PYC2602 NOTES

Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors.

A description of the social, economical and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people.

There is little evidence of what it was really like in the past so it is difficult for a lot of people to re-construct the life of a child, however from what I have researched, and in my own opinion I am going to summarise the historical changes in childhood experience and relate these changes to childhood development and rights.

2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors

All children and young people develop at different rates, but the order which they advance in differs very little. Children’s development tends to progress from head to toe, inner to outer, from simple to complex and from general to specific.

Describe with examples the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development, including:

Children and young people are influenced by physical factors, environmental factors, social and emotional factors plus economical factors.

There are different things that can affect a child’s development in their background these are just a few of them: -

1.describe the social, economic and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people (unit 7)

Children and young people often experience many things which have a direct impact on their development; things such as their family environment and structure, personality, hospital visits, childcare arrangements, and culture.

believe this largely influenced my identity, and led to a specific construction of child (Jones, 2011).

One of the main features of childhood studies is the idea that childhood is socially constructed. This means that not all childhoods are the same and that it may differ depending on the time in which it is taking place, as well as the social environment or the place that it is taking place. This can be seen at the Museum of Childhood, and how different times have shown changes in the way children act, play, dress, or ultimately are treated in society. Additionally it draws on key differences in the human societies affecting different childhoods in any given period or place, and can examine how the childhood in that given period is constructed. Furthermore a social constructionist looks at the consequences of any given factor and the impact it has on children.

Our childhood plays a significant role in defining the kind of person that we become and the type of life that we live.

Explain the influences of two predictable and two unpredictable major life events on the development of an individual.

The Third concept is Developmental Psychology. Developmental Psychology is the study of how organisms change over time as a result of biological and environmental influences. Monk’s behavior has changed dramatically as he started to have events happen in his life. He has had many things happen in his life that have changed him. The thought process of Monk is very different than it was before his wife’s death. His environment of being on the force is a big influence to the way his personality has developed.