Billie Jean King

Playgrounds….playgrounds are a great part of childhood. They give joy and excitement to the young boys and girls that climb, slide, and explore them. The most familiar thing about playgrounds are the children and then swings.The annoying sound of the creaky chains moving back and forth. However, ever since I was 15 years old, it's haunted me to the bone. On a cold, wet October night my brother told me to be safe. He told me “James! Call me if you need me. I'm gonna be at Maddie’s, and Jack's…

The learning journal that will be reflected is about Children and Early Childhood. The assignment is about how we reflect the five (5) cases or issues that will stated in this learning journal. The five (5) issues that will be covered are from a book, journal, informal observation, newspaper and video. REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 1: BOOK – Nature and Young Children by Wilson (2008) The first reflective journal is based on a chapter one of the book entitled “Children, Creative Play, and the Natural…

Abstract: There are three developmental psychologists who have laid the foundations to what we know about development. These three psychologists are Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, and Lawrence Kohlberg. They have created theories of cognitive, psychosocial, and moral development. I tested out all three of these theories on two kindergarten kids, who I will refer to as Jane and John. I’ve determined where they are in the developmental stages and if I believe if their theories are reasonable and true.…

Name of Psychologist Jean Piaget Field of Psychology Developmental Psychology Main Contributions Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is his theory that he theorised that the person’s childhood plays a major role in his or her development as a person. In his theory there are 4 stages, Jean Piaget was inspired by that theory when he was observing his nephew and his daughter, he concluded that children are not less smart than the adults, but they think differently compared to the adults.…

MST 313 Semester Project Progress report 1 Wheelchair-friendly Carousel for children fig 1. A sketch of the carousel (Pretorius, 2015) Bernadine Pretorius 28302207 Armand Meyer 10026305 Erica Davison 12064212 Target Market: The design of this wheelchair friendly carousel is targeted at children who are physically disabled and unable to use more conventional jungle gyms/outdoor toys. This carousel can be designed to be part of an indoor playground and can also become inclusive…

Claude Monet The paintings of Claude Monet include three main stages of a woman’s life, which are youth, matrimony and upbringing a child. The first stage of a woman’s life is youth entitled “Lily Butler in Claude Monet’s Garden”. Youth could generally be defined as an age of people between childhood and maturity, which based on cultural or social viewpoints of the particular society. The painting represents a young woman dressed in white long attire, arching herself a little to the front to…

Annika (Annie): Female A. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILD: 1. Annie was approximately 3 ½ feet and came up to my waist. Annie was within the normal height range. 2. She seemed to be of similar weight to other children in her “class” or age group. She was not chunky or bony, but slim with normal, symmetrical body features. 3. A unique physical characteristic that I could use to describe Annie as a preschooler is her ability to write her name at a young age. Secondly, I could also…

Cognitive, emotional, intellectual and social capabilities and functioning over the course of the life span from infancy through old age. This is the developmental psychology. Infancy is the period between birth till he learns the language. In few months they are able to recognise their mother by seeing her and show sensitivity to human speech. Even though infants can’t see they show behaviour related processes. If the infants are exposed to stimulus repeatedly they show decrease in response…

Theorist Information (Name & Year)- Lawrence Kohlberg 1940s-1980s Theory Overview- Lawrence Kohlberg used Piaget’s theory of moral development to expand these principles to understand distinct levels of moral reasoning in stages based upon cognitive abilities. Aspect of Lifespan Development (Module Focus)- Moral development Theory Components – Pre-conventional morality • Obedience and punishment orientation • Individualism and exchange Conventional morality • Good interpersonal relationships •…

Adolescence period has a specific role in the life of a person. It is a transitional period from childhood to adulthood. It is a unique phase of life which a child goes and explores different things on their own. A physical, emotional and social change. Social influence has a major impact throughout life, namely for adolescents and for their involvement in certain risk or health behaviors. There are two main resource of their influence – friends and parents. (Gibbon, Pamery and Gerard 2008)…