.
Defense Mechanism An unconscious strategy to protect a person from anxiety
or unacceptable impulses.
Interpsychological (Social) Level Vygotsky’s phase where learning occurs
through social interaction between a child and a more knowledgeable other.
Libido Freud’s term for basic instinctual especially sexual) energy driving
behavior.
Egocentrism In Piaget’s preoperational stage, a child’s inability to take another’s
perspective.
Id (Unconscious Drive) Freud’s unconscious source of instinctual drives (sexual
and aggressive) that seeks immediate gratification.
Scaffolding Guided support or structured help from an expert that helps a
learner move from what they cannot do to what they can do.
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