Name: Cassidy Lessig Activity 1 The Muscle Twitch and the Latent Period 1. 1. Define the terms skeletal muscle fiber‚ motor unit‚ skeletal muscle twitch‚ electrical stimulus‚ and latent period 2. What .is the role of acetylcholine in a skeletal muscle contraction? Skeletal muscle fiber-Skeletal muscle fibers are the individual cells that are bound together in fascicles. Many fascicles are bound together to make a muscle Motor unit-A motor unit consists of a motor neuron and all of the muscle
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children and young person’s development. Task B2 (Ref: 2.3) Theories of child development. An understanding of child development is essential; it allows us to fully appreciate the cognitive‚ emotional‚ physical‚ social and educational growth that children go through from birth and into early adulthood. Child development is a multidisciplinary subject; it draws on various academic fields‚ including psychology‚ neuroscience‚ sociology‚ paediatrics‚ biology and genetics. Child development is a non-negotiable
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INTRODUCTION Through my years of growing up‚ I only knew to have the basic needs a child should have. My parents struggled to raise four children. We lived in a two-roomed house‚ where one was the kitchen area and the other the sleeping area. We had only one big bed in the sleeping area‚ where my sister and I shared the bed with my mother. My two brothers slept on a single mattress in front of the bed. My father was a construction worker and worked out of town most of the time. We only saw him during
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According to John Santrock‚ "Development" can be defines as a pattern of change that begins at conception and continues throughout the human ’s life‚ while the Oxford school dictionary defines "Physical" as having to do with the body rather than the mind. This article I examined written by Alex Brooks with further clarification from John Santrock‚ Brooks believe that person ’s view of physical development is more than just hitting the right percentiles on a height chart. He believes that with
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Observation and Analysis of Development Stage and Theories Observation and analysis of my 5year old son‚ that has been diagnosed high functioning autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder‚ and applying my observations to the various development theories. Observation I began my observation watching Matthew‚ playing "hide and seek" in the yard along with his 2year old sister‚ that was also outside throughout the observation. This interactive game play lasted fifteen minutes approximately
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Child: Male/ about 4yrs old Parent: Female/ about 30 yrs old Description: My family and I were at Joe’s Crab Shack in Round Rock and we were eating outside next to the playground. A family of 3 (Mother and 2 sons) were sitting about three tables away when all of a sudden I heard an outburst of crying and screaming. As I watched and paid closer attention to their conversation‚ I noticed that the child was crying because his mother would not let him play in the sand-filled playground until
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1. Identify the child development theory you most support and explain it in detail. Include relevant details that support your understanding of young children’s characteristics and needs. Constructivism is a theory associated with Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Its maid idea was that knowledge was constructed through ones experience and build on from prior knowledge. The construction that the theory name speaks of is learning (Hein‚ 1991). This theory asserts that knowledge comes from personal experiences
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When working with young people to advance and support their learning‚ one of the first points to consider is the motivations of the student to work with you and other professionals to complete various tasks and activities. If a child is able to motivate themselves (intrinsic motivation)‚ this can make a significant difference to the relationship between the young person and the professional‚ along with their view and attitude towards a subject/activity/task that they are working on. Effectively‚
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ASSIGNMENT # 2: PARENT INFORMATION/EDUCATION SHEET In Chapter six‚ Stress is the body’s reaction to a physical or emotional situation that causes discrepancy in a person’s life. On the other hand‚ all children will experience stress‚ sometimes significant amounts of it‚ in their lives. The author depict the stress that young children may experience and it may well be resulting from disrupted homes‚ blended families‚ both parents working outside the home; increased exposure to violence‚ Parents
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According to Piaget Cognitive Development Theory (Berk‚ 2003‚ p.133)‚ this child is in the preoperational stage (2-7 years)‚ and he behaves normally. When the father left he was upset. His mother asked him to sit still in one of the chairs. He was lying in an arm chair‚ moving his legs up and down. Then he put his feet on the armrest of the chair next to him‚ where his sister was sitting. He repeated this behavior several times in attempt to hit his sister. That made his mother tell him off. However
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