child’s development is measured through social‚ emotional‚ physical and language development milestones. Although each child will follow a sequence of milestones throughout their development‚ the rate at which they reach those milestones may differ between each individual. Development is broken down into a series of age groups:- 0 - 3 years 3 - 7 years 7 - 12 years 12 - 19 years These development rates are guides based on various research undertaken. A child’s physical development increases
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Summarise the main development of a child from the age range 0-2‚ 3-5 and 5-8 years. Assignment 1.1 Development refers to the process of learning new skills and abilities‚ and acquiring emotional maturity. All developmental changes are the result of both genetic and environmental factors. ‘Child development’ is the term given to the growth of babies through childhood. Although when talking about development we often refer to the ‘average’ child‚ there is no such thing and we should be more concerned
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I will be talking about my development years‚ also bringing my observations‚ not done at the child center‚ and make some reference form the berk book. Development is a word that is used to describe the many changes in a child’s physical growth‚ as well as their ability to learn the social‚ emotional‚ behavior‚ thinking and communication skills needed for life. These areas are all linked‚ and one depends on another and their influence each other. In the first five years of life‚ a child’s brain will
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pattern of children and young people’s development from Birth to 19 years: a. Physical development 0 – 12 months Sleeps for long periods/grows fast Develops Pincer grasp Tries to lift head/kick legs and wave arms Begins to Sit and May crawl Begins to hold objects and enjoys finger play Starts to pass object from one hand to the other Becomes more alert Drops things deliberately Learns to roll and establishes head control 1 – 3 years Is now very mobile crawls‚ cruises‚
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Preconventional Moral Reasoning Level One of Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning is called Preconventional Moral Reasoning. It is called “preconventional” because people at this stage are not able to understand the social mores and rules of good and bad or right and wrong in their particular society. The preconventional level is characterized by behavior which is motivated by egocentrism‚ and manifested with the anticipation of pleasure or the avoidance of pain. At this level the individual’s moral judgments
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developmental aspects at different stages and that is perfectly normal. At 0-3 months: Sleeps on average 20 hours a day Begin visual and oral exploration Begins to recognize faces Starts to move around more Focuses both eyes together Sensitive to touch Can detect smells Cries‚ coos and grunts Can feel emotional distress Can be comforted by familiar adults Smiles at faces (social development) Can focus on sources of sound Able to hold up their own heads
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KOHLBERG’S STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT Lawrence Kohlberg was a moral philosopher and student of child development. He was director of Harvard’s Center for Moral Education. His special area of interest is the moral development of children - how they develop a sense of right‚ wrong‚ and justice. Kohlberg observed that growing children advance through definite stages of moral development in a manner similar to their progression through Piaget’s well-known stages of cognitive development. His observations
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Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development Level A Preconventional *Ages 0-9‚ behaviour motivated by the anticipation of pleasure of pain Stage #1- Punishment and Obedience *do what’s right to avoid breaking rules‚ doing the right thing to avoid punishment. Punishment overcomes the child’s mind; punishment proves that disobedience is wrong. Example (child) – A child will stop trying to take a sibling’s toy in order to avoid being sent to his room and to gain or
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Discuss theories of moral development Piaget researched into the moral development of children and found that until about 5 years old children are amoral. They cannot make moral judgements or understand rules. However‚ most children under 5 years old know when they are doing something wrong; therefore it could be argued that they aren’t amoral. To understand rules children use equal-status contact with peers to understand others perspectives and begin to develop morally. Piaget used pairs of vignettes
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Listening to the responses from the developmental panel‚ showed distinct differences between stages in life. The children who were under ten years of age showed little development when it came to topics that required general knowledge. The teens showed adequate levels of understanding of topics and Emilee showed to be furthest in development. Emilee is a twenty one year old female who had a very rough time growing up. when asked how Emilee describes herself‚ she believes herself to be reserved and quiet
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