Jean-Martin Charcot

A child’s early formative years are the most crucial in determining the growth, personality and goals of the individual. The Transactional Analysis theory supports this statement as it enables people to explore the origins of their personality and allows one to understand why he/she is the way he/she is. I have come to realize that my coping mechanisms are reflected in the adoption and switching of ego states that takes place depending on the situation. Although there are times when I move to…

Vygotsky’s (1978) sociocultural theory suggests that learning is a continual social process that never ends and how we view the world is shaped by symbolic tools like language. As a child’s cognitive function improves through social interaction, he or she learns at a social (inter-psychological) level and then at an individual level (intra-psychological), consequently expanding their Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - a concept introduced but not fully developed by Vygotsky (1978). As children…

introduction Human development is the process of change and stability throughout the human life span. There are eight periods of life span, defined as prenatal period, Infancy and Toddler hood, early childhood, Middle childhood, Adolescence, Young adulthood, Middle adulthood, and late adulthood. Each period depends on the preceding period in addition; with passage of time complex changes occur. Those changes are associated with the three domains of human development, according to many theorists…

The environment of learning actually is the one of the theories that influences the curriculum activities. Youngsters learn through their faculties both inside and outside, in a strong environment. There is a prerequisite on grown-ups to give a scope of testing and intriguing indoor and open air encounters for kids. Actually, with unlimited structure of learning environment able to make children to explore more which will become an opportunity to stimulate the way of thinking. The surrounding…

What is an Assessment Tool? The early year of children’s development is an important time for the growth of children’s brain growth and the opportunity in maximizing children learning in the different developmental domain i.e. physical, intellectual, emotional and social. Poor quality child care is of a concern as children requires responsive and simulating environment from the caregiver; this in turn helps them to enhance their social, cognitive and language development (Bronfenbrenner &…

There are a number of factors that may result in children needing additional support in their daily lives through nature or nurture. Therefore, nature or nurture both matter and result into children needing additional support. However, it is important to first understand the term additional needs which means children who may need support for some reason, with disabilities or medical conditions or those needing reassurance because they are settling in a new setting/school. In addition,…

GPS2016 Child Psychology Essay Definition A working memory is a process that involves storing, focusing attention on, and manipulating information for a relatively short period of time, such as a few seconds (Working Memory. 2018). The working memory has three functions which includes, encoding, storage and retrieval. There are also two types of working memory, one being auditory memory and the other would be visual-spatial memory. An example would be when a child has a weak working…

Children under the sensorimotor stage demonstrate a certain number of stages, which range from simple reflexes to the coordination of means and ends. Sensorimotor cognition focuses on movements and actions without language, like the thumb-sucking or the finger-grasping of a baby. According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage is made up of displacements which are subject to reversal, although not mathematically. This means that a child can return to his starting point and attain the same ends by…

Cognitive developmental theories provide a framework for understanding about how children act and perceive the world. However, every theory has both strengths and weaknesses. A certain theory may explain one aspect of cognitive development very well, but poorly address or completely ignore other aspects that are just as important. Two well known theories of cognitive development are Piaget’s stage theory and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. As I plan to be a pediatric nurse, these two theories…

Piaget, Erikson, Bronfenbrenner, and Vygotsky are four theorist. They all developed theories involving child development. Piaget believes child development occurs in different processes. His theory also has four different stages on how a child develops. Erikson's theory is of psychosocial development he also believes in eight different stages of development that occur across the lifespan. Bronfenbrenner's theory is on levels of environmental influence. Vygotsky's theory focuses on social and…