Observation Of A Child On Human Development

It was 9:45am on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015: The children were taking part in an art activity. On the piece of paper, each child had a drawn out bubble lettered number one. They were given each given four popsicle sticks and a small pile of glue. The teacher instructed them to use the paint brush to spread the glue out inside the number one and then place the popsicle sticks on top.

The developmental theories can not be more evident than during the out of class assignment at the daycare facility. During this independent assignment, I was able to observe and interact with pre-school children in an environment that is both encouraging and facilitating to a child’s developmental growth. So, just as Piaget in his developmental theory believed that children takes an active role in the learning process, acting much like little scientists as they perform experiments, make observations, and learn about the world; the pre-school teachers allowed them to do just that. Indeed, the teachers at the day care provided room for the child to learn and explore while at the same time adhering to a structure that set boundaries and limitations. Thus, the pre-school children, begrudgingly, learns to follow a meticulous schedule of activities and rest.

Observation is important to find out what the child is interested in and what motivates them to learn alongside their progress and how they behave in certain situations with others, and interacting with someone. Child development theories focus on explaining how children change, develop and grow through childhood. My observation of a child was done with a seven old boy by the name of Romeo. I first observed Romeo development such as physical growth, gross motor and fine motor skills. My observation was done at his house. He has black eyes and has fine, short brown hair. He is between 4 feet with 2 inches tall. When I visited him, He was sitting on the floor in his living room which is laying down with two couches and watching television.

Provide details on two separate interactions where teachers supported a child’s literacy development. Select two different children or groups of children for this observation.

| |2. Vygotsky’s theory believed that economic and cultural forces were very influential in child development. |

Observer visited a play place of a restaurant in New Jersey, Hackensack. Why I have chosen the place is easy to observe every part of child development such as cognitive, social emotional, language as well as physical at the same time. Observer performed the observation on April 28 from 1 pm to 3pm. The child was an Asian boy. He has strait short black hair with dark brown eyes and thin black eye brows. His height looked around 37 inches that he may be a little smaller than other early childhood children. He looks thin and has a full set of teeth inside his mouth, full cheeks, and a small button nose.

I sit at school or amongst friends and I love to observe. I’m definitely a people watcher. I listen to thoughts and feelings and the way that people my age interact. It’s really fascinating actually. The variations in personalities and the manner in which people talk to others. Many personalities fit into the same categories. I guess that’s why those certain people tend to group together. The thing I notice most about people is their maturity level. Just in the past few years I’ve watched so many people’s maturity change so drastically. So I’ve had this thought, kinda like, how will these people do when they have to make their way in the world on their own. I’ve realized from experience, and from watching others, a statement that can be put as simply as: There comes a point in life somewhere between junior year of high school and sophomore year of college where you have to realize the world no longer, nor did it ever, revolve around you.

Behavior Observed: Upon entering the house Abby politely took my jacket and hung it up on a chair. She then ran up the stairs and asked me to come see her dollhouse. She identified every little thing in her dollhouse as she was showing it to me. She showed me the “windows”, “stove”, “soap”, “mantel”,

In this assignment I am going to describe a child observation that I have done in a nursery for twenty minutes in a play setting. I will explain the strengths and weaknesses of naturalistic observation through the key developmental milestones based in Mary Sheridan (2005) check-list and provide a theoretical explanation to support the naturalistic observation.

Human Development as a process has existed for thousands of years. From Lucy, the first human to exist on this planet about 3.2 million years ago, to the child who is born at this very second, human development has not ceased. On the other hand, it has been increasing exponentially as a result of the technological advancement which compliments the passion of human beings to learn more about themselves. From the birth of all-knowing and enlightened Buddha to the great thinkers and philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato to the present day developmental theorists, many people have dedicated their lifetime to understand human development so that humans continue to evolve into a better species.

Everyday we are developing no matter our age, but it is how we develop children that will tell a tremendous amount an individual. How a child developments is fundamentally important at a young age as it affects all aspect of their lives once the child matures. Throughout the class, we looked at many theorists during the course of the semester as well as looked at many articles pertaining to the concepts of the development of children. The theorists and articles opened up our minds to a world that we have never seen before and concepts about child development we have never been taught but have seen in the practical work we do every week. What makes humans unique is the ability that we have to interpret the language being used, as Lois Bloom

Similarly to her physical development her cognitive develop is also maturing at what theorists would say is a normal rate. I feel that reaching a certain age of seven, a child should be rapidly expanding vocabulary. While observing the child throughout my case study but more intentionally over the past few months I have seen each of these characteristics in one way or another. She progressed through the building blocks of language beginning with babbling and moving through her first word around fifteen months and first sentence a little later. While her mother does not know the exact time when she started babbling and spoke her first sentence, she does recall however, never being concerned about the development. Currently, she is speaking in

Evidently a 10 year old child trapped for 10 hours before being rescued would be cognitively and emotionally affected. According to his age, this child is classified in Piaget’s Concrete Operational stage which extends from seven year old to approximately eleven or twelve year old (Kronemyer, 2009). Generally, the fashion of viewing and perceiving situational occurrences at such a young age would be totally different from other individuals at that age range. Ten hours stranded in an unwanted milieu is a horrible experience for a 10 year old. The child perceptive cognition would be mentally disoriented; this child would leave the rest of his life with fears from frequenting places he has never been before. Fear would take a space in that child’s organism. The child’s future may be complicated and he might experience nightmares or sleepless night.

The three participants in this study are between three and four years of age, and include two boys and one girl. In order to ensure confidentially the participants real names are not used. They are assigned the names “Amanda, Mark and Conrad.” Amanda is a Caucasian female, three-year-old student. Her primary language is English, and her family’s mean income is $26,000. Mark is an African-American male, four-year-old student and his family’s mean income is $32,000. Conrad is a Hispanic male, four-year-old student and his family’s mean income is $52,000.

Lab based experiments have been thoroughly scrutinised over the years, as psychologists endeavour to identify their advantages and disadvantages. In some cases using a lab-based experiment may benefit the study, whereas in other cases lab experiments may perhaps have a negative impact on the research, resulting in a lack of validity and reliability. Psychological development is an immensely broad research topic, as it is continuously taking place throughout any individual’s life, due to our constant physical and psychological growth, which takes place daily. Due to this, a range of researchers such as Erik Erikson, Piaget and Skinner have adopted an interest in exploring early child development, thus providing the psychological forum with psychoanalytic child development and behavioural child development theories. Moreover, an investigation into a child’s early development requires particularly challenging research methods, as children may be difficult subjects to study. This is due to not only their age, but more-so their lacking ability to follow and comprehend instructions specified by the experimenter. Additionally, there may be issues with consent, as some may argue studies should not be conducted on underaged subjects, as they are unable to provide their own personal consent. As a result of the many complications that arise from research into children, in order to conduct a study on a child’s early psychological development, a exemplary level of control over extraneous