PSY104: Child and Adolescent Development Theories of Development Dr. Craig Allen November 1‚ 2000 Introduction There are five major theoretical perspectives that focus on different aspects of Child Development‚ they are; (1) Psychoanalytic‚ which focuses on the unconscious‚ emotions‚ and drives that are shaped by unconscious forces. (2) Learning‚ this studies observable behavior; People react‚ to the environment that controls behavior. (3) Cognitive‚ which analyzes thought processes;
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considered normal for any individual child to attain a goal‚ as cultural and environmental factors are also important to development‚ but researchers have formed general‚ broad ranges of time in which skills such as walking and talking are displayed. Children with disabilities or delays may follow different paths of development. Children with mental retardation have been found to pass through typical stages of development‚ such as Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development‚ but at a much slower rate.
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Child Development Final Exam Review Sheet 1. Issues in Developmental Psychology Ch. 1‚ p. 1-24 a. Nature/Nurture i. twin & adoption studies b. Continuity/Discontinuity c. Active Child- children contribute to their own dev. From early in life‚ and contributions increase as they grow older d. Sociocultural Differences i. Sleeping patterns e. SES f. Romanian orphanage study/sensitive periods 2. Theories of Development Ch. 1‚ p. 1-24 a. Plato emphasized self control and discipline
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Child and Adolescents Development Theories The first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development was Jean Piaget in the 1920’s. “Piaget believed that human beings organize new information in two ways: through assimilation and through accommodation” (Rathus 241). He showed that children think in dramatically different ways than adults. There are three basic components to Piaget’s Cognitive Theory are schemas‚ the processes of adaption‚ and four stages of development. Piaget
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Role of play in child development. Erikson states that play is a diagnostic tool that tells us about the child‚ he also believes that two of the major functions are to resolve problems‚ and creative expression. Piaget‚s 4 stages of cognitive development are Sensorimotor 0-2 where children begin to act intentionally‚ for example knocks a mobile. Pre-operational 2 – 7 classifies objects by a single feature‚ for example groups together the same colour building blocks. Concerete operational
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“are the instruments of man’s intelligence‚” work together with the mind. Freedom of movement grants the child the opportunity to observe and explore the prepared environment. Constantly the Montessori child actively uses and refines her senses as she absorbs the world around‚ while the child in the traditional classroom is generally confined to her desk‚ left almost exclusively to listen. The child in a Montessori Tides classroom is thus an active rather than a passive learner‚ who makes good use of
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THE EFFECTS OF CHILD CARE 1 A variety of changes in the world have demanded an increase in the need for child care. Some of theses changes include migration‚ poverty‚ and urbanization. These economic and societal changes are forcing more and more woman into the workforce. Among these are young women and mothers. From the 1970’s to the 1990’s there was a major increase in the need for child care. In March of 1970‚ 26% of mothers with children under the age of 2 were working outside the home. By
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Running head: Sociological Affects of Child Abuse on Victims: Victims May Become Abusers Sociological Affects of Child Abuse on Victims: Victims May Become Abusers Author: Jenny Bailey Northeast State Technical Community College SOCI 1020 I70 Instructor: Mr. Smith Research Paper July 31‚ 2009 Research Discovery Process I wrote in my journal 2 to 3 days a week‚ and most all of the entries were the same: me feeling bad for my children because they have fathers that do not help me raise them
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children it is important that we understand their development. Children develop in an individual way and at varying rates. There are various stages of development such as physical‚ cognitive‚ linguistic‚ spiritual‚ social and emotional. They all are equally important and all have an impact on each other. I’m going to talk through and give you a brief description of some of the areas of development. Physical development refers to the development of large muscles also known as gross motor and small
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Supporting children’s development Physical development There are two different ways of physical development‚ which are gross motor and fine motor. Gross motor means the whole body movements‚ and‚ fine motor skills are the way when children use their hands in co-ordination with the eyes and this allows children to perform very gentle procedures with their fingers‚ with the eyes persuading the detailed movements of the fingers. Grass motor: Cruise along using furniture as support Crawl on hands
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