Name: Bria Brazier Course: ACAC 0321 Reading I Date: November 13‚ 2011 Book Report Title: A Child Called “It” Author: Dave Pelzer Publisher and Year: Health Communications‚ Inc. 3201 S.W. 15th Street Deerfield Beach‚ Florida 33442-8190 A child called it takes place in Daly City‚ California March 5th‚ 1973. It takes place in the Early 70’s where David’s parents seemed to not really care about him and how he looked and if he was taken care of properly. During this time his father
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A Child called it Emotionally ‚ physically‚ and mentally abused all through the course of life from the childhood to a become a teenager. All day everyday. Only being fed a few days a week or being reduced down to the family status of an *it* are just a few trials and tribulations that David Pelzer had to face during his young years of being a child. And living with his emotionally unstable alcoholic mother. David’s story is one the most brutal and heartless acts of a child abuse in world’s history
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Jasmine Irizarry #10 Sunday‚ February 05‚ 2012 Bloom’s Book Report A Child Called “It” By: Dave Pelzer 153 pages KNOWLDEGE (5 pts. each‚ 1-3 sentences‚ approximately) 1. Name the characters in the story and label which were the most important. The main characters were a little boy in fifth grade named David who was a child that was abused since he was in about second grade. In the end of the story he’s in 5th grade and that wasn’t nearly the end of his abuse. There is also his
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Comparing Theorists Jean Piaget was the first psychologist to suggest a theory of moral development. According to Piaget‚ development emerges from action‚ and people construct and reconstruct their knowledge of the world as a result of interactions with the environment. He wanted to find the “biological explanation of knowledge”. Piaget’s theory identifies four developmental stages‚ which are: 1. Sensorimotor stage (birth - 2)‚ 2. Pre-operational stage (2-7 years old)‚ 3. Concrete operational
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the bio-ecological approach which suggest that five levels if the environment simultaneously influence indviduals. He tagged different aspects or levels of environment that influences a child’s development. Urie Bronfenbrenner five major systems are called microsystem; which is everyday immediate environment in which children lead their daily lives. Second is the mesosystem; which provides connections between the various aspects of the microsystem. Third is the exosystem; It represents broader influences
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development emerged as a discipline over the centuries‚ and to compare and contrast the strengths and limitations of the major research methodologies utilized within developmental psychology. Developmental psychology is referred to as a scientific study surrounding the psychological changes that occur within people as they age. Developmental psychology is also referred to as life-span psychology‚ the branch of psychology that is focused on the cognitive‚ motivational‚ psycho physiological‚ and social
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Theories of Development Lacey Thomas Arkansas Tech University Theories of development provide a framework for thinking about human growth‚ development‚ and learning. According to Santrock‚ theory means “an interrelated‚ coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and facilitate predictions.” (Santrock‚ 2013‚ p.21) Having an understanding of child development is important for implementing developmentally appropriate practices. As educators‚ understanding
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I am reading "A Child Called It." This is a ver good book. let me tell you a little about it. Pelzer was the second born of five children. His father was a fireman and‚ according to Dave‚ his mother was originally a loving‚ kind and wonderful person who would try to do anything for her family. The abuse gradually started when he was about five. At that point‚ Dave could tell what kind of day he could expect to have by the way his mother was dressed. If she was all made up then he could expect
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Developmental psychology Also known as human development‚ is the scientific study of systematic psychological changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Originally concerned with infants and children the field has expanded to include adolescence‚ adult development‚ and the entire life span. This field examines change across a broad range of topics including motor skills and other psycho-physiological processes; cognitive development involving areas such as problem solving
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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCH 101 In Developmental psychology there are four theories that psychologist apply to the development of the human mind. Developmental psychologist always question how much of you is due to your genes or to the environment in which your in. After reading about each of these theories‚ I can’t say that I believe one theory to hold all the answer to the human psyche. But I do believe more strongly in some then others whether through personal experience or through
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