Developmental psychology

most important developmental processes happen between the first eighteen and thirty-six months of a child’s life. Although all children grow at a different rate, there are certain milestones they should surpass. The way children grow not only physically, but socially and cognitively is very important at this age. During the first, eighteen to thirty-six months of life, children also start to develop language skills and develop more emotionally. All five of theses developmental stages impact…

Why Child Disciplined Need to be Enforced Never in my life have I ever encountered such disciplinary action. Growing up you realize the morality behind every action you do and the possible consequences that follows. However, it seems that social media has contradict this statement as to where teenagers or even parents let their children “get away” with words and actions not suitable for their age. Saddening and upsetting as we see others be entertained at the inappropriate behavior of the…

Historical Review—Constructivism in Education As one of most important theories in social science, constructivism plays an important role especially in education. The main belief of constructivism is that people making sense of the world by interacting with the environment around them. Knowledge can be gained through people’s actively constructing their new experience with what they have already known (Ültanir, 2012). Since constructivism deals with the theory of knowledge, many educators and…

Birthday Party Videos Project#1 Yamilette Gonzalez The University of Arizona Birthday Party Videos Project#1 Introduction: For this project I decided to compare and contrast two typically developing children of ages two and five. I chose the videos from the list provided to the class, which where girl #2 on the 2-year-old column and girl# 1 on the 5 year old column. My hypothesis based on what I know from this course so far and reading a couple of articles on the web, is that the…

modeling it. Teachers can also have the children talk about differences they may see to help children think about others. • Giving choices and redirection (4 Points) o Providing a wide range of activities will lead the child to grow in multiple developmental domains. Giving choices…

Annotated Bibliography Kiesner, J., & Pastore, M. (2005). Differences in the Relations Between Antisocial Behavior and Peer Acceptance Across Contexts and Across Adolescence. Child Development, 76, 6, 1278-1293. This article examines the general variations within the relations between antisocial behavior and the way it compares to acceptance across contexts and across adolescence. The study believes that in adolescence antisocial behavior is performed and becomes absolutely related to peer…

The role of technology and the internet in their family was discussed in the interviews. Justin stated that everyone in his family uses technology all the time. He said that his friend’s family has a rule that there are no phone or tablets allowed at the dinner table. Not only does Justin’s family not eat at the table, he said that majority of the time he eats while playing video games or watching TV. He said his parents do not care because they are usually doing the same thing. Tasha said that…

The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences”- Loris Malaguzzi. This quote reflects the passion I possess in actively providing children with boundless opportunities to explore their curious, imaginative and creative selves. Through providing a nurturing, positive and stimulating environment for all children, I am to foster an emergent curriculum with open ended play spaces with enriched resources that…

understanding of how dynamic professionals, families, and children can have on early childhood education. My professional philosophy derives from my awareness and compassion on how we should encourage all children to develop and achieve different developmental milestones regardless of the variety of variables and circumstances that they may or may not have control over. As an early childhood professional who has worked within this field for the past 15 years, I endured a multitude of every…

Theories provide the whys for development, which theories are organized ideas that explain development. There are five different theories, which I believe that all five have influenced development in my life. For example, in the psychodynamic theory it we are taught how to resolve conflicts they we face at different ages, which is how Erikson eight stages come into play. Starting from birth I learned who I was able to trust and as the years passed by I learned to be independent, learn new…