Observation #1 Toddlers The name of the child that is being observed is Rachael. She is a female toddler who weighs 26 pounds and is 32 ½ inches tall. According to biosocial development most children‚ by 24 months‚ weigh almost 30 pounds and are between 32 and 36 inches tall. According to the data of the United States‚ Rachael weight of 28 pounds lands between the 10th and the 50th girls percentiles‚ which are 22 ½ pounds and 26 ½ pounds. Her height of 32 ½ is in the 10th girls
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Cognitive Disorder /Dementia Cognitive disorder is a class of disorder in which is characterized by a impairment in cognitive abilities and daily functioning‚ Cognitive disorders and not psychologically based. Cognitive impairment involving a generalized and progressive deficit in the areas of memory‚ the learning of new information‚ the ability to communicate‚ in making good make judgments‚ and in motor coordination. This loss of intellect‚ memory‚ or mental capacity‚ is usually accompanied
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Biosocial Theory of Gender Development Interactionist perspective- “Nature lays the foundations‚ which culture tends to adorn‚ embellish and re-shape.” References: Lips p83 Plotnik p342 Burton‚ Westen and Kowalski p516-17 Gross page 525 Coon p637 INTERACTION between social and biological factors which is the key to gender development- idea is that people are raised /treated differently (environment) according to their biological sex (heredity). Therefore‚ one set of conditions creates another
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Cognitive Functioning PSY/475 April 22‚ 2013 Cognitive Functioning Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory *Componential *Metacomponents *Performance *Knowledge-acquisition Speaker Notes: Sternberg’s Triarchic theory was first introduced around 1985 and has been widely used since. Sternberg believed that that intelligence has three facets to help understand the human mind (Hogan‚ 2007). There are many different sub-divisions and then some of those have subparts to them as well. The first is componential
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Cognitive Dissonance theory Core Assumptions and Statements Cognitive dissonance is a communication theory adopted from social psychology. The title gives the concept: cognitive is thinking or the mind; and dissonance is inconsistency or conflict. Cognitive dissonance is the psychological conflict from holding two or more incompatible beliefs simultaneously. Cognitive dissonance is a relatively straightforward social psychology theory that has enjoyed wide acceptance in a variety of disciplines
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An observation can result in a very important learning lesson. The act of observing starts at a very young age and never stops. Maturation evolves from self-motivation and efforts to adapt to day-to-day experiences. Observation is how a toddler learns new things. They observe their mother and father doing “grown up” things and try to re-enact them. By doing this they learn new words‚ build their own personalities‚ as well as many other important traits. As people grow older the observation turns
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child’s life. Children learn a lot through these years. Also‚ children play a lot and this allows them to build more schemas in the brain. A suitable environment should be provided to the children in order to perceive properly and learn clearly. The purpose of this assignment is to develop the educator’s critical thinking skills in order to maximize the children’s potential. The observation took place in the day care of children in Grossmont College. Wednesday the 25 of April‚ 2012. The children observed
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Do bilingual children have cognitive advantages over monolingual children? Bilingualism is defined as the ability of having two different mother-tongue languages‚ while monolingual refers to a person’s capability to speak one language. In addition‚ bilingualism occurs when a child’s parents came from different countries‚ so the child has distinct native languages‚ or when is grown in a different country‚ where local language is required to be learn. For instance‚ 56 percent respondents could speak
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on August 16‚ 2007‚ at the park where I was babysitting her with her mom for approximately thirty minutes. The park I observed her at is packed with children and dogs are allowed. There is a large play area with jungle-jims and slide and it includes a sandy area which has a variety of playing equipment as well. I first observed Faustine’s biosocial development such as physical growth‚ gross motor and fine motor skills. Faustine is 3 feet tall and she weighs 41 pounds according to my Aunt. She is
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Do children show evidence of innate cognitive abilities? Discuss with reference to any topic covered in the module. The nature-nurture debate is a consistently prominent area of interest in psychology and has in turn sparked a considerable number of studies investigating the extent to which our genes and the environment shape developmental processes. The psychological research supporting nativist theories will be compared with the contrasting empiricist views‚ which highlight environmental experiences
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