APRIL’S PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT Referral April was not a referral client; rather she did her own research after feeling unsupported by her previous therapist. She found this practice on the Pratt Institute listserv as she was looking for a psychologist close to school. According to April‚ she received a diagnosis of stage three Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma five weeks ago and had not told anyone close to her. She wanted to talk to someone “objective” to figure out what steps to take next. Client
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The five developmental domains of play are physical‚ social/emotional‚ language and cognitive development. Play has enormous contribution and impact on all aforementioned domains. When children participate and engage in pretend and imaginary play‚ they are demonstrating growth and development in all domains. “In the play the child always behaves beyond his average age‚ above his daily behavior; in play it is though he were a head taller than himself” (Vygotsky‚ 1978‚ p 102). During my month’s observation
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Student: Ashlee Robishaw Patient Initials: AMR Current Age: 4 months Gestational Age: 39 weeks and 6 days Growth Parameters: Height: 24.5 in Weight: 5.5 kg Developmental Stages: (Infant/Toddler/Ps/School age/Adolescent) Freud: Oral Stage - infant’s main concerns are with oral gratification • The child’s primary source of pleasure is sucking. She is currently breastfeeding and the mother has stated that the infant is able to be consoled by nursing or sucking thumb. Erikson: Trust versus
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From 1950‚ Erikson identified eight developmental stages a person needs to conquer in his lifetime for psychosocial well-being (cited in Hoare‚ 2001). At each developmental period‚ a specific emotional attribute is at risk. Should this risk be managed properly‚ the obtained attribute will lend strength to achieving all subsequent attributes. Otherwise‚ an adverse attribute is adopted‚ which unfavourable alters one’s development. Individuals’ attributes must be developed with the help of their social
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against her parents‚ most of them being normal and healthy parts of development. However‚ it would seem that one aspect of her physical development somewhat strayed from the normative; an issue that‚ according to several findings in the field of developmental psychology‚ has had a negative catalyzing effect on her body image‚ peer-acceptance‚ relationship with her parents‚ and overall emotional stability. This umbrella issue is Rebecca’s pubertal timing; specifically‚ the early onset of it relative
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Stephans‚ M M3_A1 Piaget was interested in how children think; Piaget says children learn with intelligent‚ video‚ cognitive development. He believes putting the development and learns. He believes that children learn by doing or copying as their fears. Anal stage is an important stage. B.F. skinner is a. behaviorist he believed that behavior is learned such as praising. He believes to praise for good things and not for bad behavior ignore
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Theories of cognitive development: Assignment one. ‘Compare and contrast the cognitive theories of the theorists – Piaget‚ Vygotsky & Bruner‚ criticising the basis of each theory’ This essay will be comparing and contrasting the cognitive theories and approaches of Piaget‚ Vygotsky and Bruner. The cognitive approach is based on how as individuals process information‚ past experiences‚ memory and perception. A definition of cognition is “how we consider information that we perceive from our
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Urie Bronfenbrenner was one of the most influential developmental social scientists in the last century. He had an important role in the design of the Head Start program and from the 1970’s until his death a few years ago; he developed the most comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding human development within the broader context of the social environment. Bronfenbrenner’s “bioecological systems” theory combines sociology and developmental psychology‚ with individuals and environments shaping
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Cognitive development is an intellectual growth from infancy to adulthood. Jean Piaget (1896-1980)‚ a Swiss psychologist‚ was one of the most important and influential researchers in the field of developmental psychology throughout the 20th century. Piaget was born in Neuchâtel‚ Switzerland‚ on August 9‚ 1896. His father‚ Arthur Piaget‚ was a professor of medieval literature with an interest in local history. His mother‚ Rebecca Jackson‚ was intelligent and energetic. The oldest child‚ he was very
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development during middle adulthood page 3 3.3 Physical development during late adulthood page 5 4. Cognitive development page 7 4.1 Crystallised and fluid intelligence page 7 4.2 Cognitive development during early adulthood page 8 4.3 Cognitive development during middle adulthood page 10 4.4 Cognitive development during late adulthood page 11 5. The influence of physical and cognitive development on adulthood page 15 6. Synthesis page 15 7. Bibliography page 17
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