Melissa Not Listening Case

After examining Mark’s scenario it was clear to see the developmental issues faced by this young man from various domains. For example, in Marks situation he shows signs of middle childhood biosocial development by how he assumes that the bullying is caused by his size and how he blames himself for the situation. In the book, The Developing

The reader sees the development in Pelzer from an innocent child to a young, traumatized teen. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems model illustrated how Pelzer’s environment impacted his development as a child. Piaget’s theory of cognitive development shows why Pelzer reacted as he did to the abuse as he moved from the preconventional stage to the conventional stage. The final theory, Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning, also helped explain why Pelzer did not speak out against his mother as he endured the

The issues in this case study involve Melinda Smith, a veteran special education teacher, Derrick Yate, a student with behavioral disorder, Greg, the school principal, Barba Cole, the school social worker, Mrs. Yates, Derrick’s mom and Mr. Douglas, a general education teacher. Besides being a student with behavioral disorder, Derrick was low achieving and had developed a notorious reputation around school. According to Karen, one of the fifth-grade teachers, “Derrick has terrorized everyone”. Despites all the putdowns on Derrick, Mrs. Smith decides to take on the challenge to straighten his behavior.

Children apply their new reasoning skills to concrete situations-that is, situations with visible, tangible, real things. Children become more systemic, objective, scientific –and educable. One logical concept is classification, the organization of things into groups according to some characteristics that they share. An experiment that Piaget conducted to reveal a children’s understanding of classification is, and examiner shows a child a bunch of nine flowers-seven yellow daises and two white roses. The examiner makes sure the child knows the words flowers, daises, and roses. Then comes the crucial: Are there more daises or more flowers?” I conducted the same experiment with Mycah and she answered there are more flowers. So it is to my findings that Mycah has a clear understanding of classification. Lastly I will be comparing Mycah’s psychosocial development to that of Berger’s accounts. As explained in the text, steady growth, brain maturation, and intellectual advances make middle childhood a time when children gain independence and autonomy. They acquire an “increasing ability to regulate themselves, to take responsibility, and to exercise self-control”-all strengths that make this a period of positive growth. As I stated earlier in my observation report I observed Mycah as being very independent, and capable of taking responsibility for things. There is also a portion of the text where Berger discusses friendship and social acceptance. I sat

Assignment topic as stated in Course Outline: Essay - Jean Piaget proposed a step-wise sequence of mental development during childhood. Provide an overview of Piaget’s core ideas, discussing the evidence for and against these ideas.

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

To sum up, during my naturalistic observation I applied Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and Erikson’s theory of emotional and social development. Both of these theories gave me the opportunity to understand the subject better. According to my observation, all physical skills of the girl were developed properly. After analysis I came to the conclusion that the subject is on the

A Child Called “It” is a powerful book written by Dave Pelzer about his childhood and the hardships he encountered with his family, peers, and community. Middle childhood can be a life altering point in a young child’s life, which many theorist have studied over the years. This paper will review a few of those theorist thoughts, and how their theories apply to young David’s childhood. The theorist work that will be covered will be Bronfenbrenner and his ecological systems model, Piaget’s theory of development, and lastly Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning. It is important to understand what was going through David’s mind as he dealt with this trauma and how he was able to survive it.

When a child is forced to make decisions alone at such a young age their innocence is robbed from them and their development is lead down a path which they are not yet ready for. Her actions are a classic example of this and the path which she was lead down was paved with boy after boy.

The movie “Mean Girls”, featuring Lindsay Lohan and Tina Fey, is a comedic film about a girl in high school who has to deal with all the problems, pressures, and choices of growing up in American society in comparison to that of being homeschooled in Africa. This motion picture was the perfect platform for showcasing various types of behavioral psychology. When Cady first moves from Africa to attend a public school she is a nice, innocent, respectful teenage girl. Her behavior quickly changes and these alterations can be explained through both the Freudian and Behaviorist perspectives.

Miss Caroline is a brand new teacher and has been trained to teach in a certain way. When she finds that Scout’s premature reading ability disrupts her teaching plan she has no idea what to do with her, and tells Scout not to read at home anymore. ‘Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading.’ This shows how society is oblivious to individual situations and this can cause achievements to be frowned upon.

When it comes to the stage of cognitive development in terms of Piaget’s theory, the girl was quite certainly at the preoperational stage. According to Piaget, at this stage children begin to develop symbolic modes of thinking, and even though their logic is often faulty, it is enough to satisfy

According to Piaget, egocentrism, or the concept of failing to distinguish others’ symbolic viewpoints from one’s own, is a limitation of preoperational thought. A young child, which in this case is two-and-a-half year-old Lilly, isn’t yet capable of operations, which are defined as mental actions that obey logical rules. Lilly’s thinking at her age is very limited, meaning she can only focus on one aspect of the situation and neglect the others. This is also known as the concept of centration. She focuses on her own viewpoint and, in her mind, assumes that others also have the same perception, thoughts, and feelings as her. Lilly’s egocentric character, at this point in her cognitive development, prevents her to reflect on her surroundings and even consider changing her reasoning and doings. According to her thinking, it’s all about her and what she wants goes. No one else’s thoughts and feelings matter. Two-year-olds actually begin to have a realization that other people’s perceptions differ from theirs, but just like Lilly, even though they may see this, it doesn’t mean they are going to take this into consideration.

Melody is turning 11 in a few weeks and she hasn’t spoken one word in her whole life. She never will because she was born with Synesthesia which means she could hear colors and visualize flavors when music is played but it comes with a price. You can't eat, talk, walk, or even move on your own. After Melody got to go to her first inclusion class which is where she goes to a normal classroom instead of being in a class with kids like her. She decided she was going to try out for the whiz kid. She got in and made it all the way to the championships until her by not calling to tell her the flight left early. One of the things that could happen in real life is people can mean

Meryl Alab, an eight-year-old, has an average weight of 50 pounds and an average height at 50 inches (CDC 2010). She is on track for a normal physical development, avoiding precocious puberty (Gade 2017a). Meryl lost her mother and younger sister to a car accident; her older brother died at birth. Her dad is a construction worker; he is not home most of the day and had left Meryl under the care of an apathetic babysitter in her first few years of life. At three years, old, Meryl moved in with her grandma, who became her primary caregiver. Knowing this about to Meryl, we applied developmental psychology theories to further understand her mental capacity, particularly in regard to her identity, cognition, attachment, and morality. Then, we tested her to determine her current development stage with respect to Piaget’s development theory. We also took the opportunity to propose methods that can help accelerate Meryl’s life.