The Development And Behavior Of A Child

"Ever since I was a child, I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one 's potential"(Bruce Lee). I think this quote pertains greatly to how children grow up. The Assignment purpose was to observe a child between the ages of 2 and 16. Human Development is important because it shows what you can identify. For example, if there is anything wrong with your child or if your child is more developed than others. Plus, there is so much that you can learn from observing the child from how they react in their environment and around people. If you know what to look for in human develop it greatly helps in knowing what to do with a child when you least expect it.

In a social context, it can be observed that children will follow the direction of other children (Harris) and will learn how to act in a society (Harris). They also tend to stay within the same peer group and that is why moving a lot can cause problems in different aspects (Harris). Theses example help Judith prove her point that peers have a much larger influence on a child’s development then

Humans are unique and intricate creatures and their development is a complex process. It is this process that leads people to question, is a child’s development influenced by genetics or their environment? This long debate has been at the forefront of psychology for countless decades now and is better known as “Nature versus Nurture”. The continuous controversy on whether or not children develop their psychological attributes based on genetics (nature) or the way in which they have been raised (nurture) has pondered the minds of psychologists for years. Through thorough experiments, studies, and discussions however, it is easy to see that nurture is far more important in the development of a human than nature.

Given the two optional sets of topics to choose from for this module, I was immediately drawn to choose choice 1. The goal is to cover my observations at the 1st two years of a child's life especially after gaining some experience with my children. Different concepts that we can apply to that child's behavior such as:

According to the UNICEF, an alarming number of children around the world who are convicted for various crimes are usually deprived of their needs and rights and held in detention without sufficient care. While the condition stresses on the improvement of these children, still there are issues of severe deprivation. Moreover, most of them are not been liked and yet are being held for months, often without access to legal aids, resulting that the majority of children come to conflicts with law. Some of these children are from the disadvantaged populations who are criminalized for simply lying for survival. Frequently, the children are held under deplorable and inhumane conditions.

The concept also explains how individuals and families influence the environments. In the human ecology, the individuals and the environment are considered to be interconnected in active process in which there is mutual influence and change. The theory was also developed to explain the five systems in human being. The first system is microsystem. It refers to the groups and institution that most immediately and directly have impact on the child 's development. It includes the family, school, neighborhood, religious institutions and peers. It was developed to explain how these elements influence the development of the child (Mancini & Roberto, 2009).

When most people look at children they think they are all the same. That every child learns and thinks the same, but thats not the case. Children are all different. Their is not one child out there that is the same as another, not even twins. They are all different because of the way their Physical, Cognative, and Social/ emotional developments develop. Physical development is the change in the body such as growth, movement, and the way they percieve the environment. Cognative development is the mental process in a child; whereas Social and emotional development are the ways children handle relationships and undersatnd their own feelings.The way these things develop are based on the way the child is brought up. Every little thing affects it. Some things that have a big impact on a child's development are enviorment, nutrition, and family.

As children grow older each child becomes unique and develops individually at their own pace, the process of developing from a baby to a child requires the achievement of many different domains of learning; social, language, physical, emotional and intellectual cognitive development. Educators can influence how a child develops in these domains by observing and monitoring each child in their natural environment. Using this method helps the educator assess the child’s learning, discovers the child’s likes and interests, explores the areas of the child 's development skills, becomes familiar with the patterns of how to support the child in reaching the next step, explores whether the child is developing typically for their age

The twentieth century was a time where many people began exploring the most essential aspect of the human body, the brain. As we all know, the human brain is a powerful organ which consists of different components such as, the cortex and frontal lobes. These components are responsible in causing humans to exemplify certain behavior, and in creating distinctive personalities. Interestingly, these creative components in unison with the brain, is the reason several psychoanalysts within the twentieth century such as, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Eric Erikson, Karen Horney, Julian Rotter, Marvin Zuckerman, and Martin Seligman, has decided to delve into the deeper aspects of personality. While analyzing this creative aspect also known as the

The development of children and young people is significantly affected by speech, language, and communication needs. These needs have a profound and long-term impact that varies depending on the severity of the problem, the kind of support the child receives, the confidence of the person, and the demands of his/her environment. Actually, children and young children with speech, language, and communication needs are at risk of constant communication problems that contributes to cognitive, social, behavioral, psychiatric, and academic difficulties. However, not each child or young person with these needs or difficulties requires direct speech and language therapy ("Speech, Language, and Communication Needs", n.d.). As a result, it's important to develop and establish various strategies and targets that can support the speech, language, and communication of these people.

Harris takes her theory a couple of steps further by suggesting that it is not the parenting style that affects child’s personality development and that when away from their parents children can recreate themselves. In fact, says Harris, it is the other way around – most of the time the actions and the personality of the child shape the parents’ behavior. Even when parents do succeed in influencing their children, they are more likely to bring peer influences home than share home influences with peers, as according to Harris, peer acceptance or

By observing the children at the child development center, I learned and saw many ways that the center is helping young children develop. From the toys that are there and all the hands on experiences they have really seemed to help the children. When I first got the CDC, the children were just coming in from recess and were getting ready for learning and then snack/play time. I mainly observed the one side of the classroom with the younger kids. These kids were very talkative and they were eager to learn. Their lesson for the day was about pumpkins. The teacher asked many different questions so the kids could participate and it was very noticeable that the kids learned well this way and they enjoyed it. Throughout this paper, I will talk about the different developmental stages that a young child goes through and also what kind of toys helps children develop. I will also explain how the children learn and the different things that help them throughout their earlier years. I have changed all names that appear in my paper for the protection of the children.

In our child and adolescent development class, we have been asked to analyze the developmental tasks of children. So far, there has been two children to come in to be analyzed. One of these children’s initial’s is K.O. and she belongs in the middle childhood stage. K.O. is a very outgoing girl who has the perfect amount a sass. She’s at the average height for her age and she has beautiful curly hair. K.O and other children in this stage should be able to perform developmental tasks that challenge their physical activity, their cognitive ability, and their social and emotional skills.

Throughout life individuals continue to grow and develop. Between childhood and adolescent is a period where reactions are likely to be influenced by the level of development. Major losses in childhood are likely to result in psychopathology.

At a young age children development is very crucial on how they grow into adulthood. Adult behavior can be predetermined based on their life as a child. Someone who grows to become socially isolated as an adult, may not have been social as a child. Children can learn personality traits at a young age, which develops him/her personality into adulthood.