Category: Child Development

Table of Contents Introduction Risks and Developmental Complications Specific Disorders that May Arise Long-term Consequences Relations between Findings and Developmental Case Potential Issues for the Child Based on the Responses Received Conclusion Reference List Introduction Stages of psychological development are generally defined by the behavioral traits and aspects of a person. In fact, the development…

Table of Contents Introduction Personal experience Conclusion References Introduction In most parts of history, child development – which shows the different stages of the development of a child – was ignored. Children were assumed smaller versions of adults. The details in the development of a child were not keenly looked at previously. These changes are…

Table of Contents Child Development Observation Child Development Analysis Conclusion References The subject of the observation is a seven-year-old boy who has reached second grade at school and becomes less dependent on his parents. He is a clever and active child who knows how to ride a bicycle, roller skates, plays badminton and table tennis.…

Vygotsky’s Developmental Theory The main focus of Vygotsky’s theory is the belief that learning has a crucial role in the development of children. Thus, the theorist based his opinion on the fact that children should study particular strategies to help make learning more efficient and productive. It is worth noting that this research within the…

In the second half of the twentieth century, there appeared a great number of theories on child development investigating this issue from different angles. In particular, in the late seventies of the past century, Urie Bronfenbrenner suggested an ecological theory on child development in terms of cultural and social psychology (Blakemore and et al. 2008).…

Vygotskian Development Theory regarded social interactions as pivotal in cognitive development. Cognitive abilities are considered to be socially constructed, which means that skills like learning, attention, and memory should be developed through culture-specific tools (Karpov, 2014). Vygotsky believed that adults play a mediatorial role in child development from birth to the age of six years,…

Introduction Several factors affect growth and development of child. A number of theories try to provide us with explanation on how a child grow and develop in his life. Although the theories on child developments are not entirely true, they provide us with an insight on how changes occur in the growth and development of…

Children grow and develop so rapidly that parents often cannot keep up. These children imbibe a lot from the people and environment around them that helps them develop their personalities. It is an accepted belief that no man is an island, and it is with other people that children learn how to relate. His own…

The fundamental function of assessments is: to try to uncover weaknesses, to evaluate school readiness, to aid in structuring the curriculum and daily tasks; to evaluate the usefulness of a project; and to give parents advice (Wortham, 2008). Comparing assessments is important as it enables one to identify the most appropriate assessments to use, depending…

The events in an individual’s life during childhood vastly influence the personality type of that person during adulthood. In most cases, the roles played by parents contribute significantly to the personality of a child even as he or she grows to maturity (481). During the infancy stage, there is a higher tendency of turning to…