a. Social learning theory explanation:
i. According to Berger (2015), Social learning theory is the behaviorism that emphasizes the influence that other people have over a person’s behavior. The individuals learn without an enforcement. The individual learns through observation and imitation of other people. This theory is also called observational learning. Children model their behavior from their parents, peers, and famous people. Social learning occurs through modeling in which the child copies what they see on other people they admire. However, there are some children that do the opposite of what a role model is doing. For example, a role model would be parents, aunts, uncles, and etc.…
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Gross motor skills
a. Gross motor skills explanation:
i. According to Berger, gross motor skills is the ability to move the big muscles that are part of your body. The word motor means big. An example of motor skills will be a child walking because is using his/her legs. This skill comes from the reflexes and proceed from head-down called cephalocaudal and center-out called proximodistal. By 3 months, babies sit propped and by 6 months sit without the help of another person. The book illustrates 3 elements: muscle strength, brain maturation and practice.
b. Description of the observation:
i. Loui he is 22 months and was present for the “Baby Day.” During that day, I noticed that Loui walked to the carpet using his legs and arms. Also, Loui used his right leg to kick a roll that was filled with bells. By Loui kicking the roll, he was with one foot in the floor and the other one was in the air. Furthermore, he has developed the skills of balance because he didn’t felt down while using his gross motor …show more content…
I observe during “Baby Day” that Loui grab a ball with both of his hands from the box. When he grab the ball, Loui say “ball.” After Loui identifying the ball, he threw the ball to his mom. Also, Loui grabs another toy from the box. Loui grabs a sponge block and said “balk.” He throws the block away. Loui’s mom introduce another a bike. When Loui sees the bike, he said “bike.” While he would the bike high, and near mom’s face. For him just saying a simple word “bike,” it will be like “look at my bike.”
7. Dynamic Perception
a. Dynamic perception explanation:
i. According to the text, dynamic perception is perception that is primed to focus on movement and change (p. 182). When infants start to walk, crawl, and move their body, they want to explore motions. The infants love motion. Infant’s interest of motion is an inspiration for them to walk and talk at a very age.
b. Description of the observation:
i. I observed that Loui was playing with a roll that inside had bells. While he was playing with the roll, he observed how the bells move up and down. For example, he moved the roll down and the bells will slide down. When he moved the roll back, the bells slide back while making noises. After a while observing the bells up and down, he shako the roll of bell desperately. Not only Loui was capture by the motion, Charlotte was also interested with motion of the