Define the term sensitive periods‚ and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and understanding of these periods determines his/her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment "A sensitive period refers to a special sensibility which a creature acquires in its infantile state" (Montessori‚ 1966‚ p.38). Such sensitive periods were first discovered in animals by the Dutch scientist Hugo de Vries‚ but according to Montessori‚ are also found in children and are very important to consider
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The term‚ Sensitive periods are blocks of time in the child’s life when he is particularly absorbed with one characteristic of his environment to the exclusive of all others area of life. The activity provides the child is drawn to inherently aid to the child in her physical‚ mental and emotional development. During these sensitive periods‚ the child learns the skill or knowledge with the greatest ease and to the greatest perfection. We must recognize this as natural and powerful motivator for learning
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ESSAY Sensitive Mothering is essential to the social and emotional development of the child. Discuss this statement in the context of relevant development theory. • Explain what is meant by the term Sensitive Mothering. Explain why sensitive mothering is important in building a positive emotional base. • Link this explanation to Bowlby’s attachment theory and Ainsworth’s studies. You will need to show an understanding of the internal working model of attachment and how sensitive mothering impacts
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M1 –To complete M.1 assess the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction to assist you with complex‚ difficult and sensitive issues which you will come across in health care. A child is diagnosed with a terminal illness. How do we communicate this to the child and his parents? When children are affected by terminal illnesses it is heartbreaking for all involved. A child dying disturbs some of our deepest conventions: Children are symbols of future potential and hope. Therefore
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Compare and Contrast the work of Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth on understanding attachment ‘Attachment’ is a lasting secure and positive feeling that bonds one person to another‚ one of the strongest forms of attachment is thought to develop between a mother and child. Many psychologist‚ sociologist‚ physicians and psychoanalysts have sought to explore the fundamental nature of attachment and how it had evolved. Within this essay I shall examine • The origins of attachment • Psychologist who seek
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psychoanalytic theory‚ World War II‚ and ethology was born what we now know as attachment theory. Because John Bowlby‚ a British psychoanalyst was “uneasy about the reliability of our observations‚ the obscurity of any of our hypotheses and‚ above all‚ the absence of any tradition which demands that hypotheses be tested (1979‚ p. 36)‚ he sought to bring greater scientific discipline into his field. Bowlby was already working with maladapted and delinquent children but his interest in this population was increased
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fundamentally responsible for our present understanding of children and what drives human relationships are psychiatrist John Bowlby (1969) and his colleague‚ Mary Ainsworth (1989)‚ a developmental psychologist who further elaborated on the theory. The theory was based mainly on ethology‚ the study of the advanced behaviour of numerous species in their natural habitat. Bowlby drew his main concepts from psychoanalytic theory as he was a trained therapist in psychoanalytic thinking about how mother-child
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Livoti 3/5/13 IB Psychology Mrs. Urso John Bowlby is the pioneer of the attachment theory and worked with children who had been separated from their parents during World War 2. He observed that many of these children developed emotional problems‚ and he made the connection that the emotional problems stemmed from the separation from the mother. Bowlby was born in London to an upper class family‚ and would rarely see‚ and interact with his mother
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Bibliography: Ainsworth‚ M. D. S. (1979) Attachment as related to mother-infant interaction. In J.S. Rosen blatt‚ R. A. Hinde‚ C. Beer‚ & M. Busnel (ed) Advances in the study of behaviour. Merrill- Palmer Quarterly‚18‚ 123-143. Ainsworth‚ M Aymer‚ C. & Okitikpi‚ T. (2000) ’Epistemology‚ ontology and methodology: what ’s that got to do with social work? ’‚ Social Work Education
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Bowbly (1969) and Mary Ainsworths (1974) known‚ as the mother and father of attachment theory both became key figures in contributing to child development‚ with their ideas of personality development‚ together they changed the views of childcare practice and how mothers‚ reared their children‚ his views greatly influenced society‚ by identifying that a child first relationship was very important as this would effect them for the rest of their lives. Bowlby (1969) and Ainsworth (19740 described "Attachment
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