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1. What three questions are important to consider when examining a language development theory? Write out each question and provide a description of the major points of all three. There are three questions that are important to consider when examining a language development theory. The first question is: What do infants bring to the task of language learning? This refers to infants’ language abilities when they are born and how they acquire language as they age. This question is essentially…

‘how children learn’. Firstly, one of the most influential theories of how children learn in today’s education system is constructivism which has been accepted as a model of children’s cognitive development since the 1950’s when it was developed by Jean Piaget (1896-1980). He aimed to develop a theory which was able to show ‘the nature of knowledge and the ways in which an individual acquires knowledge.’ Smith et al. (2003, p. 388). The theory has three main components to it: schemas, known as…

Q4) In Kilbourne’s view, how is violence portrayed in ads? (450-451) Kilbourne first describes violence as something that women can easily avoid, but not being too provocatively dressed and not to give off any signals. She implies that when he says, “It is reassuring to believe that we can avoid it by being good girls, avoiding dark places, staying out of bars, dressing innocently” (Kilbourne 450). Ultimately, if women do not put themselves in a dangerous situation, all sexual violence can be…

One of the ways in which Holmes expresses his care for the Doctor is through his sole medium of emotional expressions -- by playing his violin. While there is little information in Watsons’ accounts regarding the emotional states of the detective (with the exception of his excitement over a new puzzle and the following bouts of saturnine moods when there are no cases to be solved), we can see that the detective often turns to his violin when pondering upon a case, or even when relaxing. Holmes’…

define you.” Actions often reveal the inner story of the person: ideals, opinions, interests. As the young tourist above realized, responses reveal as much about one self as they do about the subject in question. French Philosopher and Theorist, Jean Baudrillard, born July 1929, furthered Modern Philosophy by postulating that the perception of a thing reveals information both about the perceivers and the thing itself. He expounded upon this idea in his work…

Claireece Precious Jones is a 16-year-old female client. Based on just her age, she is considered to be in the Middle Adolescence stage of development. During this phase of development, Teens become more self-involved, they become concerned with appearance and their body, they can develop lower opinions of the parents as they withdraw from them and try to institute their own independence. They will often Seek privacy and time alone as well. During middle adolescence, their intellectual…

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) and Erik Erikson (1902-1994) were also stage theorists. Piaget focused on children’s cognitive growth and thinking was the most important aspect of development. Like Freud he believed that development unfolds in stages in age ranges…

toddler before the age of their third birthday because their brains have not grown to their full capacity and they have not learned to properly use their memory yet. The minds and thought process of infants versus children expand as they grow as well. Jean Piaget established four stages of development aging from infants to young adults in order to explain the process of mental growth. Infants from birth to two…

Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist, best knows for his social developmental theory that was first introduced around the 1920’s/ 30’s, around the same time that Jean Piaget was establishing his theory. His theory played a big role unrevealing the importance of social and cultural influences on children development. Unfortunately, Vygotsky died in 1934 at age 38, so he was not able to thoroughly complete his theory although he was able to lay the groundwork for it. Vygotsky was a…

believe that people go through stages for their moral development. Lawrence Kohlberg began researching the topic and then he created a model of moral development that is based on six different stages. He built upon the findings of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget’s two stage theory of moral development. Kohlberg was born on October 25, 1927 in Bronxville New York. He was one of four children born to Alfred Kohlberg and Charlotte Albrecht. Alfred was a silk merchant and Charlotte was a skilled…