Markus did not play his best in today’s tennis match. His performance surely lowered his self-esteem.
2. Self-Concept pertains to one's self. “Self- concept refers to how a child views his or her qualities and sense of self” (Shaffer & Kipp, 2014, p.421)
Casey is realizing that both positive and negative qualities are incorporated in her self-concept. Such as her performing excellent in her classes, yet continuously getting in trouble for talking during class.
3. Empathy is the ability to understand other’s emotions and feelings (Talay-Ongan & Ap, 2005, p.72).
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tried to show Monica empathy since she broke her arm over the weekend. She let Monica pick the book to read for nap time.
4. According to Talay-Ongan and Ap (2005), “sympathy is empathy, followed by a sense of concern or sorrow for the other’s emotional state” (p.72).
Keith found out that his best friend Max lost his dog and although he had never had that happen to him, he felt sympathy for Max.
5. In the preoperational stage of Jean Piaget cognitive development theory egocentrism is observed. It is the term that refers to a child’s belief that their perspective is also everyone else's perspective (Bukatko & Daehler, 2012, p.282).
Daniel wants to show off his new shoes to his friends during recess. So Daniel stands up, takes one of his shoes off, and places it on the table to show his friends. He then asks his friend Chris, whom is sitting down, if he sees the logo on top of the shoe. Chris tells him he does not see it and Daniel quickly get upset because he does not understand why Chris does not see it. Daniel does not realize that they are viewing the shoe from two different angles and see different things.
6. Gender Identity According to Marin and Fabes (2009), gender identity is an essential element of a child’s self- concept.
It is step in a child’s development where they begin to understand and accept their gender as a boy or girl.
Katherine began to recognize her gender identity as a girl, when she realized her and her brother John had to go to different bathrooms when they were in public. At first Katherine did not understand why her and her brother had to go to different bathrooms, if they used the same bathroom at home. So her parents had to explain to her that she was a girl so she had to go in the girl bathroom and her brother John was a boy so he had to go to the boys bathroom. Katherine then began to understand and accept that she was a girl and she was different than John.
7. According to Keenan, EvansEvans, and Crowley (2016), “Pretend Play is play where children act out imaginary activities and use real objects to stand for imagined objects” (p.194).
Haley decide to pretend play once she finished her homework. She used two umbrellas as tho they were her ski poles, her mom's gardening goggles as though they were ski goggles, and she pretended she was skiing down a mountain as she had done this past winter.
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“In Oonlooker play, the child watches another child or children playing but does not directly participate” (Marin & Fabes, 2009, p.328).
Kimberly partook in onlooker play as she watched Jasmine and Samuel blow bubbles and suggested they blow bigger bubbles.
9. Associative Play is a form of play that involves children playing together yet, doing different things (Marin & Fabes, 2009).
Luke and his friends are displaying associative play as they are all playing with play-doh at the workstation yet, each building different things.
Additional CD Terms
1. A key concept when understanding a child’s development is zone of proximal development (ZPD). ZPD is defined as, “the gap between what children can accomplish independently and what they can accomplish when they are interacting with others who are more competent” (Lightfoot, Cole, & Cole, 2009, p.23).
In class the teacher is using the concept of zone of proximal development to aid children in learning words. The teacher has already taught the class how to spell the word because, by singing out every letter. With that being said, when students are having trouble spelling the word she reminds them to sing the song along with her as a strategy to help them spell the word on their
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