For this assignment I will be discussing the key issues that affect a child’s physical development‚ there are many key issues relating to this‚ however I will only be focusing on two key issues which are how poor nutrition affects a child’s physical development and how the environment affects a child’s physical development. I will be focusing on a child under the age of 5 years. Physical development is a process that begins as a baby and continues into late adolescence‚ this includes how the body
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psychologist in the field because of his contribute to developmental psychology and cognitive psychology. He studied his children and created a system on how kids learn and how they think. He created a theory describing how children understood the world in four stages. The four stages are Sensorimotor‚ Preoperational‚ Concrete Operational‚ and Formal Operations. Sensorimotor is the first step in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development the ages range from 0-2 years old. At this stage the infant’s knowledge
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Impacts on Cognitive development Despite all the positive impacts of screen technology‚ it lowers the cognitive development by causing loss of concentration‚ decrease in attentions spans‚ poor personal communication skills‚ and inability to think abstractly (Greenfield 2013). Some kids are being overexposed to the screen technology; they don’t do anything else apart from playing computer games or watching TV. Eventually‚ these children develop attention problems. Being attentive is vital it helps
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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 that are characterized by differences in thought processing. Under his ob-servations of his three children‚ he proposes four key stages of cognitive development which corre-spond with children’s ages‚ particularly the sensorimotor stage
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*Explain and give examples of how physical development changes during conception‚ infancy‚ childhood‚ adolescence‚ and adulthood. Physical growth in humans is an ongoing process that most of us are blessed to witness. The earliest stage of development seems to be the germinal period‚ the first two weeks of conception. During this period the embryo and the zygote have started to form. The embryonic period‚ also known as the prenatal period‚ follows two to eight weeks after conception. The respiratory
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OBSERVATION REPORT 1 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST NAME: CAROLINE TAMBUNAN NUMBER: 32545 SEGI NUMBER: SCSJ-0013648 GROUP: IMD001/201208 DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED: * TITLE PAGE * RECORDING OF OBSERVATION CHECK LISTS * EVALUATION * PERSONAL REFLECTION * BIBLIOGRAPHY ETHICAL STATEMENT I declare that this work is my own and the work of others is acknowledged by quotation or relevant referencing. I declare that this work has not been copied from another student(s) past or present
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The middle ages was a long period of time that lasted from 580 to 1580 and during these times many things happened leading to many different chains of events‚ there was new architecture‚ weaponry‚ warriors‚ armies and more. Castles are a large fortified areas which kept people safe from attacks‚ it would usually be the people inside these castles would have been the Lord and his family. It had been heavily fortified and guarded with knights in shiny armor ready to defend at anytime. Medieval Castles
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Our daycare consists of children from the age 1-4 years old and at this age physical development is really important because this is a big stage where they start developing muscles including fine motor skills‚ gross motor skills‚ sleeping and eating. With that broad area of skills a lot of challenges are faced while children spend this time in their life learning how to control their body. Muscle development is divided into two groups with fine motor skills and gross motor skills. Fine motor
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Infancy‚ Daycare and Piaget: Cognitive Development The first stage of Piaget’s theory of sensorimotor development is Sensorimotor. In this stage there are six substages. The six substages in order are‚ simple reflexes (First month)‚ first habits and primary circular reactions (1 to 4 months)‚ secondary circular reactions (4 to 8 months)‚ coordination of secondary circular reactions (8 to 12 months)‚ tertiary circular reactions (12 to 18 months)‚ and beginnings of thought (18 to 2 years). Each substage
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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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