1 Assignment 2 Research Report (40%) Due Friday 15th April 2011 The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to gathering, analysing and reporting research data. The focus is on examining Piaget’s concepts in a practical way. It links to your achievement of the Unit Outcomes 3 and 4: 3 Collect, analyse and interpret data with respect to the domains of development. 4 Develop academic essay and report writing skills The assignment consists of clear steps which are outlined below:
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Theories of Development Amanda M. Glover Walden University There are dozens of developmental theories. There are theories that believe developmental a child learn behavior and other theories believe children are subjects of their environment. There is an age-old debate, dating back to the earliest Greek philosophers, of whether knowledge is innate-that is we are born with it-or whether it is learned through experience (Cohen, 2011). There is no proven scientific way to determine if nature or
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1. A group of people who are born around the same time in the same place is called a(n) b. cohort. 2. Biological and environmental factors that are associated with a certain historical event, such as the bombing of Pearl Harbor, can be considered b. history-graded influences. 3. The predetermined unfolding of genetic information is known as c. maturation. 4. Sigmund Freud is responsible for revolutionary ideas and the __________ theory. c. phallic 5. Behavior that
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Imagine your child has the typical “stacking cups” toy, which has different sizes and colors. As a child continues to grow mentally, the ability to accomplish the task of stacking the cups will become easier for them. According to the psychologist Piaget, their cognitive development really takes off in the first three stages of his Cognitive Development theory: Sensorimotor stage, Preoperational stage, and Concrete Operational stage. The Sensorimotor stage of a child’s life is the first two years
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Psychological disorders occur when several behaviors cause impairment in a person’s life. The individual can’t function successful in many areas of his/her live. According to Santrock, psychoanalytic theories define development as unconscious and strongly affected by emotions. For the psychoanalytic theorists, in order to understand the development, it is necessary to analyze the symbolic meaning of behavior and the inner workings of the mind. They agree that experiences in early childhood with
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Cognitive Theory Cognitive development of a child takes palace in various stages. But their styles of thinking distinguish them. Piaget first revealed that the thinking and reasoning of children occurs at different time periods as they grow. He distinguishes the four stages that occur in children’s’ lives which are very distinct and explain the development of cognition. The stages form his Piaget’s Stage theory, are preoperational stage, sensory motor stage, concrete operational stage and formal
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Developmental Process Presentation Child Development 202 Developmental Process Presentation There are many noticeable physical and mental differences between early childhood (2-6 years old) and middle childhood (6-10 years old). In early childhood their language and communication skills start to develop quickly. The child will begin to learn new vocabulary, the correct use of language in social settings and their grammar has noticeable changes. Even with all these advancements that are taking
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Week 5 Key Concepts and Take-Aways What struck me in particular about the readings for this week is how children in the middle childhood stage begin to venture away from parents and family as they seek to establish an identity. The family system remains an extremely important influence on development—emotional, cognitive, physical and social. Physical development is a function of genetic and environmental influences, as well as interaction. It needs to be noted that some theorists assert the
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Lifespan Development From infancy to late adulthood development on different levels take place. A lifespan can be long or short; children develop faster than others, this can come from heredity, some genetic deficiency or lack of parental involvement. A child development should be parallel with her chemical genetic balance, gifts and talents, proper eating habits from the mother, her environment, and under the watchful eyes of her parents. Cognitive happens when individuals knows, understand or
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in mouth * Repeatedly grasps and releases objects * Lifts and holds up head * Sits up alone * Rolls over * Crawl (Haliburton, 2004). According to Piaget there are four stages of cognitive development : sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational (Rathus, 2011, p.98). Piaget divides sensorimotor in 6 stages of development: * Reflexive responses- a neonate is able to larch on to his mothers breast * primary circular reactions- at age 1to
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