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    Preoperational stage, Concrete Operational stage, and the Formal Operational stage. Sensorimotor Stage- this stage is from birth through age 2. There are 6 substages within this stage. The first substage, reflexes, takes place during the first month after birth. The infants’ behaviors reflect the few reflexes we learn first. For example, if you put a pacifier by an infant’s mouth, the reaction would be…

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    What Is Cerebral Palsy?

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    body’s motor functions and limb coordination, the symptoms correlate to what part of the brain is affected. Symptoms of the disease include either very stiff or floppy muscle tone. Stiff muscles are paired with either exaggerated reflexes, known as spasticity, or normal reflexes (rigidity). With stiff muscles associated with this disorder, the patient loses all control of muscle movement. Another symptom is ataxia and involuntary movements, or tremors. Movement of the body goes with anything a…

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    Piaget’s cognitive development theory has four periods and the sensorimotor period in particular pique my interest. The period basically explains the cognitive growth we undergo the first two years of life. Growing up I was surrounded with family. My great grandmother had seventeen kids, who in return went on to have countless kids as well, and so the process continued. When it was my siblings turn to produce, they wasted no time. Presently there are seven juniors with promises of more to come…

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    Basketball can be fun and can also help in life. Basketball was invented in December 1891. It was invented by a Canadian named Dr. James Naismith. Basketball is a great sport because you have fun at the competition, it's a great way to hang out with friends, and improves skill. basketball is a really fun and competitive sport. It can be really challenging. It's competitive because players are challenging each other to beat one another. While basketball can be fun, it can also be difficult. It's…

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    kill it my mom got scared at first not knowing what the parrot was doing then she understood.This shows the loyalty of all animals not even that well known . In the story “my life in dog years” which is a piece of text showing how quick animals reflexes are.…

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    Social Constructionism

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    HHP471 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 1. How does social constructionism impact our view of disability in general and, more specifically, kids with disabilities? Social constructs are themes based on experiences. It is through our social constructs that we often develop the mindset in which we believe that disabilities prevent individuals from being successful, no matter their skill level or ability. After watching an individual with disabilities fail a few times in a row, we start believing the…

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    Case Study Osteomyelitis

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    1.) Susan is postmenopausal, so there is a higher risk for osteoporosis. She is also not on hormone replacement therapy. Estrogen helps preserve bone mass by inhibiting bone dissolving action of the osteoclast. However, Susan is also active and exercises regularly, so she is less likely to have osteoporosis. Other factors such as bone cancer could have led to the weakening of her bones. 2.) If Susan had bone cancer, the CT scan would reveal the presence of a tumor. The densitometry scan would…

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    fatigue, back, neck, arm and leg pain, and muscle weakness. Paralytic polio has three types, spinal cord, brain stem and both. The symptoms for those types of polio are loss of reflexes, severe muscle weakness, loose and floppy limbs, and paralysis. A doctor will normally check for stiffness in the back, abnormal reflexes and difficulty swallowing and breathing. The doctor will also get a stool, throat or cerebrospinal, liquid that surrounds the spinal cord and brain, sample to confirm The…

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    John B Watson's Theory

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    JOHN B. WATSON’S EXPERIMENT ON LITTLE ALBERT According to the Oxford dictionary, behaviourism is “the theory that human and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings…” John B. Watson was a psychologist who played an important role in the development of behaviourism. This essay will describe his theory of learning in detail, his experiment on little Albert and the ethical acceptability of this experiment. Watson believed that psychologists…

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    life? One reason they should raise its daily recommended screen time to 4 hours is screen time and video games will help in the real-world. Another reason why they should raise its daily recommend screen time to 4 hours is video games can help with reflexes like fast-paced eye coordination. Sometimes screen time can be bad for you. One reason why they should raise its daily recommended screen time…

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