Chapter 11: Human development across the lifespan Prenatal development Progress Before Birth: prenatal development（生前发育） germinal stage= conception to 2 weeks Conception（怀孕）‚ implantation（灌输）‚ formation of placenta（胚胎形成） embryonic stage=2 weeks to 2 months formation of vital organs and systems（重要器官和系统的形成） fetal stage=2 months to birth bodily growth continues（身体持续增长）‚ movement capability begins（运动能力开始）‚ brain cells multiply（大脑细胞繁殖） age of viability（生存的时间） Prenatal testosterone 2D:4D
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Throughout their lifespan humans undergo many physical‚ social and cognitive changes. There are several theorists that have studied lifespan development and each have their own ideas on how knowledge and functioning are achieved. This essay will discuss two prominent theorists‚ Jean Piaget and John Bowlby‚ and their theories on lifespan development from birth to two years of age. Key physical‚ cognitive and psychosocial changes of this stage will be discussed and linked to health behaviours. Academics
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infant-parent relationships and interactions are especially vital in nurturing an infant’s development. Since development often follows a similar path‚ one can conclude much about a child’s abilities by simply looking at a photograph. This image illustrates a mother with her daughter‚ who appears to be approximately 18 months old. The mother is interacting with her daughter through a game of peekaboo. The child is actively engaged with the game that she and her mother are
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CYP31.1.2 Explain the difference between sequence of development & rate of development & why the difference is important. 1. What is meant by “sequence” of development? Sequence of development is when there is a define pattern to a child’s physical development. A baby may start their physical development with rolling over & crawling‚ another may sit up and walk missing out the rolling over and crawling. For an activity plan for a child to develop order of sequence I ask them to think of numbers
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their infant may affect the child’s intellectual development. The book Child Care and Child Development contains information and studies about child care. For instances‚ if you abuse your child this can lead for a child not to communicate right away. This affects their intellectual thought process by not letting or helping a child further their learning because of being abused‚ another example in this text is not having a relationship with a child can affect their learning style. Variety of ways
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Critically evaluate Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development Piaget has been described as the father of cognitive psychology (Shaffer‚ 1988) and his stage theory as the foundation of developmental cognitive psychology (Lutz & Sternberg‚ 2002). It is not possible to describe Piaget ’s empirical findings and theory in only 1‚500 words. Instead‚ I will briefly review the theory ’s scope‚ comprehensiveness‚ parsimony‚ applicability‚ heuristic value and methodological underpinning. I will then evaluate
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person’s thought processes have an important effect on his or her understanding of the world‚ and thus on the person’s development. A number of changes occur in one’s life from infancy to adolescence to adulthood. These changes‚ known as stages of development‚ caught the attention of theorists Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson.They both formed very important theories as to the thought development throughout the lifespan. Although‚ their
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think. He created a theory describing how children understood the world in four stages. The four stages are Sensorimotor‚ Preoperational‚ Concrete Operational‚ and Formal Operations. Sensorimotor is the first step in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development the ages range from 0-2 years old. At this stage the infant’s knowledge is based on sensory perception. For example‚ a 16 month infant sees their bottle and almost automatically their mind goes to feeding because they know that whenever they get
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According to Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development‚ children go through several stages of thinking before reaching an adult mental state. He proposed that from the time children are born until they reach about two years of age‚ that child is in the sensorimotor stage‚ where cognition is only focused on immediate stimuli. From the ago of two to seven years old‚ children then advance to the preoperational stage‚ where they are be able to think beyond immediate physical experiences‚ but are
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During reading chapter two‚ the first section talked about the physical growth and development of a newborn. It discussed how the head occupies the proportion of the newborn’s body. Also‚ it discussed the two patterns that newborns go through when developing. The first pattern is called cephalocaudal pattern. Cephalocaudal pattern is the sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top. Another pattern discussed is called proximodistal pattern. Proximodistal pattern is the sequence
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