Lifespan Development. Influences of Nature and Nurture on a 4 Year Old Child

Though there are many negative sides to having a special needs sibling like, having to grow up faster, the possibilities of divorce, and assuming the dreams for the parents, there are many positives too, such as learning better communication skills, heightening compassion and patience, and sometimes tightening familial bonds (Laferriere lecture, 2015). All of these positive traits have much to do with the last two forms of relationships that typically developing siblings have with their special needs siblings. These skills are important to all youths, though they are rarely mentored to them, and as such the typically developing sibling in combination with their special needs sibling is the perfect combination to help to mentor these skills to their typically developing peers (Laferriere lecture, 2015). These positive traits can be found in fully intact family units as well as single parent family units and as such are key to forming a positive bond between siblings no matter the age. However, that being said, like any good behavior, it is important to foster these positive traits when the typically developing child is in its childhood years, that preschool and elementary age that when by the time they reach the hormonal ages of adolescents they

There are many different theories of development that help us to understand children’s behaviour, reactions and ways of learning. All equally important as they influence practice. To begin with there is Piaget’s constructivist theories which look at the way in which children seem to be able to make sense of their world as a result of their experiences and how they are active learners. He also suggested that as children develop so does their thinking. Piaget’s work has influenced early years settings into providing more hands on and relevant tasks for children and young people. In other words the children are ‘learning through play’. Teachers are working out the needs of children and plan activities accordingly.

His views of how children and young people’s minds work and develop have been enormously influential particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation and increasing the capacity to understand their world, they can’t undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so. The research has spawned a great deal more, much of which has undermined the detail of his own, but like many other original investigations his importance comes from his overall vision. Today Piaget’s theories have helped to change how people viewed the child or young person’s world and the way they study them he has inspired many theorist to improve on his studies. Piaget’s ideas have been of practical use in understanding and communicating, particularly in education. What he didn’t consider was the effect in the

In this assignment I plan to explain how play helps to improve the development of children and young people. Play is extremely important for the development of children. It is important that from a young age children play with things like toys and even with other children. Between the ages of 0 – 3 is when children develop the most. Through play children can improve their fine and gross motor skills by using toys such as shape sorters and using musical tables which have buttons and things to turn. This helps to develop fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are developed through crawling and learning to walk. If children have toys that are spread out whilst

Early childhood ranges from the age of two years old to six years old. Intellectual and social stimulation affect a child’s cognitive development. Early childhood education is typically the first time in a child’s life, in which they are exposed to a learning atmosphere that is both socially and intellectually stimulating. During this time period children develop a lot, and they become increasingly aware of the mind frame of the people around them. As early as two years old, children " spontaneously use words that refer to people's desires and

Piaget’s theory is contrary to the behaviourist model as he believed that through observation, children ‘construct’ their own understanding of the world, based on their own experiences and prior knowledge. Piaget believed that this type of learning was more influential than instruction from a teacher or caregiver.

Once a child is born and their development continues, then starts the controversy and wonder as to whether how the child is raised effects their outcome in adult hood, or whether they are just born to be a certain way. Child psychology looks into the many different factors that affect the pregnancy and raising a child. Such as, parenting styles, and how the environment (nurture) and the genetics (nature) play an important role in the child’s development.

Chapter 6 of Nurture Shock explores the relationship between siblings and how they get along. There is little evidence that shows there is a difference in social skills in children with siblings versus only children. One might think that a child with a sibling will have more social interactions, having grown up with other children, but these interactions can be full of positive and negative interactions. The authors present the notion that sibling relationships are deeply depended on whether or not they enjoy playing together, as well as peer interactions. One study is aimed at improving the friendship and enjoyment of sibling interaction because often times children get stuck in mindsets where they don’t have to

Piaget (Berger, 1994) is a well know cognitive theorist whose concept of cognitive development placed great importance on early childhood education. Piaget’s theory has four specific stages. He deemed that children learn by actively involving themselves in their domain. Piaget is also linked to the Constructivist Theory：children construct

There was a quote that catch me “For Piaget, people are secondary importance, and the objects and the child’s actions on objects are of primary importance.” The way back in my undergraduate study I read Piaget’s book which he was observing his child and most likely the time they were alone or they were interacting each other. As far as I remember, Piaget was not interacting the child. I think the way Piaget scrutinized the child development is same as the way studying a small gold fish in round glass aquarium. In this sense, Piaget was alienating the child from the rest of the world which was ridiculously absurd. There is no place on earth, people are not interacting each other and influence them. I really want to ask what he was thinking by claiming the people (parents) of the child has no influence of the child it seems that he didn’t had time to influence his own child just only observe

One of our first theorist is Jean Piaget who was a Swiss psychologist that worked in child development. According to Piaget, people learn from four factors: bio-logical maturation, experience with the physical environment, experience with the social environment, and equilibration. (Schunk p.236). Piaget focuses on the interaction of children; cognitively and morally. He wanted to describe how children create the world around them, also agreeing that

Piaget’s work is evident today where children are provided with opportunities to explore, manipulate materials, and make sense of their environment (Crain, p.121). Teachers are constantly providing age appropriate experiences for children of all ages that stimulate learning and growth. As a result, children are continuously assimilating, accommodating and organizing information and at the same time, constructing knowledge based on the experiences they encounter. For example, a child might be playing in the sand table, using a brush to clean the sand on fossils. Based on observation, a teacher can notice the child is engaged in brushing the sand. A teacher can then use this as an opportune moment to ask open-ended questions to see what the child knows about fossils and the tools used by scientist, By doing so, the teacher is able to assess what the child knows, then

Piaget believed that children should only be given new information when they have understood what they have previously learnt and constructed through the use of schemes and knowledge. Piaget’s theory is linked to current Early Years Practice as school settings praise children when they have done something positive, so they will repeat the action and succeed. As a child’s attention span is short it is therefore important that staff produce stimulating environments, exciting and appropriate materials and resources, as well as age appropriate activities so that the child can progress to their highest potential. It is important to hold a child’s attention so they take in information and allow them to construct their own knowledge while also giving

Piaget *Missing Works Cited* Piaget work has received world wide acclaim and recognition , as well as having a positive impact in areas such as education and social curricula. Though he had made an impact on understanding of the child cognitive development , his theory of cognitive development has suffered a great deal of critics that it neglects the social nature of human development.(Hook, Watts and Cockroft ,2002).So the following essay will discuss on whether this critic is valid or not based on detail discussion of Piaget theory. The theory of Vygotsky shall also be discussed to prove that indeed social factors play a role .

The family unit across the globe is valued by almost all cultures as the most important social structure in which humans form the tightest bonds. Now significant evidence to suggest that within the family structure the relationship and interaction between siblings is the most impactful relationship of a human’s lifetime. Researchers have only recently become interested in the unique relationship between siblings. Siblings have been found to advance one another’s social, emotional, and cognitive development (Mcguire and Shanahan, 2010). Researchers are now are posing the question, “Are our relationships with our siblings the most important of all?”