Jean-Pierre Jeunet

James Bulger was a two year old boy, from Kirby, England, who was murdered by two ten year old boy’s names Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. Bulgers’ body was found on a railway line two days after his murder. Thompson and Venables were charged on the 20th of February 1993 with the abduction and murder of James Bulger. In this report it will review several psychological theories trying to explain how two boys so young could commit just vicious crimes. (Urbas, G., 2000) Moral development is…

Cosette and Valjean in Les Miserables, written by Victor Hugo, that seems to be very true. Jean Valjean and Cosette are characters that are both able to bring life and happiness into each other’s lives because in the beginning Valjean is there for Cosette, meanwhile Cosette gives purpose for Valjean’s life, but I wouldn’t always say their relationship was necessarily the best for them. First and foremost, Jean Valjean was there for Cosette in the beginning when she needed him the most. “As a…

Compare and contrast Piaget’s theory with one or more alternative explanations of cognitive development. There are conflicting ideas to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the transfer of control from external to internal processes, regarding the influences and mechanisms involved. Indeed, psychologists such as Vygotsky and Siegler suggest that development is gradual and isn’t as fixed as Piaget proposes and that social interaction plays a greater role. However, there are also several mild…

A girl aged( 3-4) bites others when approached by children who wants to play with her. She does not share things/toys and likes to play by herself. She has new born sibling at home. Mother is concerned about her behaviour of biting. She thinks that her child bites her peers instead of talking to them. Educators are encouraging the child to use her words to communicate with others. Confront: The child is demonstrating challenging behavioural issues. The reason behind her behaviour could be a new…

The preoperational stage of cognitive development is a stage where a child is in the pre cognitive stage of understanding. The age ranges from two to seven years of age. Children in this age group are unable to apply logic to situations and create realistic ideas. Most principles associated with this stage are centration, egocentrism, play, symbolic representation, animism and many others. Centration focuses on the child's inability to concentrate on different aspects of a situation at the same…

The book “Helping hyperactive kids- a sensory integration approach” by Lynn J. Horowitz and Cecile Rost was created to guide and provide insight to parents about their child’s behavior. “Helping hyperactive kids” provides useful techniques and activities and a breakdown of how parents could use a sensory integration approach through play to explain the development of a child. Furthermore, this book discusses how the brain works, understanding the main sensory systems and the purpose of sensory…

Developing the practical skills of observing a child in detail and successfully interpreting your observation results is critical to the Occupational Therapy practice. The aim of the video observation assignment is to identify a child’s gross and fine motor abilities, visual perception, social skills, language, and play habits to determine the child’s strength and weaknesses through effective interpreted perceptions. To provide some background information to illustrate the context of the video,…

Physical: -0 months: Turns head towards sounds and movements. Watches the face of an adult who is feeding them. Sleeps most of the time. See best at short distances. Physical growth is fast. -3 months: May begin to sit with support. Start to be able to grasp objects and can move them from one hand to the other. Will begin to crawl and even stand. -9 months: Starts to become more mobile between 9 and 18 months. Can explore its environment to an extent, e.g. can climb stairs but cannot get back…

In the TedTalk, by Alison Gopnik it talked about how babies think. Gopnik used many test in order to verify her theory. To understanding their minds, she gives the adults broccoli and gold fishes and they acted as if they were more into the broccoli then the chips. So the 16 and 18-year-old months’ baby where told to give the adults either the broccoli or gold fish back to them according to the one they showed the more preference. Then later on the test the research turned into an evolution,…

Toddlers can be slow to warm up and cautious in many new situations such as hospitals or around new people such as nurses. To develop a trusting relationship with the toddler during the assessment the nurse should be able to use many different strategies to put the child at ease. One of these strategies is to prepare before coming in the room, if possible wear scrubs with cartoons on them or colorful, the nurse should learn the name of the child in advance, and enter with a smile on their face.…