LANGUAGE NOTES Language -- how we combine spoken‚ written words as we think and communicate Structure a. Phonemes – smallest distinctive sound unit b. Morphemes – smallest unit that carries meaning c. Grammar – a system of rules that allows us to understand one another i. Semantics – the study of meaning in language ii. Syntax – a set of rules for combining words in a sentence Development d. Babbling stage
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Child/Family Observation Paper Sarah Walker Morgan O’Leary PSYC 2103: Human Growth and Development October 13‚ 2011 AM Introduction This paper is a child/family observation and assessment of a child in the life-span development stage of early childhood‚ so between the ages of 2-6. In the early childhood stage‚ children are entering the “play” years. They have vivid imaginations and rapid growth in language and cognitive development. Observation in the assessment of a child is very important
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Introduction This case study drove me to observe my 17-year-old sister‚ Tanya. Her full name is Tanya Jeanette Villafuerte and she attends a public school called Elsik High School. She has big cheeks‚ black straight hair‚ and big black eyes. She lives in a two-story home with four bedrooms‚ and has a game room where she spends her free time. At school‚ she says she has a lot of friends. She is involved in ROTC and sword detail. She also attends some student council meetings for her school. I chose
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The child was asked many times to put the toy away in his cubby and he would‚ but would suddenly have it out again. There was one occasion‚ where I did ask the child several times to put his toy away‚ and he ignored me. One of the instructors noticed and approached the child‚ by kneeling down and asking him to walk towards her. As she had one hand on the child’s shoulder‚ she spoke to him
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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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OBSERVATION SURVEY SUMMARY SHEETS Name: Date: D. of B.: Age: yrs mths School: Recorder: Text Titles Errors Running Words Error Ratio Accuracy Rate Self Correction Ratio Easy / 1: % 1: Instructional / 1: % 1: Hard / 1: % 1: Directional Movement Analysis of Errors and Self-Corrections Information used or neglected [Meaning (M)‚ Structure or Syntax (S)‚ Visual (V)] Easy Instructional Hard Cross-checking on information (Note that this behaviour changes over time) How the reading sounds Easy Instructional
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Child Development Final Exam Review Sheet 1. Issues in Developmental Psychology Ch. 1‚ p. 1-24 a. Nature/Nurture i. twin & adoption studies b. Continuity/Discontinuity c. Active Child- children contribute to their own dev. From early in life‚ and contributions increase as they grow older d. Sociocultural Differences i. Sleeping patterns e. SES f. Romanian orphanage study/sensitive periods 2. Theories of Development Ch. 1‚ p. 1-24 a. Plato emphasized self control and discipline
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plan I included the resources I used to complete my article‚ these resource helped me to in include all the right information in my article and also helped my widen my knowledge on the breast vs. bottle subject. I used ‘Lonsdale Essenentials Child Development Revision Guide’ and some websites from the internet. I mainly used these two websites: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/Pages/why-breastfeed.aspx#close and http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/feeding/breast_bottle_feeding.html
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HOW LANGUAGE CALLS TO THE CHILD Nerve cells (centers) in the brain enable us to speak. One cell is concerned with the hearing of the speech (sensorial center) and the other with the production of the speech (motor center). The last mentioned center develops more slowly than the sensorial center. Possibly because the sounds heard by the child provoke the movements to re-produce them. Children must hear the sounds of speech before they can repeat them. NB: Speech is produced by a natural mechanism
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At birth‚a child has the primitive reflexes of sucking‚ swallowing‚ grasping and stepping when held upright on a hard surface. It will recognise and be soothed by its mothers voice. As it grows and develops it will begin to smile‚ show facial exprerssions‚ control his own head unsupported. The child will also be intrigued by its own hands and be able to hold an object for a few seconds. At six months it will be able to sit with support‚ roll over and lift its upper body away from the floor with
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