What is child psychology? Child psychology is the study of all aspects of development in childhood. It studies what affects that development and what the impact of childhood experiences might be on an individual’s cognitive‚ social and emotional development and how it may affect them later in their life. This approach to psychology looks at infancy‚ childhood and adolescence‚ but is particularly interested in the earlier years of infancy‚ as the main focus of child psychology is looking at early
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way that they are? Having the chance to observe a child in their everyday environment was such an experience and brought so many things into perspective. I had the chance to observe such a unique two and half year old little boy named Asher. Asher‚ since day one has always stood out from other kids for me‚ and it was such an exciting time to be able to observe him at his house with his mother‚ Shannon‚ and father‚ Brandon. During the observation‚ Brandon‚ was watching television socializing with
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KNPE-245 CHILD OBSERVATION PAPER The aim of this paper is to describe a 60 minute child observation with regards to the affective‚ cognitive and psychomotor domain. BACKGROUND OF THE CHILD The child chosen for this observation paper is a Mexican boy named Julian (age 7 to 8). He was in the park with his whole family: parents (in their late 20’s)‚ older brother Renato (10) and younger sister Sylvia (3). I thought he was the perfect candidate because I could observe the interaction between
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Child Observation Background The child that I chose to observe was a nine year old boy that I will refer to as Dan. Dan is a highly gifted child who‚ unfortunately‚ suffers from cerebral palsy‚ as well as panic attacks. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother‚ who has remarried. His father who also has remarried‚ does have contact with him‚ though the relationship is somewhat strained. He comes from an upper middle class background‚ and has no brothers or sisters. I observed Dan
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Child Observation Observation Assignment Description of children: All the children at Gerber Preschool are between the ages of 3 and 4 years old and mainly consist of lower to lower middle class Hispanic and Caucasian families. Mya is a small statured 3 year old Hispanic Caucasian female‚ with light olive-toned skin‚ long brown hair‚ and large brown eyes. Toby is an average statured 4 year old Caucasian male‚ fair-skinned‚ blue-eyed‚ short brown hair. Toby and Mya both seem to be in good
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son‚ with his girlfriend of almost 6-years. I chose to do a naturalistic observation‚ watching him interact with his older sister who is 6-years old. Aiden is of average height and weight for a boy his age (world‚ 2008). He receives good grades in school and is a well-behaved child. Aiden currently lives with his mother‚ father‚ and 6 –year-old sister. The house they live in is a three-bedroom‚ with a large backyard. Each child has their own bedroom and get to express themselves daily. The mother
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I am using two experts’ theories from the field of psychosexual development and analyzing them. One being Sigmund Freud and the other are Erik Erikson. Also I will be recalling on my own past experiences during these stages. The stages that are covered are Oral‚ Anal‚ Phallic‚ Latency and Genital stage. Freud explains during the oral stage (birth to 18 months) if the child focuses too much on the oral pleasures (sucking) too little or too much could result in an oral fixation/oral personality
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Focus Child: Gabrielle Anjelo J. Tablan a.k.a. Gab Age: 4 years old. Date: August 16‚ 2014 Time: 11:45 am - 12:45 nn (1 hour) Setting: at their housePurpose of Observation: to know his milestones in hand and fine motor skills Role of Observer: Participant Observer Significant Events during Observation When I went to their place‚ Gab just woke up that time. He went to their living room and then looked for bread. He found a bun and condensed milk as spread. He cannot slice the bun in order for
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I. Purpose of paper: Child Psychology‚ study of children’s behavior-including physical‚ cognitive‚ motor‚ linguistic‚ perceptual‚ social‚ and emotional characteristics-from birth through adolescence. Child psychologists attempt to explain the similarities and differences among children and to describe normal as well as abnormal behavior and development. They also develop methods of treating social‚ emotional‚ and learning problems and provide therapy privately and in schools‚ hospitals‚ and
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Abstract This paper explores Erik Erikson’s theory of personality. Erikson believes that personality develops within eight stages that spans an individual’s lifetime. He calls his theory the psychosocial stages of development which places emphasis on gaining virtues that strengthen the ego. Three articles are used to give more insight to Erikson’s theory of development. Each article agrees that Erikson makes many great contributions to psychology as well as other fields. This paper uses mainly
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