As a scientific study, developmental psychology explores why and how human beings develop through every stage of their life including prenatal development, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and aging (Daddis, 2010). The study focuses on aspects such as personality, motor skills, identity formation, cognitive development, emotional development, moral understanding, social change, language acquisition and self-concept (Keijsers & Poulin, 2013). This project will specifically address prenatal development, infant care, attachment, child development and adolescence and conduct literature reviews of articles about the five topics. Five journal articles will be used for the project; they include
(1) Cairney, J., Veldhuizen, S., & Szatmari, …show more content…
(2015) in Child development: Preschoolers (3-5 years of age) retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/preschoolers.html;
(3) Flaherty, S. (2010). A review of attachment theory in the context of adolescent parenting in Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 25(2), 114-121;
(4) Keijsers, L., & Poulin, F. (2013). Developmental changes in parent–child communication throughout adolescence in Developmental Psychology, 49(12), 2301-230; and
(5) Hepach, R., Vaish, A., & Tomasello, M. (2013). Young children sympathize less in response to unjustified emotional distress in Developmental Psychology, 49(6), 1132-1138.
The chosen principle of development to which the five topics will be applied is the beneficence and nonmaleficence principle and the key discussion will be based on Baltes set of principles that state development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, gains and losses, contextual and historical, and/or multidisciplinary.
Summary and Critical …show more content…
By exploring the attachment theory, they established their hypothesis that children who are not intimately and emotionally attached to their parents potentially develop behavioral problems. It follows, therefore, that for them to develop emotionally they must have meaningful relationships with their parents or guardians. The strength of their research was that they focused on a very specific age group of children between two and three years old. However, they did not carry out any primary research but conducted extensive literature review and that also served the purpose of respecting the right to privacy of the subjects of primary research. To adhere to ethical considerations, the authors only used articles that explicitly gave assurance that the participants were accorded their rights to privacy and safety. In accordance with the principle of beneficence and nonmaleficence, the researchers sought to guard against political, personal, organizational, and social harm by avoiding primary studies and opting instead for literature
(1) Cairney, J., Veldhuizen, S., & Szatmari, …show more content…
(2015) in Child development: Preschoolers (3-5 years of age) retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/preschoolers.html;
(3) Flaherty, S. (2010). A review of attachment theory in the context of adolescent parenting in Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 25(2), 114-121;
(4) Keijsers, L., & Poulin, F. (2013). Developmental changes in parent–child communication throughout adolescence in Developmental Psychology, 49(12), 2301-230; and
(5) Hepach, R., Vaish, A., & Tomasello, M. (2013). Young children sympathize less in response to unjustified emotional distress in Developmental Psychology, 49(6), 1132-1138.
The chosen principle of development to which the five topics will be applied is the beneficence and nonmaleficence principle and the key discussion will be based on Baltes set of principles that state development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, gains and losses, contextual and historical, and/or multidisciplinary.
Summary and Critical …show more content…
By exploring the attachment theory, they established their hypothesis that children who are not intimately and emotionally attached to their parents potentially develop behavioral problems. It follows, therefore, that for them to develop emotionally they must have meaningful relationships with their parents or guardians. The strength of their research was that they focused on a very specific age group of children between two and three years old. However, they did not carry out any primary research but conducted extensive literature review and that also served the purpose of respecting the right to privacy of the subjects of primary research. To adhere to ethical considerations, the authors only used articles that explicitly gave assurance that the participants were accorded their rights to privacy and safety. In accordance with the principle of beneficence and nonmaleficence, the researchers sought to guard against political, personal, organizational, and social harm by avoiding primary studies and opting instead for literature