Four stages of competence

acceptable and not acceptable within the framework of that society. The influences that shape and direct the individual include parents, other adults, and peers (which can be either deliberate or unintentional). If successful, enculturation results in competence in the rituals of the culture, values, and language. Culture provides the environment in which languages develop, even as it influences how they are used and interpreted. The most important…

There is a decision that is made and it affects a child’s life in many different areas. There’s the question “which parenting style(s) will the child be taught?”. The usage of one or more of these four parenting styles will influence how a child behaves. The four main recognized parenting styles used are: authoritative, neglectful, permissive, and authoritarian. The use of each style is going to vary depending on the parent child relationship (Mgbermere). To begin, some parents believe in a…

6 different dreams per night, each lasting 5 to 20 minutes. However, 95% of the dreams are forgotten as soon as the person wakes up. In reality, when we fall asleep, we do not start to dream right away. Our brain goes through four different cycles before we reach the stage where we start to dream called the REM sleep, standing for rapid eye movement sleep. REM sleep takes 25% of the sleep cycle and starts 70 - 90 minutes after a person falls asleep, beginning in response to brain signals. REM…

The group observed and analyzed was held at Kaiser Permanente, Psychiatry Department. The Intensive outpatient program (IOP) is held three times a week and each session is three hours. The purpose of the IOP program is for group members to explore and resolve their problems. Kaiser endorsed their mission is: “to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members” and the IOP’s purpose clearly addresses this mission statement. This is Kaiser’s most…

Piaget’s stage of learning called the Preoperational Stage (2-7 years old) is the stage that this essay is discussing; this is the stage where children learn through pretend play but still struggle with logical thinking (Jean Piaget, n.d). Piaget suggested that cognitive development begins with an inborn ability to adjust to the environment, by feeling a pebble or exploring the constraints of a room; young children develop a more accurate picture of their surroundings and greater competence to…

process involved, Piaget’s theory differing from both Siegler’s and Vygotsky’s. Indeed, Piaget believed that development is universal, invariant and discontinuous and that children learn independently, in different ways and in separate but chronological stages. He thereby conducted a theory consisting of…

lives we experience eight essential stages in our lives. Each corresponding stage has a correlating virtue or vice alongside an existential question that the person may subconsciously wonder as they move on throughout their psychosocial development. Erik Erikson was an ego psychologist greatly influenced by the Id psychologist, Sigmund Freud. However, instead of psychosexual stages, Erikson theorized that they were psychosocial instead. These psychosocial stages were more influenced by…

1. Introduction: The development of a child is referred to by the changes that a child undergoes during growth. These changes develop in relation to physical and mental health as well as emotional and social competence. Research confirms that the first three years of a child’s life are critical in shaping the architecture of the brain. (Factsforlifeglobal.org, 2015) The development of young children, from birth to three years, will be further explained in terms of the Piagetian approach as well…

Physiologic changes that take place as an individual experiences acute illness can lead to alterations in bodily function. Vicissitudes in body composition, sensory and neurologic function, declining oral health, and diminished nutritional status can exacerbate a patient’s feeling of sadness and depression. During hospitalization, many psychological changes can challenge a person’s autonomy and integrity leading to a loss of identity and self. These acute experiences changes can result in a…

would be an example of Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development. “Central to Vygotsky’s (1978) perspective is the concept of the Zone of Proximal Development, a realm in which learning conditions can be optimized through the identification of competences that the learner could mature if only with the right assistance” (Armstrong, 2015). If a teacher can take a child who is having a hard time reading and by the end of the school year the child is reading and meeting proficiency levels, then…