PS220: Child and Adolescent Psychology Any family where both parents have careers to attend to sometimes find themselves at a loss as to how so many people have full families‚ and still find time to work. Some of these families are fortunate enough to have parents‚ or grandparents who are willing to watch their children during the day while the parents are fulfilling their professional obligations‚ but for many families and young couple this simply isn’t an option‚ and a day care‚ or professional
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Jean Piaget The history of psychology dates back to the ancient Greeks‚ Chinda and India. There are even some records of psychology dating back to ancient Egypt. Psychology is the study of the human mind and it’s functions. It used to be a branch of phylosophy‚ but in the 1870s it developed into an indipendant science‚ when Wilhem Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated to psychology. In the anciet times‚ psychology had to do with evil spirits and souls‚ which remedies were encantiations
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The narrative provided by Dynel directs the reader to accompany Krissy on the journey to reconstruct her thought processes‚ spirituality‚ and relationships in order to leave Dorian. Krissy’s display of false associations and errors in reasoning suggests that there is a need for a deeper understanding of Krissy’s cognition. Cognitive theory can foster this comprehension by analyzing how Krissy developed maladaptive schemas and cognitive distortions which kept her captive to Dorian. Many of Krissy’s
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Estes model is described as the mathematical theory of learning because it explains learning through mathematical equations instead of using strictly science. Using mathematics in psychology is still new and not used often so when a new mathematical theory surfaces they take great interest in it. Mathematical theories also give you data you can use that is precise and can help with experiments and reviewing their results. Mathematical testing is still fairly new which is why it is still criticised
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Cognitive development "addresses the expansion of a child’s intellect or mental abilities. [It also] involves recognizing‚ processing‚ and organizing information and then using it appropriately" (Martoz pg. 39). Cognitive development uses mental strategies of classifying‚ sorting‚ exploring‚ depicting‚ and manipulating. Piaget’s contribution to the cognitive domain holds that "cognitive development is an ongoing process of interaction between the child and his perceptual view of objects or events
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The early childhood period is considered to be the most important developmental phase throughout the life span. This period focuses on the physical‚ social/emotional and language/cognitive domains of development of a child‚ which have direct effects on their overall development as an adult in the future. Physical Development Physical developments of a child are associated with the motor skills and physical growth of the child. As a child grows‚ and his or her nervous system becomes more mature
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The definition of Play as stated in the Oxford dictionary is described as to engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose (Oxford Dictionary‚ 2015). Jean Piaget (1896-1980) defined play as the child’s efforts to make environmental incentive to match his or her own concepts‚ children adjust and build their mental structures to suit what they are experiencing which he called adaption. Piaget believed that children actively construct their own cognitive
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Jean Piaget was a philosopher turned developmental psychologist who was fascinated with children and their reasoning. He theorized that by observing how a child’s mind matures that you may discover the key to human knowledge. Piaget‚ in his work‚ identified the different stages of mental growth. These stages became his stages of cognitive development that he theorized all children go through. Piaget believed that well go four stages in a sequential order. These stages included sensorimotor‚ preoperational
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As Checkley (2004) articulates‚ adolescence is a critical period of teenagers’ growth spurt covering many personal and social changes during their puberty from 12 to 20 years old. During this period‚ adolescents undergo remarkable transformations of their thinking and reasoning to obtain higher levels of intellectual (cognitive) development (Flavell‚ 2011; Piaget‚ 1952‚ 1960). According to Piaget (1952)‚ as children grow up‚ they progress through a series of qualitative changes of cognitive development
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Newborns have innate abilities for finding nourishment‚ avoiding harmful situations‚ and interacting with others - all of which are genetically designed to facilitate survival. From the moment of conception to the nine-month prenatal period‚ the zygote becomes an embryo and then a fetus. Teratogens taken in by the mother that can cause damage to the developing fetus. Development of sensory abilities and basic reflexes begins in the prenatal period. And at birth newborns prefer sweet taste and familiar
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