and Adolescents Development Theories The first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development was Jean Piaget in the 1920’s. “Piaget believed that human beings organize new information in two ways: through assimilation and through accommodation” (Rathus 241). He showed that children think in dramatically different ways than adults. There are three basic components to Piaget’s Cognitive Theory are schemas‚ the processes of adaption‚ and four stages of development. Piaget described
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theorist that created “Erikson’s Eight Stages of Psychosocial development”. His theory on social development is a method to the behavior that extends on Freud’s psychosexual theory. Erikson believes that one’s surrounding culture has a lot to do while one’s development while Freud see’s that it’s the nature of one that will determine their personality. Freud’s theory also focuses more on the sexual aspect of each stage in development‚ while Erikson’s theory takes almost everything into consideration
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Cognitive development is the development of thought processes‚ including remembering‚ problem solving‚ and decision-making‚ from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Historically‚ the cognitive development of children has been studied in a variety of ways. The oldest is through intelligence tests. An example of this is the Stanford Binet Intelligence Quotient test. IQ scoring is based on the concept of "mental age‚" according to which the scores of a child of average intelligence match
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people have created theories based on the development of the average human and what influences their development as a human being. Since trends and the world is always changing‚ the theories are always changing to adapt to the changes that occur. Two theories that have been studied are Erik Erikson’s “Eight stages of life” theory and Sigmund Freud’s “Psychosexual development” theory. Both of these theories are similar in some ways‚ but also have many differences. Both these theories are very important
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his second stage of child development‚ he was mastering his walking skills and beginning to work on control and management. By the time he turned four he was in his next stage of development‚ beginning to copy what he was learning from adults‚ and exploring new and interesting activities. He was given the opportunity of free play and improved his sense of self-esteem. This sense of imagination and creativity would help him transition to the next stage. Finally‚ in the fourth stage of child development
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The first stage is called the Sensorimotor stage. It occupies the first two years of a child’s life‚ from birth to 2 years old. It is called the Sensorimotor stage because in it children are occupied with sensing things and moving them. From these activities they learn what makes things happen‚ what the connections are between actions and their consequences. They learn to grasp and hold and what happens when they let go. This happens later on in the stage. When they are new-born they have no concept
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The psychosocial theory provides a theoretical structure that highlights the constant assimilation and communication of individual competencies with resources‚ difficulties‚ and culture. Development is seen as a product of genetic‚ social‚ maturational‚ and autonomous dynamics. For this assignment‚ I am analyzing personal development using Erickson ’s psychosocial theory of development. Erickson believed that development follows the epigenetic principle‚ that anything that grows has a ground plan
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Developmental Theories In Child Development Rebecca Campbell PSY 104 Child and Adolescent Psychology Dr. Allyse Sturdivant January 14‚ 2011 Developmental Theories In Child Development There are five theoretical perspectives on child development. 1.) Psychoanalytic-Theory which is the view of human development as being shaped by unconscious forces. For example‚ when a child acts withdrawn or shy around a particular person‚such as an abusive parent or a parent they may idolize
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The causes of the life factor Down Syndrome Foetal alcohol syndrome Bullying Peer groups Smoking The effect on the development on an individual (PIES) The physical side effect to a child with down syndrome is that they have a small nose and they have a flat nasal bridge‚ they also have a small mouth‚ their eyes slant either upwards or downwards. They have weak muscle tone which means they are very floppy; they have big hands and have short fingers. They may have a weight problem which will cause
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People have been studying and developing theories over development for a very long time. Erik Erikson was a theorist that helped open the world of physiological development. Erikson was born June 15‚ 1902. Erikson was a developmental psychologist. Erikson’s theory is known as the stages of psychological development. At Barfield Early Childhood Center I see the stage Initiative vs guilt (ages 3-5). In this stage a child is learning a new emotion‚ guilt. They begin to learn right from wrong and good
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