Developmental Psych Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood * Changes in Body Proportions * Cephalocaudal trend: “head to tail” – during prenatal period‚ the head develops more rapidly than the lower part of the body. * Proximodistal trend: growth proceeds‚ literally‚ from “near to far” – from the center of the body outward. In the prenatal period‚ the head‚ chest‚ and trunk grow first‚ then the arms and legs‚ and finally the hands and feet. * Brain Development
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Developmental Psychology Notes Examines how people are continually developing- physically‚ cognitively‚ and socially – from infancy through old age. Nature and Nurture: how do genetic inheritance and experience influence our development? Should always be in the back of your head during this unit. Are you who you are because of the way you were born or because of the way you were raised? Continuity and stages: is development a gradual‚ continuous process like riding an escalator‚ or does it proceed
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Developmental Delay Definition Developmental delay is defined as a significant delay in the process of development. Without intervention these delays will affect normal development. Areas of delays include language‚ perception‚ cognitive‚ social‚ emotional‚ or motor development. Developmental delay refers only to children between the ages of 0 and 8 years. (Education and early childhood development‚ n.d.)The definitions in each state must be wide enough to include all disability categories to be
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twelve. Children in this stage are introduced to new abilities such as being capable of conservation and reversible thinking. Also‚ centration becomes nonexistent as children have learned to take all of an object’s features into consideration. An education and information learned in school has made all of these advances possible. The child’s ability to problem solve and think logically has never been more apparent. However‚ these prepubescent children are still denied the ability to think abstractly
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Summary of Clinical Supervision Cycle Introduction The clinical supervision model for conducting observations has been used in the education field for decades. Clinical supervision involves a teacher receiving information from an administrator‚ colleague‚ peer coach‚ or mentor‚ who has observed the teacher’s performance and who serves as both a mirror and a sounding board to aid the teacher in critical examination of a specific aspect of their instruction and possibly alter his or her own professional
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Evaluation and supervision are the core processes in determining standards and maintaining quality in education. The assumption is they enhance teacher’s performance and boost the learners’ achievements. Evaluation is a function of policy while supervision administrative tools. This paper is focussing on the definitions‚ types‚ purposes‚ roles‚ differences and similarities of these two key processes. It will also look at why the two are necessary in any education system and what problems are associated
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Supervision is a vital component to the social work profession and practice. Please tell us how developing a good supervisory relationship is beneficial to the clients you serve and how you are incorporating your supervision into practice in your field work. Developing a good supervisory relationship is very beneficial to the client that I served because in order to provide good quality of services it is important to learn new skills‚ techniques and that will improved interventions that could
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Understanding Psychology Psychology is everywhere‚ surrounding our daily lives. It helps us‚ humans‚ to overcome difficult challenges and obstacles we come across. I do not know my future‚ but what I plan on looking forward too is working as an accountant. As I get up to becoming an accountant‚ using psychological theories will help me‚ but having a successful career does not necessarily mean a successful life. In my opinion‚ a successful life consists of the job you are happy to work for and the
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Piaget developed four universal stages of development. The first stage‚ the sensorimotor stage‚ occurs around 0-2 years. The second stage is the pre-operational stage‚ and lasts from approximately 2-7 years. The next stage is the concrete operations stage‚ which lasts from around 7-11 years. The final stage‚ formal operational thought‚ occurs around age 12 and lasts into adulthood (Mooney‚ 2013). In researching Piaget’s stage theory‚ and the corresponding characteristics‚ kindergarten children
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interprets the world. Consequently‚ an individual’s worldview would be affected by culture‚ religion‚ and education‚ to name a base. Worldview may also be considered how an entire society interprets the world. In essence‚ a worldview encompasses the entirety of a person’s‚ or society’s knowledge and point of view. Understanding individuals’ differing worldviews is essential to learning developmental psychology. As each human is inherently unique‚ understanding how their worldview affects their behavior
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