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    Taguig City ED 202 CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT Second Semester School Year: 2012-2013 “Enriching Myself as a Future Teacher Through a Broader Understanding of the Child and Adolescent" Submitted by: Delgado‚ Aicel May D. BSE Second Year Major in English Submitted to: Dr.Emelita Magsalin AIMS OF THE STUDY: * To introduce teacher education students to human growth‚ development and learning theories‚ concepts‚ stages‚ and processes- from

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    PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADOLESCENT -GENETIC FOUNDATIONS- Physically adolescents are still influenced by their inherited genes. Whether or not a particular characteristic is expressed is often determined by our genotype. For physical genetic formation to take place any of the three may have contributed to a full grown adolescent. Imprinting – A chemical marker that may activate either the Father’s or Mother’s genes. Mutation – Sudden or permanent change in a DNA segment. Some by chance

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    AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS A. CHILDHOOD Refers to the time or state of being a child Early stage in the existence or development or something Connotes a time of innocence B. ADOLESCENCE Came from a Latin adolescentia‚ from adolescere‚ “to grow” Period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood A stage where a person experiences dramatic changes in the body along with developments in his psychology and career STAGES OF ADOLESCENCE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT EMOTIONAL

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    Child and Adolescent Development The development of child and adolescents covers a large selection of human efforts that attempts to understand why a person acts the way he or she does‚ grows the way he‚ or she grows‚ and thinks the way he or she thinks. Human development has been studied since the beginning of psychology‚ in which the work of Sigmund Freud has been predominantly influential. Freud was the father of psychodynamics and the first to study human development and the inner workings

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    The Brain Development and Violence Juanita S Farmer DeVry University Victimology Professor: Jeannine Quear What causes a person to become violent? Is a person born to be a killer or do social pressures cause a person to lash out? These are questions that scientists have been searching for answers to for decades. Though there are many theories about biological influences‚ there is no set rule that applies to everyone that explains what makes a person turn violent. There are three events that

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    Effects of Substance Abuse on Adolescent Development Liberty University Abstract During adolescence‚ cognition and the brain undergo parallel development. Substance abuse has led to impairments in adults but less is known of its effects on adolescent cognition. To be addressed is the neuropsychological performance of adolescents involved in substance use such as alcohol use and marijuana. Effects of substance use are analyzed on neuropsychological composites that include verbal

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    Adolescents is a period of life that is thought to be a crucial stage of development due to changes in an adolescent’s physical appearance‚ cognitive ability and social behavior. This paper will be discussing the environmental influences that promote the three domains of development with the assistance of two theorists‚ Piaget and Erikson. Discussed further is the participation of a team sport focusing on the positive developmental aspects it has on an individual. The involvement of significant peers

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    HDFS August 21‚ 2013 The Brain Brain changes well into adulthood. Neurons are electrochemical Albert Einstein had more glia cells Brain fed by blood vessels Cell body of each neuron length 600 miles Dendrites are nerve cells ears Length of neuron is the axon. Conducts electrical impulse down to the terminal buttons Terminal Buttons go to Dendrites Neurotransmitter travels across the gap between terminal buttons and dendrites. One type of glia cell make up the myelin sheath When myelin

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    Justine Booqua ECME 1104 C. DeRochie January 26‚ 2015 Brain Development Paper The article that I read is‚ “Nature‚ Nurture‚ and Early Brain Development” by Sara Gable. It is about how relationships‚ experiences‚ interactions and surroundings play a huge role in child and infants brain development. The author also gives an overview of how the brain develops. The focus of this article was to inform caregivers of the importance of having a nurturing and caring environment for infants and children.

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    additional trauma exposure and other difficulties. These difficulties may extend from childhood through adolescence into adulthood. A better view of the impact of complex trauma can be understood by examining traumas impact on a child’s growth and development. There are seven primary domains of impairment observed in children exposed to complex trauma. The first is attachment‚ here the children have uncertainty about the reliability and predictability of the world. They also have problems with boundaries

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