Observations of Brandon Lee Rice, 5 Years’ Old
Introduction
For this assignment in Psychology 221 I, Leslie-Anne Chevalier, observed by nephew, Brandon Lee Rice. Brandon is a 5-year-old Caucasian male, who was born on November 6, 2011 to Stephanie Cox and Brian Rice. Brandon is approximately 44 inches tall and weighs 56lbs. Brandon is currently enrolled in Pre-kindergarten at Rustburg Elementary School and comes from a middle-class socioeconomic background. Brandon was observed playing at his paternal grandmother’s home for approximately one hour on a Saturday evening. After this observational period, Brandon’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development was evaluated.
Observation
On a Saturday afternoon Brandon spent the evening …show more content…
Unfortunately, being overweight at a young age is becoming a common phenomenon with an average 17 percent of children between 2 and 19 being obese (Martorell, Papalia, & Feldman, 2014). It suggested that television viewing places children at an increase of being overweight (Martorell et al., 2014). While observing Brandon, the television was on and being viewed by him the majority of time. This suggests that Brandon is used to regular television viewing which may be contributing to him being …show more content…
From the moment, I looked at Brandon it was clear he was male. He was wearing blue jean pants with a PJ Masks shirt (PJ Masks is a television show about a boy superhero and his friends) and had a traditional male haircut of short hair. Further, his preference for trains and watching train videos suggested a stereotypical view of a little boy. Another observation that I made of Brandon’s play was that he played quietly without any apparent aggression. This could be due in part because he was the only child present at Meme’s house that evening. However, from what I could gather of his play it appeared that he had created storylines in his mind that he was then acting out these stories with his trains. As I have known Brandon his entire life I can also state he has always been an easy child and it appears that this temperament has been maintained into early childhood (Martorell et al.,
Introduction
For this assignment in Psychology 221 I, Leslie-Anne Chevalier, observed by nephew, Brandon Lee Rice. Brandon is a 5-year-old Caucasian male, who was born on November 6, 2011 to Stephanie Cox and Brian Rice. Brandon is approximately 44 inches tall and weighs 56lbs. Brandon is currently enrolled in Pre-kindergarten at Rustburg Elementary School and comes from a middle-class socioeconomic background. Brandon was observed playing at his paternal grandmother’s home for approximately one hour on a Saturday evening. After this observational period, Brandon’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development was evaluated.
Observation
On a Saturday afternoon Brandon spent the evening …show more content…
Unfortunately, being overweight at a young age is becoming a common phenomenon with an average 17 percent of children between 2 and 19 being obese (Martorell, Papalia, & Feldman, 2014). It suggested that television viewing places children at an increase of being overweight (Martorell et al., 2014). While observing Brandon, the television was on and being viewed by him the majority of time. This suggests that Brandon is used to regular television viewing which may be contributing to him being …show more content…
From the moment, I looked at Brandon it was clear he was male. He was wearing blue jean pants with a PJ Masks shirt (PJ Masks is a television show about a boy superhero and his friends) and had a traditional male haircut of short hair. Further, his preference for trains and watching train videos suggested a stereotypical view of a little boy. Another observation that I made of Brandon’s play was that he played quietly without any apparent aggression. This could be due in part because he was the only child present at Meme’s house that evening. However, from what I could gather of his play it appeared that he had created storylines in his mind that he was then acting out these stories with his trains. As I have known Brandon his entire life I can also state he has always been an easy child and it appears that this temperament has been maintained into early childhood (Martorell et al.,