...My child was a boy so I decided to name him Jaden. Jaden was born about four weeks premature and underweight (four and a half pounds). To regulate his body temperature, he spent the first few days in neonatal care. After five days, his Apgar score had risen from a six to an eight, which allowed me to bring him home. I was somewhat nervous when I brought him home because Jaden was not very hungry and had lost weight. Eventually, he began to eat more and gained weight. My partner and I had decided to breastfeed. I liked breastfeeding because I began to feel a connection hormonally. During toddler-hood, Jaden’s language and motor skills developed rapidly. Eventually, he was able to imitate actions and words. He took an interest in his surroundings, causing him to experiment with and study objects. He also started using the word “me” a lot and wanted to perform tasks by himself. He was pretty sociable. He just needed to warm up a little to strangers before he was fully comfortable. During early childhood, Jaden had become very aggressive with other kids at school when my partner and I separated. He was not doing well academically. He would get in fights with other kids at school and his attention span was lacking at home. My partner and I had trouble deciding whether we were going to spank our children or not. According to some online research I did, all evidence pointed to mental issues developing later in life if we didn't take proper steps in helping him. This is...
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...MY VIRTUAL CHILD - BABY PSYCHOSIS At 19 months: 1. Describe and give examples of changes in your child's exploratory or problem solving behavior from 8 through 18 months and categorize them according to Piagetian and information processing theories. Note that 8 months is included, so you'll need to use the time-line to look back at 8 months for examples. Psychosis is doing just great. He is learning new things every day and showing remarkable motor skills. Developmentally she appears to be progressing well with many of the skills important for his age. He organizes his toys by color or size, has a good memory for the location of previously hidden objects when playing games with us, and is able to solve simple problems with little or no help. 2. Analyze your baby's temperament in more detail at 18 months than you did at 8 months. How would you describe your baby in terms of the five aspects of temperament utilized by the Virtual Child program (activity, sociability, emotionality, aggressiveness vs. cooperativeness, and self control)? Has @NAME's temperament been stable over the first 18 months? A blurb defining and providing examples of the five aspects of temperament is provided at 12 months, but you should seek out further explanations of temperament from your textbook. Explain how the concept of goodness of fit (also discussed in the blurb on infant temperament) applies to your interactions with your child. Emotionally he is happy and...
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...My Virtual Child Paper My virtual child covers physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development at several age levels. This gave me an opportunity to visualize "the whole child" at various points in development. I raised a virtual child from birth to 18 years of age. Each virtual child has a unique set of characteristics at birth, some of which were influenced by how I answered the assessment I completed when I first logged onto My Virtual Child. These characteristics gradually emerged and affected his behavior and development. My child was a boy so I decided to name him Wolfgang. Wolfgang was born about four weeks premature and underweight (four and a half pounds). To regulate his body temperature, he spent the first few days in neonatal care. After five days, his Apgar score had risen from a six to an eight, which allowed me to bring him home. I was somewhat nervous when I brought him home because Wolfgang was not very hungry and had lost weight. Eventually, he began to eat more and gained weight. My partner and I had decided to breastfeed. I liked breastfeeding because I began to feel a connection hormonally. During toddlerhood, Wolfgang’s language and motor skills developed rapidly. Eventually, he was able to imitate actions and words. He took an interest in his surroundings, causing him to experiment with and study objects. He also started using the word “me” a lot and wanted to perform tasks by himself. He was pretty sociable. He just needed to warm up a little...
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...My Virtual Child, Peyton Basically, this is all about my virtual child, Peyton. That's all I will be talking about in this...I know it's exciting! Thursday, November 27, 2008 Bonus Assignment 1. Are there any issues you had with your parents, your school work, your friends, or your romantic involvements in the last year of high school that continued to be issues for you in college? First of all, don’t all teenagers have issues with their parents? I didn’t have a ton of issues with them as most kids did when I was in high school. My school work has always been pretty consistent with me staying on top of things and doing my homework when I was suppose to. My last year of high school is when I had my first real relationship and that continued into my first year of college, but it was no big thing. I really didn’t have too many issues in high school, I’m not saying that I was perfect, but I was very quiet and I only had one really good friend in high school. The only big issue that I had was I had a tough time having a good work ethic. I started working when I was 16 and let me just say I had terrible work ethics. My parents had to help me come to like to work and appreciate what I was working for. By the time I got into college, this wasn’t a problem anymore. 2. Reflect on your own personality, interests and cognitive abilities at the time you graduated high school. How did these personality characteristics and abilities manifest themselves in subsequent years? How have they...
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...My virtual child’s name is Lawson. He is a male with dark hair, dark eyes, and a light complexion. Looking at Lawson’s personality characteristics, behavioral patterns, and cognitive and social-emotional developmental patterns as an infant, he was very difficult to soothe when upset and was cautious and shy in new situations or with new people. It was rare for him to completely warm up to a new situation or person. He also had very strong emotional reactions and found difficulty soothing himself back down. As Lawson got older, however, some of these characteristics started to diminish. When he was 19 months old and had an assessment done at preschool, Lawson got along really well with the other children at school after he got warmed up to them. The early childhood specialist that observed him even stated that he was unusually cooperative for his age. He was, however, still shy and nervous around new adults at school. He also would occasionally get moody...
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...current age which is twenty years old, was a long journey I don’t think I would ever change. In this paper I will cover and analyze the various dimensions of development at each stage, which are physical, cognitive, personality and social. Physical development is the growth of my body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health. Cognitive development is Learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity. Psychosocial Development is my emotions, personality, and social relationship’s. That’s exactly what I am going to be talking about. As an infant to the age I am right now I have had my ups and downs, my bad moments etc. Child development takes over everything we do in life. “It focuses on the scientific study of systematic processes of change and stability in human child.” (Martorell 2013 pg4) When my mom was pregnant her prenatal stage was great for her. She did not have any difficult things happen to her. She had a pretty easy pregnancy and didn’t have trouble with anything. The OBGYN told my parents everything was perfect with her and I and it was true As I was born my parents got scared because I wasn’t breathing for a few seconds and then they heard my cry and they got relived and felt better to know I was okay. I weighed about the size of a regular size baby which was seven pounds and thirteen ounces. One day as I turned 6 months I couldn’t breath and was very hard for me to breath, so the doctors ended up telling my parents...
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...My Virtual Child I began the program with some certain goals in mind. My idea was to use these as a type of structure on how I wanted to raise my child. I knew first of all that I didn’t want to be a strict parent. I did enforce rules and punish her at times but overall I wanted her to be responsible for her own actions. Also that getting good grades and being active in social life was very important. Lastly that she would play some type of sport or at least be very active. These didn’t have to be set in stone rules for her, however I knew that in real life I would more than likely have preconceived idea of what I would want from my kid. Violet ended up being born almost three works early. She weighted only five pounds and had an Apgar score of six. This made me...
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...Imagine yourself in the following scenario: Emily at the age of 6 started gymnastics with a personal coach, with all the extra practice Emily put into her gymnastics she and her parents thought it was a better idea for her to be home schooled. By the time she was 21 years old, she was a prospective athlete entering the upcoming Olympics. All her hard work had paid off to make her dream a living reality. The night she was picked to enter the upcoming summer Olympics, you and your friend decided to take Emily bar hopping to celebrate. The night of the celebration, you had a family emergency and cancelled on the night out. The night ended up just being Emily and your other friend Jessica. Once they got to the first bar, Jessica being a proud friend announced to everyone at the bar that Emily was joining the Olympics. Everyone in awe and amazement congratulated her with shots. By the end of the night Emily and Jessica consumed way more alcohol then planned. Jessica stopped drinking an hour before leaving so she could have an opportunity to sober up. Once they were ready to leave, Jessica told Emily that she was okay to drive back home. On their way home, Jessica decided to go on the back roads instead of the highway to be safer. Emily whose feet were acing from dancing all night decided to put her legs on the dashboard to get comfortable. Jessica was not paying attention and ran a two way stop sign, and a red SUV slammed right into Emily’s side. Immediately after the impact...
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...Teen Pregnancy & Health Risks to the Baby Campaign – As a Social worker at a health center I would create an effective advertising campaign targeting teens, create a catchy slogan, develop poster and handouts, and also have meetings and fundraisers to bring awareness to the rises of teenage pregnancy and teratogens. Teenage Pregnancy Risks Infants born to teenage mothers are at increased risk for a number of health risks. The risks include the premature baby and low birth weight. Teenage mothers are less likely to gain the required amount of weight during their pregnancy this will cause low birth weight for the baby. Low birth weight is associated with many infant and childhood disorders and a higher rate of infant mortality. Low-birth weight babies are more likely to have organs that are not fully developed; this can result in many complications, brain disorders, respiratory disorders, and intestinal problems. Teen’s moms also are more likely to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or take drugs during pregnancy, which can cause numerous health problems for the baby. A teratogen is an agent, which can cause a birth defect; it could be a prescribed medication, a street drug. Generally these abnormalities occur in the third to eighth weeks of pregnancy, when the major organs are forming. Examples of teratogens include certain chemicals, medications, and infections or other diseases in the mother. Children born to teenage mothers are more likely to experience social...
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...CHAPTER 28: Reproductive System INTRODUCTION * Definition: gametes & gonads Gametes: germ cells, which organisms use to sexually reproduce. Gonad: Reproductive organs (Testes in males and ovaries in females) that produce gametes and secrete sex hormones. * Define gynecology, urology & andrology Gynecology: The branch of medicine that is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the female reproductive system. Urology: The study of the urinary system, as well as the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of the male reproductive system. Andrology: The branch of medicine that deals with male disorders, like infertility and sexual dysfunction. 28.1 MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM * The male reproductive organs & the functions of the male reproductive system (Figure 28.1) * The male reproductive organs include: the testes1, a system of ducts2 (including the epididymis, ductus vas deferens, ejaculatory ducts, and urethra), accessory sex glands3 (seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands) and several supporting structures including the scrotum4 and penis5. Functions: 1. The testes produce sperm and male sex hormone, testosterone. 2. The ducts transport, store and assist in maturation of sperm. 3. The accessory sex glands secrete most of the liquid portion of semen. 4. The penis contains the urethra, a passageway for ejaculation of semen and excretion of urine. Major organs include:...
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...My Virtual Child Paper My virtual child covers physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development at several age levels. This gave me an opportunity to visualize "the whole child" at various points in development. I raised a virtual child from birth to 18 years of age. Each virtual child has a unique set of characteristics at birth, some of which were influenced by how I answered the assessment I completed when I first logged onto My Virtual Child. These characteristics gradually emerged and affected his behavior and development. My child was a boy so I decided to name him Wolfgang. Wolfgang was born about four weeks premature and underweight (four and a half pounds). To regulate his body temperature, he spent the first few days in neonatal care. After five days, his Apgar score had risen from a six to an eight, which allowed me to bring him home. I was somewhat nervous when I brought him home because Wolfgang was not very hungry and had lost weight. Eventually, he began to eat more and gained weight. My partner and I had decided to breastfeed. I liked breastfeeding because I began to feel a connection hormonally. During toddlerhood, Wolfgang’s language and motor skills developed rapidly. Eventually, he was able to imitate actions and words. He took an interest in his surroundings, causing him to experiment with and study objects. He also started using the word “me” a lot and wanted to perform tasks by himself. He was pretty sociable. He just needed to warm up a...
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...An essay on my virtual child by Kara Lamb: The gender of my child is male; I named him Nathan after my real life partner. Like my first attempt the program gave us a girl when Nathan was around the age of 3, of which I named Marley. I did not seek outside help for this trial or have help from my real life partner. The application I wanted to focus on was language and how it develops over the time in my virtual child. In early infancy we start to see reflexive cries. An example of this,” Nathan's crying is rhythmic and moderately loud when he is hungry, wet, or cold. If he is startled” (Manis, 2008). Around three months I started to notice Nathan attending to many sounds “Nathan smiles at familiar people and toys, is able to laugh at surprising or funny things” (Manis, 2008). As Nathan is going in ninth month he begins to show Jargon, Gestures and final by twelve months he shows complete Holo Phrases, “nine months old, Nathan began to understand a few words and point to something he wanted. At twelve months old, Nathan now clearly understands a couple of dozen words. In fact, Nathan just recently pronounced his first clear word and pointed at the object in question”. After Nathan second birthday does he only begin to develop telegraphic speech but still struggles to understand simple directions and test below average even into his third year report card; “He scored below average in language comprehension and production” (Manis, 2008). To help with this I chose...
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...What is actually virtual meeting on business? Recent years, advanced technology brought a lot of new opportunities in our life and on our businesses meanwhile these technological improvements get inside our life day by day. Virtual meeting is one of these opportunities which many businesses are using it and many of them will use in the future. Virtual meeting is having a meeting by using internet connection virtually with the other branches or other related companies that you work with. “Virtual meetings will never eradicate the need for traditional face-to-face meetings, but they often provide the least expensive means of bringing people together” (2011, Mittleman). As long as companies remain, people who work within these companies will travel to other countries or cities to have meetings but virtual meeting which is videoconferencing and telepresence will decrease these travels. What are the advantages of the virtual meetings on an organization? Maybe 15 years ago, if we talked about a virtual meeting, it would be so weird but now this is very common way to have a meeting and will be more than now. There are a lot of advantages of the virtual meetings first and important one for a business is saving time. The other important advantage is saving money. These two important things are actually main factors to consider for many businesses anytime. These virtual meetings will reduce your employees to travel for a meeting sometimes these meetings can last 1 week or...
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...dilemma as your family does not want to be relocated. The project has a six-month deadline. What factors should you consider in order to make this virtual assignment effective? Answer: First of all, virtual assignments is where the employees and managers are located in different areas as in this case, the Project Manager’s office is in London whereas the other six team members are in Munich. Thus, the Project Manager has to rely heavily on communication technologies such as telephone, email or video conference. In my opinion, the factors that has to be taken into consideration include effective use of technology, invest time in building relationships and trust, provide specific intercultural training and arrange face-to-face meeting occasionally. To bring a success to virtual assignments, I will need to be aware of the full range of technology tools available to us and become practices and proficient in their use. Without familiarizing the technology, it is difficult for managers to keep in touch with the team and it might end up slowing down the team performance. For instance, it will be a waste of time discovering the function of Skype tools during the virtual meeting. Besides that, as a newly-appointed Project Manager, trust and a comfortable level of social or personal interaction are enormously important for effective virtual assignments. It is crucial for me to find ways to engage with my members and create an appropriate and effective dynamic within the team. Initially...
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...understand how today’s generation i.e. children and adolescents live in a complex universe of virtual technology. The author used six empirical articles to show various aspects of children and adolescent development in this massive and virtual universe. The major themes of article of this new are: communication on Internet, cognitive development, academic achievements and Internet. This article is useful to my research topic, as it includes and gives information about the impact of Internet on children. This article samples both the positive and negative aspect of the virtual world where children are more focused and increasingly living. This article is useful to supplement the information for my research. 2. Impact of Media on Children and Adolescents: A 10-Year Review of the Research SUSAN VILLANI, M.D. http://www.lionlamb.org/research_articles/01C392.pdf This article deals with the research regarding the impact of the media upon children within past 10 years. Different media categories are researched with computer technology. It has focused on the viewing patterns of media by children. This article is useful to my research because it deals with the research upon the impact of media and technology on children. Thus the primary exposures to media are increased violent, aggressive behaviour and accelerated sexual activity in children. It also concerns the amount of time the average child spends with media and technology. This article is useful to add...
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