Child development

In his 2014 text, John W. Santrock defines the “Early Childhood” stage of development, as the period of development in a child from 2 to 6 years, marked by its extreme increase in self-sufficiency and the child’s ability to care for themselves, which is due to the refining of the child’s motor skills throughout this stage. During this time, children begin to develop school readiness skills, taught by their parents or in their respective preschools. These skills include, but are not limited to,…

3-3-16 Theorist Project There have been many theories on child development, each with their own unique focus. Child development theories focus on explaining how children change and grow over the course of childhood. Some of the world’s best known theorists in child development were Sigmund Freud, Abraham Maslow, Jean Piaget, and Erik Erikson. Sigmund Freud believed that there was more than one aspect of the human…

While child development is very complex and sometimes even more diverse, educators have been able to create a list of twelve principles, or key rules, that help develop how educators teach children in a way that is developmentally appropriate for their age group. It is very hard to fit everything important into a small list. Occasionally, the principles are even contradictory while being required on their own as a crucial part of the process of development. It is required of the teacher that…

influential people to contribute to child development knowledge includes Sigmund Freud. Sigmund Freud was born in 1856, and he died in 1939 after having many accomplishments in the areas of psychiatry and psychology. One of his most famous accomplishments is the Freudian Theory of Personality, and this helps us understand the stages of child development. As quoted from journalpsyche.org, Freud believed "most human suffering is determined during childhood development." This theory also states…

This essay discusses the four grand theories of development. A theory is an attempt to organise a lot of different facts and give an overall explanation of something. The four Grand Theories of child development is Behaviourism, Social learning theory, Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory and Vygotsky’s social-cognitive theory. It is important to examine these theories because it has a huge influence on how we think about children, how we interact with children and the way we view children.…

children have a different way of thinking than adults do. After realizing this he decided to invest his time into trying to figure out why. He eventually came up with the 4 stages of child development that every single child goes through. The stages go from when an infant is born until it is around 11 years old. Every child is in the sensorimotor stage until they get to be around 2 years old. During this stage infants become area of their senses like touch and sight. They then transfer into the…

brain, in particular infants’, function at a higher capacity. Thompson believes that through regular and repeated exposure to music or learning an instrument also known as active learning strongly encourages infants’ perceptual and motor skills development as appose to passive learning which can be achieved by creating a musical environment through things such as lullabies, nursery rhymes and use of radio and/or iPod which…

Jean Piaget Jean Piaget is a Swiss psychologist whose studies on child development still influence psychology and education today. He designed models about the stages of early child development that are still in use now. Jean Piaget was born on August 9th, 1896, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. (Jean) His parents were very influential in his life and greatly impacted who he grew up to be. His mother was not the best influence for Piaget since he described her behavior as neurotic and easily…

Child development is defined as the physical and mental changes that take place in humans between birth and the end of adolescence, from dependency to autonomy. Many different periods exist in this time span, as well as individual differences with each one. Child development has helped greatly in the understanding of the social, cognitive, and emotional developments in children. Research has been increasing in the field of child development, and there are many theories that seek to understand…

years, psychologists tried to observe children’ behavior and explain their observations by developing theories of child development focusing on different developmental aspects such as social, emotional, physical, and cognitive. Even not all of these theories were accepted, but all of them influenced on understanding of child’ development. The most influential theories of child development are: Behaviorism, Nativism, Piaget’s constructivist theory, and the Vygotskian social-cultural theory.…