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On October 14th, 2016, I conducted a child observation in my cousin’s home in Elk Grove, CA in the morning. I was sitting in the living room on a chair observing my 3 months old niece as she was lying down on a mat getting entertained by her mom. My niece’s name is Sakura. Amid the earliest stages and toddlerhood stage of a child, regularly there will be dramatic changes in the child 's physical development. A child 's physical development first begins when the baby begins figuring out how to master self-movement, for example, moving their hands and holding objects. While watching Sakura plays with her mother, she continued attempting to kick her leg into her mother 's stomach. Her mom then started holding her leg delicately to "reduce the …show more content…
Amid my observation of Sakura, there was a puppy lying near her. Sakura then started crawling toward the puppy and began touching his head with her right hand. The puppy did not respond, so Sakura touched it a couple of more times, then halted, and came back to her mom. Berk argues, "Emotions play powerful roles in organizing the attainments that Erikson regarded as so important: social relationships, exploration of the environment, and discovery of the self" (2013, p. 185). As I would like to think, Sakura 's activity identified with social and emotional development since it demonstrated that Sakura was attempting to investigate and comprehend her general surroundings. After she had touched the puppy ordinarily, Sakura started to comprehend that the puppy would not hurt her. As indicated by Berk (2013), "babies use familiar caregiver as a secure base, or point from which to explore, venturing into the environment and then returning for emotional support" (p. 188). In view of my perception, Sakura was creating self-control and utilized her mom as a secure base by realizing that she ought to quit touching the puppy after a couple times, then came back to her mom for support subsequent to experiencing with things that were new to her. The motivation behind why Sakura did that can be clarified, "As part of this adaptive system, encounters with strangers lead to two conflicting tendencies: approach (indicated by interest and friendliness) and avoidance (indicated by fear)" (Berk, 2013, p.188). Sakura approached the puppy since she had an enthusiasm for it and the motivation behind why Sakura returned back to her mom was a direct result of fear. She didn 't comprehend what could happen next on the off chance that she proceeded on touching

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