Student: CHFD215: Child Development Midterm Exam Instructions: Below you will find two questions for each of the eight Berk text chapters we have covered so far. One type of question requires you to connect with course content and the other requires you to apply it. Thoroughly and succinctly answer one question for each chapter (e.g. 1a or 1b but not both‚ 2a or 2b but not both). Your answers should be written in complete sentences and should demonstrate understanding of
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theory of cognitive development is a theory used to analyze and understand human development and behavior. His theory is broken up into four stages: Sensorimotor‚ which lasts from 0 to 2 years of age‚ Preoperational‚ which lasts from 2 to 7 years of age‚ Concrete Operational‚ which lasts from 7 to 11 years of age‚ and lastly‚ Formal Operational‚ which the child enters at 11 years of age and stays in throughout adulthood (Santrock‚ 2010‚ p.24). Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is important because
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Summary Modeling and Reinforcing In the result of modeling‚ it means to imitate something. It is thought that most language development comes from what is said and heard from others. Reinforcement comes in where a child says something and then an adult encourages the child to say it again and again. This process is done when the child is an infant and continues as the child grows older. Neither modeling nor reinforcement sufficiently explains how children eventually acquire an adult-like form of
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There are five aspects of child development which can be remembered by the acronym SPICE. These are social‚ physical‚ intellectual communication and emotional development. Child development theorists have created many timelines and charts which map how these different elements of child development progress‚ however it is best to look at the progress as a sequence as opposed to a set of achievements that a child should reach by a particular age. The ages I use within this assignment are purely approximate
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Wirtz 160 Fax: 753-1321 Office Phone: 753-6341 with voice mail or 753-1543 (receptionist); Helpdesk: 815-753-8100 E-mail: lederscheid@niu.edu; Blackboard: http://webcourses.niu.edu n development. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Wadsworth‚ B. J. (2004). Piaget ’s theory of cognitive and affective development (5th ed.). Boston‚ MA: Pearson Education‚ Inc. READINGS: Other assigned readings will be placed on Blackboard e-reserve from the NIU library. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Analysis of the
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Latoyac11 M. White March 4‚ 2011 Child Interview Questions 4-12 Emotional Development: Are you afraid of anything? Yes‚ when my mom walks to the gas station and when she takes a long time to get back it scares me. I am afraid of spiders‚ because when I watch them on TV and they are in people’s bed and houses and if they bite you it makes a giant bite mark as big as a your hand‚ its inside is blue and the outside is red. What makes you angry? When people talk about me and my brother
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CHAPTER 1: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS A. CHILDHOOD Refers to the time or state of being a child Early stage in the existence or development or something Connotes a time of innocence B. ADOLESCENCE Came from a Latin adolescentia‚ from adolescere‚ “to grow” Period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood A stage where a person experiences dramatic changes in the body along with developments in his psychology and career STAGES OF ADOLESCENCE PHYSICAL
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allows us to find out what children understand‚ how they think‚ what they are able to do‚ and interests are. This information helps us to build rich stories of children as capable and competent learners in order to support further activities and development. In doing this‚ observation gave me information to give on-going feedback to children about how they are getting on in their learning‚ to provide enjoyable experiences for them‚ to choose appropriate supports for them‚ and to document‚ celebrate
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Successful tertiary education‚ apparently‚ lays foundation for the future career of each student. On the one hand‚ as an argument goes‚ it is more important to be a good student than to have good teachers. Others‚ on the other hand‚ think differently. Certainly‚ each of these views has its own merits. There are plausible arguments in favour of the student’s decisive role. First and fore‚ good students are more strongly motivated and more fully committed to study. Studies have shown that greater benefits
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influences on the physical‚ socio-emotional and cognitive development of a child. Consider the following in your response: Heredity‚ Culture‚ Nutrition and Parental Affection “Children are resilient”‚ this is a term that we commonly hear in regards to the changes forced on children. But in reality how resilient are they? According to Darcia Narvaez‚ “not that much”‚ how often will a teacher see a child from a broken family‚ or a child who can’t concentrate in class‚ as they have not eaten breakfast
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