Abuse: How it Effects Cognitive Development and Prevention Methods Drake Hough Liberty University COUN 502-C16 Dr. Lee A. Harlan November 6‚ 2010 Abstract Research indicates that traumatic childhood experiences‚ such as abuse‚ increase the risk for different cognitive development disorders that effect learning‚ memory‚ and consciousness. Statistics show that no one age‚ gender‚ or ethnic group is excluded. Cognitive development that is affected includes
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From the age of 0 to 3 Physical: A new born baby comes with some basic physical survival skills like sucking‚ grabbing and latching onto a breast. By the age of 1 they can roll‚ crawl and sit on their own accord. During the second year‚ most babies become toddlers and begin to take their first steps‚ their muscles have grown stronger now‚ as they progress through the 2nd year they will become more curious of the world around and want to touch and grab anything and everything they can see‚ they will
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Adolescence and Late Adulthood Adolescence‚ the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood‚ is marked by the onset of puberty‚ the point at which sexual maturity occurs. The age at which puberty begins has implications for the way people view themselves and the way others see them. One of the most important stages during adolescence is the psychosocial development stage. Psychosocial development encompasses the way people’s understanding of themselves‚ one another‚ and the world around
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her friend. She was able to catch the ball but still occasionally had to catch it with her body to make sure she did not drop the ball. “Increased myelination of the central nervous system is reflected in the improvement of fine motor skills during middle and late childhood” (Santrock‚ 2014‚ p.149).
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Adolescence and Adulthood PSY/202 April 29‚ 2012 Adolescence and Adulthood The psychosocial development stage during adolescence is the search for identity. Psychosocial development encompasses the way peoples understanding for themselves‚ one another and the world around them changes during the course of development. I think that around the age of 15 years old I was beginning to go through this stage. I got my first part time job and no longer felt that I needed my parents to give me
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The entering of a young adult into adulthood is a monumental step in a person’s life thatg requires many major changes in decision-making‚ responsibilities‚ and behaviors. It appears there are gender differences between males and females‚ as females appear to go through the major transitions to adulthood at a younger age and leave home faster than men (Holloway‚ 2010). My hypothesis is that females have an earlier transition to adulthood and will leave home at a younger age than males because females
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Exercise at every stage of life is important to maintain the physical and mental aspects of a person’s health and wellbeing. This is especially relevant for exercise in late adulthood‚ with late adulthood being a person aged sixty plus (Hoffnung et al.‚ 2013)‚ the need to maintain health physical attribute as to live independently or just functionally live along with maintaining mental capacities and social relationships. Even with physical activity being a lesser part of the daily routine for many
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accomplish many new tasks at an astounding rate. Many external influences affect the success of a child’s developmental progress. Warm and intimate infant-parent relationships and interactions are especially vital in nurturing an infant’s development. Since development often follows a similar path‚ one can conclude much about a child’s abilities by simply looking at a photograph. This image illustrates a mother with her daughter‚ who appears to be approximately 18 months old. The mother is interacting
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SOCIALIZATION FOR ADULTHOOD Psychologist Nancy K. Schlossberg: people making transitions develop new assumptions‚ perform new tasks and change their relationships. Socialization: how we learn appropriate social behaviours to participate in society. Re-socialization: discard or change old behaviours in times of transition. Anticipatory Socialization: practicing roles before taking them fully on. Social Clock: social norms determine events should occur. The social clock has slowed down. Biological
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Consider applications to education (16 marks) AO2 Piaget believed in the progress of a child’s cognitive development through schooling and has an individualist approach in the way in which the child is an active participant and is responsible for their own learning. According to Piaget‚ cognitive development occurs as the result of maturation. You cannot teach a child certain activities before they are biologically ready‚ for example trying to reach a pre-operationalized child to perform abstract
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