Child development is the process of how your child is able to do complex things as he gets older. Development involves learning skills such as tying shoes‚ skipping‚ kicking a ball and walking. Children develop their skills in five main areas: * Physical Development * Intellectual/Cognitive Development * Language Development * Emotional Development * Social Development Physical Development Physical development is the way in which children ’s bodies increase in skills
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Stages of Child Development and Related Developmental Theories Physical development Age | Gross Motor Skills | 2-3 years | Walks more rhythmically; hurried walk changes to run. Jumps‚ hops‚ throw‚ and catches with rigid upper body. Pushes riding toy with feet; little steering. | 3-4 years | Walks up stairs‚ alternating feet‚ and down stairs‚ leading with one foot. Jumps and hops‚ flexing upper body.Throws and catches with slight involvement of upper body; still catches by trapping ball
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Erikson’s Stages of Development Stage|Ages|Basic Conflict|Summary| Infant|1 to 2 years|Trust vs. Mistrust|The child‚ well - handled‚ nurtured‚ and loved‚ develops trust and security and a basic optimism. Badly handled‚ s/he becomes insecure and mistrustful.| Early Childhood|18 Months to 3 Years| |At this stage in our life‚ we have the opportunity to build self-esteem and autonomy as we gain more control over our bodies| Play Age|3 To t Years| |Children begin asserting control and power over
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Child Development Portfolio Assignment Child Development B 21 CRN: 30735 Lorri Broughton-Kelley April 28‚2013 Bakersfield College Spring 2012 Page 1 Infant and Toddler Development t A. Physical Development : The physical development in infants and toddlers. From the time‚ that they are born‚ they have the world at their hands. They will explore and get familiar with it day by day. Their eyes and mouths are open and they put objects in them. They notice people and things
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What is child development? Why study child development? Child development involves the scientific study of changes in the child’s biological‚ social‚ cognitive and emotional behaviour across the span of childhood. Every child’s development is unique and complex. Although children develop through a generally predictable sequence of steps and milestones‚ they may not proceed through these steps in the same way or at the same time. Psychologists and development researchers have proposed a number of
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and got to know a lot of psychologists who made an effort to explain the way children feel. There are 3 grand theories; Psychoanalysis (Freud)‚ Behaviorism (Watson‚ Skinner‚ Pavlov) and Cognitive (Piaget). All this 3 theories explain the development of children from different prospectives. Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis becomes clear as to how he construed human character. Freud believed that human nature is basically deterministic‚ and largely dependent on the unconscious mind. Irrational forces
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1-year old is the lack of basic trust‚ this might be happened due to the infant fail to receive feeding from his caregivers on time. Once the infant’s needs are not being satisfied in this stage‚ the infant will result in a mistrust and he will easily feel unsecured throughout his life (Erikson‚ 1959‚ as cited in McLeod‚ 2008). A sense of trust is very important towards the infant at this stage to ensure he can have enough trust towards the people around him as he grows. The virtue of hope could have
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ONE COURSE / MANY Continuous Gradually develops by adding new skills & knowledge onto old ones Discontinuous Child goes through distinct stages (each unique until reaching highest level of functioning) Each child goes through discontinuous processes‚ but within some stages‚ there is continuous development. Stage Theorists: Assume people follow same development sequences EG: Childhood - common influences that lead people to represent world through language & make believe play
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Erikson’s Stages of Development Stage|Ages|Basic Conflict|Summary| Infancy|1 to 2 years|Trust vs. Mistrust|The child‚ well - handled‚ nurtured‚ and loved‚ develops trust and security and a basic optimism. Badly handled‚ s/he becomes insecure and mistrustful. | Early Childhood|2-3 years|Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt|Children will begin to develop their feeling of personal control over physical skills. This can cause feelings of autonomy; however failure makes them feel shameful and doubtful.|
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There are many past and present theorists that came up with their own ideas of how a child develops and the stages to put those developments in. This report will talk about Erik Erikson and the theory that he created to help others in understanding how a child developed. He had created and developed eight well thought out stages that can help anyone to understand how to care for a child when you are a babysitter‚ Child and Youth Care Practitioner (CYCP)‚ parent‚ guardian‚ etc. Rinaldi (2015) explained
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