Effects of poverty on the physical development of a Jamaican child Physical development is defined by Tina Bruce and Carolyn Meggitt in the text Child Care and Education as “the way in which the body gains skills and become more complex in its performance.” Arnold Gesell a psychologist and pediatrician put forth normative development guidelines for a child (physical development milestones). The normative development guidelines are categorized into gross motor skills‚ fine -motor skills and balance/coordination
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Sky Barragan‚ daughter of a good friend of mine is the child I observed for this written evaluation. Sky is four years old with a birthday quickly approaching this upcoming July. The observation took place at a local park in Pasadena that Sky frequents quite regularly for play time. We arrived at the park at approximately nine fifty in the morning and left the park at ten thirty. The park is about five acres and located in a quiet neighborhood of Pasadena‚ CA. It has a playground‚ basketball courts
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Child G’s language skills have improved a lot since I started observing her. The norm for her age level says a child speaks about 50 words‚ links two to four words together‚ uses some adjectives‚ and speaks clearly enough for adults to understand some words. I’ve noticed that she often repeats what adults such as her parents and teachers. She doesn’t even know that word‚ she repeats it. I think that’s how she learns and obtains new vocabularies. She is able to do what the norm of a child of age
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babies are small compared to adults‚ alcohol breaks down much more slowly than in a grown person. This means that alcohol remains in a baby’s blood much longer than in the blood of its mother thus leading to possible irreversible harm to the baby’s development. All drinks that contain alcohol can harm your baby. There is no known safe amount of alcohol that you can consume if you are pregnant. It is best to discuss any drinking patterns with your healthcare provider. During the first four weeks of
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Brown and Brownell (1990) found that toddlers who frequently initiated conflicts with peers: A. a. were the most sociable and initiated the most interactions. B. b. were unpopular with peers C. c. were insecurely attached to their parents. D. d. were socially immature. Reset Selection Question 2 of 36 2.77 Points What kinds of attributions are socially incompetent children likely to make in ambiguous situations? A. a. nonthreatening. B. b. external. C. c. hostile.
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ONE COURSE / MANY Continuous Gradually develops by adding new skills & knowledge onto old ones Discontinuous Child goes through distinct stages (each unique until reaching highest level of functioning) Each child goes through discontinuous processes‚ but within some stages‚ there is continuous development. Stage Theorists: Assume people follow same development sequences EG: Childhood - common influences that lead people to represent world through language & make believe play
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OBSERVATION NO. 5 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Aim: To observe a child‚ who is 4 years 3 months old‚ in a construction area during a free-play in order to identify her social skills. Objectives: To observe and record Rebecca’s ability to share toys with other children. Record of observation Three children are sitting at a big round table and playing with different constructional toys. Rebecca is playing with big plastic letters. The teacher approaches the children. Rebecca (to the teacher) I
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theories and got to know a lot of psychologists who made an effort to explain the way children feel. There are 3 grand theories; Psychoanalysis (Freud)‚ Behaviorism (Watson‚ Skinner‚ Pavlov) and Cognitive (Piaget). All this 3 theories explain the development of children from different prospectives. Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis becomes clear as to how he construed human character. Freud believed that human nature is basically deterministic‚ and largely dependent on the unconscious mind. Irrational
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HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PARENTAL ATTACHMENT AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT A PAPER SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR DAPHNE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELLING IN FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COUN 502 BY PAMELA E. CAMERON LIBERTY UNIVERSY VIRGINIA‚ USA AUGUST 16‚ 2013 Abstract Parental attachment is a foundational part of human development. There are various patterns
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begin to make spontaneous cooing sounds which resemble vowel sounds (Otto‚ 2008). The sound production becomes more complex as the child grows until the final stage of oral development which is beginning oral fluency. Oral development is vital for children literacy which involves learning the sounds‚ word‚ and symbols of language. Observations and Stages My first observation was a two-month old baby who is very attentive
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