Behavior: A Quasi Experimental Study

The third area is punishers . The child experiences something that results in something bad happening to them or a child learns that certain behaviour results in being punished and therefore it makes sense for them not to repeat that

It is difficult for researchers to isolate specific causes of child behaviour because each child’s environmental settings and values are different from one to another.

When people think of their environment people think of their immediate surroundings; however, one's environment goes beyond and further into the psychological connection to one's personal environment. To further explain, Gallagher discusses three different aspects of The Power of Place: Outside In, Inside Out, and Synchrony. The book opens doors previously unnoticed about psychological ecology. From reading the book one learns that settings influence behavior more than the personalities of most people.

Whatever age group or setting you are working with, you must plan an environment that encourages the development of the whole child. First of all you think about the different settings that children and young people aged 0-16 years may experience. These settings have both indoor and outdoor physical spaces that need to be considered. The layout of the physical environment is your team’s responsibility and contributes to giving each child positive outcomes in their learning, and development. The available space will influence the way the furniture and equipment is set out.

Preference for outdoor play. Child A plays mostly outdoors as he believes it is more fun, and loves to investigate the surroundings. The choice of indoor play is often related to the weather, child A only plays inside when its cold or raining. It is only in severe weather conditions children have to stay in doors as in our setting we believe the children can learn and develop much more outside even when the weather is poor. Play preferences are the child’s own choices & the freedom & opportunities to be able to make those choices by enabling varied resources that are

experience a different home is a different environment so each child is going to act differently where

On the frequency count chart, I tallied a total of seven prosocial behaviors and four antisocial behaviors during David’s outdoor time. For the most part, of the seven-prosocial behavior, David shared toys when other children stood in front or sat beside with him. In the playhouse setting, he approached the playhouse full of peers and positively interacted through a smile and talk with the other peers. While he did not play where the group of children he had interacted with was, he did smile at them, and from afar, played with the sand toys he had collected. At the sandbox, David was quick to make space for approaching peers, and share sand toys, for other peers to sit and play in the sand alongside him; I did not observe a coordinate play

Definition – Environment in which behavior occurs, Setting, Influences the way humans behave (McMillian, 2012, Pg. 274)

Thus, clearly defined and well-equipped spaces for everyday activities offer better conditions for an increased engagement and concentration of children on certain tasks, also offer conditions for expressing their levels of spirits and this in turn will contribute to a greater degree of social interactions among the children.

Location and transformation is a concept taught in the early years of school, children are taught simple concepts such as under, over or next to. Exploring location and movement of objects provides children a way to describe their environment and give directive to their surroundings. Location progresses with the introduction of directions and distances travelled such as moving forward or backward, this is further developed into directions such as north, east, south, and west which is explored through movement (DoEWA, 2013). Learning about location provides an opportunity for children to build mathematical concepts such as that of positive and negative numbers and skills connected to other subjects, such as map skills

The favourable data reinforces the strong relationship between the stated variables and Evans reasons logically the benefits of these relationships. However, Evans uses a “theory triangulation” (Patton. 2002, p.562 & Babbie. 2011, p.122) by examining data from the perspective of those that believe children’s playtime is essential in gaining social skills. Patton (2002) suggests that this use of data analysis assists in less distortion and bias and aids in credibility and quality of the findings.

The result of the observations where analysed by counting the frequencies of events, separating out the frequency and showing the total for different category of positive and negative events. And finally comparing the data to find possible correlation (Lambert, 2012). Findings suggest that Child X self-regulation varies depending on the location (classroom, lunch hall, playground, and assembly), teachers, and children that he was interacting with.

only a few examples, it is obvious that the leash on children has tightened, with parents and educators to preferring to keep children indoors to avoid the potential repercussions. But with proper preparation and educating parents and caregivers on ways to make outdoor play safe for the children in their care, there is no reason why children should not be allowed to follow their natural inclination to run and climb and jump. In an article, Play in Natural Outdoor Environments: A Natural Choice, it is suggested that parents and caregivers “should have a plan for what activities the children will engage in while they are outdoors and before the children go outside. Caregivers should discuss what activities the children will be doing so that

The five early childhood spatial concepts are position, direction, distance, organization and pattern, and construction. There are many ways these five concepts can be implemented into a child’s everyday life, especially in a classroom environment. Children do very well when they have structure, and for many students, they function much better when they have a schedule to follow. When you create a schedule for each day, you will include information such as what activity you will do doing and where this activity will be held. This is a good way to implement the spatial concept of position. Children will be able to answer where they will be.

(Fisher, 2007). The rats with more space to run around in and consistent meals seemed more upbeat and performed better on tests. Calhoun also noted that the rats without sufficient shelter and nesting space abandoned their young and where quite more aggressive than the other rats. Research in the field of environmental psychology is extremely important because from adolescents to adulthood human beings and the environments we live in are forever changing.