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Dr. Dan Gartrell Reflection Paper Dr. Dan Gartrell is a modern day child development theorist who has studied in depth behavior tendencies in children ages 0-8, and has developed behavior guidance methods which support developmentally appropriate practices. Dr. Gartrell is also the author of four books and countless articles. One of his articles caught my eye and left me filled with more knowledge and a new technique that will help me and other caregivers in the future. The article focused on…

Jean Piaget is a famous Swiss psychologist that is very prominent in the study of child psychology. Piaget is a cognitive psychologist, which means he focused on the mental processes and the intelligence of children. He offered referred to children as “little scientists”. He was a strong believer in the idea that children learn through the manipulation of their environment. He stressed that children create their own cognitive worlds; they are the reason they start to understand the world around…

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.…

Approaches and methods to teaching have been greatly influenced by the conducted research of Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget. Both of these psychologists have contributed to the field of education by offering explanations for children 's cognitive abilities and learning styles. While Vyotsky and Piaget may differ on how they view cognitive development in children, both of them offer good proposals on how to teach certain material in a developmentally appropriate manner and in a fitting way. Piaget…

Understanding how children develop and the interplay of nature versus nurture is an important area of research for the advancement of the human race. Research conducted into the development of children, namely Piaget and his theory of cognitive development and Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development have produced findings that have revolutionized the teaching of children and our understanding of how children develop. Interest into the development of children dates back to Ancient Greece…

For application project 3 we are applying Piaget 's theory stages of learning and cognitive development by having children draw themselves with a third eye that could be placed anywhere. We used three children the ages of 2, 8, and 14 years old. We will call them M, J and D. We are looking to see if this project will go along with the stages of cognitive development that he is a stated or if it will go against it. Our findings were not surprising and went along with Piaget 's Theory. The one…

On 10/31 when the children were all put into costumes and we walked around the center instead of continuing to play or going on the walk outside Teddy seemed confused but he was able to cope with the different activity in a healthy way. • Teddy has continuingly been observed to be in a positive mood. Teddy rarely cries over the course of this semester and the few times he has, he quickly is distracted or he redirects himself. While he plays he is content, laughs, smiles and talkative. This is…

Young children do not have the capabilities to think like adults. In fact, this is a misassumption in psychology for many years. Children, on one hand, are competent thinkers in a way that they think in different ways compared to adults. Although they may be wrong when providing an answer, children would not admit it because they have reasons for their wrong answers to questions that involved logical thinking. Incorrect answers indicated the differences between the thinking of children and…

Cognitive development can also be referred to as a constructivist theory as it describes that individuals understand their surroundings and experiences by previous information of what they have experienced or done. Adolescents sometimes based their dissimilar experiences on their personal way of understanding and information of those experiences. Piaget’s foundation for condition was a scheme. Piaget believed a scheme is a systematic arrangement of an action or thought. It is a broad concept and…

Infancy is the period of growth and human development between the ages of birth and 2 years old. Most of the infant’s cognitive development will happen naturally with the parent of caregiver helping along the way. Infants between the ages newborn and three months are able to recognize the parents smell and voice. They respond to high pitched voice, and may mimic a tongue being stuck out at him. At this stage, the infant doesn 't realize he can make things happen. At 6 weeks, he doesn 't realize…