My observations included watching my neighbor’s children on their trampoline. When I was observing, I noticed a lot of developmental differences between the oldest and youngest siblings. The oldest was a 6-year-old girl jumping on her trampoline. I could tell the girl was very passionate towards her workout. The first 5 minutes of my observations included her being by herself, while her younger brother was playing in the grass with his red truck and train. His full attention was on his toys for a while. I never realized how focused some kids can actually be. After several minutes on the trampoline by herself, her brother wanted to join in on the fun. He ran towards the trampoline as quick as he could. However, he struggled as he tried climbing …show more content…
According to Denise Boyd and Helen Bee, authors of the book “Lifespan Development,” they reference different aspects of play. The sibling interaction allowed me to observe two main forms of play. At first, both siblings were interacting independently for the first five minutes of my observation. Both children were in their own worlds pursing different missions from their play. The text book refers to any child who is interacting amongst themselves in independent play is called solitary play. The little brother was appalled by his toy car and train. His older sister was intrigued at her fancy jumping moves on the trampoline. Both were their own …show more content…
She was also accepting of her brother’s initiation of joining her on the trampoline. I could sense both of them initiating their combined play of jumping fish/aquarium. She “accepted” his interest when she helped him climb the trampoline. The textbook describes this type of acceptance as “social skills”. The authors explain this term as a way of other children entering in others’ play activities. Also, the textbook mentions that kids who demonstrate developed skills in “group entry” observe other’s interaction. The boy depicted this theory by literally switching his attention from his toys to watching/observing his sister jump. She continued to encourage their play partnership when she grabbed additional pool toys to enhance their aquarium event. The addition of the pool toys definitely depicts her advanced ideas of
Early Childhood is marked by a time in children’s lives when they develop “a confident self-image, more effective control over their emotions, new social skills, the foundations of morality, and a clear sense of themselves as boy or girl” (Berk, Kauffman & Landrum, 2011, pg. 45). According to Erik Erikson, early childhood is a period of “vigorous unfolding,” one where children have a sense of autonomy and a new sense of purposefulness or initiative (Berk, Kauffman & Landrum, 2011, pg. 45). Play is a means for children to learn about themselves and they begin to adopt the moral and gender-role standards of the society in which they live (Berk, Kauffman & Landrum, 2011). A negative outcome of early childhood is the guilt children feel as a result of excessive punishment and criticism by the adults in their lives (Berk, Kauffman & Landrum, 2011)....
Psychological research has recognized the importance of relationships with friends and peers in the development of social skills. Although previous research has looked at the differentiated experiences that children have in play styles, few studies have focused on the precise nature of these differences and how they are manifested as a function of the social context. Fabes, Martin & Hanish (2003) examined social interactions among children. More specifically, they observed children’s naturally occurring interactions over the course of a school year to examine how active-forceful play, play near adults and gender stereotypic activity choices varied among children by the sex of the child, the sex of the partner they interacted with and whether
For my reflection paper I chose to write about chapter 9 that talks about lifespan development. This chapter grabbed my attention and I found it most interesting. In the textbookit discusses how there are certain factors that uncontrollably make us who we are. Those factorsare "unique combination of genes you inherited from your biological mother and father. Another is the historical era during which you grew up. Your individual development has also been shaped by the cultural, social, and family contexts within which you were raised." (Pg.352) The patterns of our lives are because of developmental psychology. "Developmental psychology is a scientific approach which aims to explain growth, change and consistency though the lifespan. Developmental
...focus of attention by showing his watch to his friends so that everyone could be around him. The child showed the ability to differentiate between reality and pretend by interacting with objects and communicating with the other children.
This type of play is called parallel play where two kids are playing side by side, but do not interact with each other but are interested in what each other are doing. Having an older sister to play with made me feel more independent with my parents, I could play with her and they weren’t continuously checking up on me. When I was three years old my mom told my sister and I that she was expecting a baby. I was overjoyed when I heard the news I was getting little brother. I thought that babies came out of mouths so I would make my mom open up her mouth so the baby would hear me. Pushing towards the end of three years they saw early signs of ADHD because I was very hyperactive and could not sit still or concentrate. Being allowed to dress myself, it gave me self-confidence because my parents would never discourage me a force me to change, although I might have looked ridiculous. Playing with my sister without any supervision made me feel independent and felt like I was finally a “big girl” now. These factors in my life made me grow as a child and soon led me to feel independence and self-control. Personally I think having self-control is a good quality especially for social work. I will be able to hold back my comments and facial expression that could ruin the relationship between me and my
In this essay I will be going to consider the lifespan development process and describe the following changes in an infant from content supported in my text. Infants are one of the most amazing transformations I think the world sees. To think we all came from infancy and developed into grown adults who do amazing things everyday. I’ll be talking about the physical change in an infant,as well as the mental changes they experience,and the sensory changes they go through that we all went through and eventually brought us to adulthood.
A major question that is continuously being researched and observed is whether children’s play is beneficial to children’s development. While many scientists have proved that play is, in fact, helpful in the development of children, I want to research how the different types of play affect children’s development, specifically children that are transitioning from late infancy to toddlerhood. The four different types of play that I will focus on observing is exploratory and manipulative play, functional or relational play, social play routines and pretend play. Furthermore, I would observe the children’s agency during their play and the social structures that can prevent children from playing, thus, resulting in lack of development.
Children are complex, and the way a child develops differs from individual to individual. The study of children is a field that researchers, scientists, theorists and educators have been exploring for decades. CHYS 1F90 studies the foundations of childhood development and allows the students to look at the way children develop through multiple lenses. Many conclusions have been drawn, observing how, when and why children develop the way they do. Jerry and Samantha are both grade one students who are unrelated. Although these two students are both the same age, they are different on a variety of accounts. Jerry is a shy and introverted boy who quickly becomes uncomfortable while talking to adults, teachers and peers, contrariwise Samantha is immensely confident and demonstrates extroversion around others. After analyzing both Jerry and Samantha through a biological, learning theorist and psychoanalytical lens, the reasons for the first-graders differences are clear. Depending on the lens in which an individual looks through when analyzing the development of children, interesting and intriguing conclusions can be drawn regarding the broad topic of understanding how children develop.
Some researchers believe that what makes a person who they are, as an adult develops from the event of infants to the gain and loses through toddlers, adolescence and early adulthood. The modern life span perspective involves the study of steadiness throughout one’s current life position witch is the result of experiences and moments that has influence before birth (Baltes, 1987). I have to believe that every single good or bad thing that has ever happened to me since birth or even before birth is preparing me for a moment, a dream that has yet to come. From analysing my decision to become a social worker, the modern lifespan perspective illustrates that this has certainly been the case for me.
In one’s childhood it is apparent that the immediate family members have a significant impact on the way a child grows up. The environment a child is raised in can and will affect him or her in many ways. Developing siblings learn from one another through everyday play and family activities. The interactions within a family provide many opportunities to acquire social, emotional, and behavioral skills (Conger, Stocker, McGuire, 2009).
I was not expecting both children I observed to be so quiet and independent, which through me off guard at first because I used to have an assumption that all children are social butterflies because they like to play. As I have learned, development from physical, cognitive, to social goes far beyond the outward actions. According to Piaget cognitive development is integrated into each stage as an individual ages. Erikson proposes that psychosocial development progresses through the lifespan (Baek, HDFS 102XW notes, 2016, Fall). I notice that neither boy actively participated in pretend play, a highlight in the preoperational period, nor were they ‘rough and
Lifespan development is essential, as it is the changes that happen to us throughout a person’s lifespan. Our development occurs at ages stages where we develop from infancy till death. This essay will contain my life story to display the domains in 5 age stages in my lifespan development. The domains I will be exploring is in this essay is physical, emotional, cognitive, social, cultural and moral domain. The influence of biological and environmental play a significant role in my development. Development is influenced by nature or nurture and its affect will occur throughout lifespan. The changes that occur during development have stage. Each theorists has stages of development where they display the changes. This essay will explore my development that will support theorist such as Erikson, Vygotsky, Berk, Piaget and other theorist. The age stages of prenatal will display physical and emotional domain, Infancy (0-2) will portray social and emotional domain, young children (2-6) will show cognitive and social domain, middle childhood (6-12) will display socio-cultural and moral domain and adolescence will portray nature vs. nurture and cultural domain. Development is crucial for a healthy wellbeing. As a physiotherapist it is significant to understand development in age stages, as it will aid knowing how young children will react compared to an adolescence who is more development mentally, emotionally, physically, socially and culturally.
Language is used every day in life whether it’s written, through sign language, or spoken, and without the language concept it would be very hard to communicate with one another. Language is a key part in communication, and has been the main topic debated by many theorist and researchers. Over time there have been many theories developed about where language comes from and how it is developed. There have been many questions concerning language development, but the two main question are whether language is a natural born occurrence or if it is learned through reinforcement and teachings. One of these theories comes from a man named Noam Chomsky. Chomsky believed humans are biologically born being able to understand and learn language at a certain
One branch of psychology is known as lifespan psychology, which is the study of the development of humans from birth until death. The study of a person’s lifespan is used to help other people overcome their developmental challenges through learning about how others deal with the various stages of development. According to Robert S. Feldman (2017) “lifespan development examines the way in which people develop physically, intellectually, and socially.” (p. 1) One of the best sources on how to get through a developmental period in life is to ask someone who has already gone through that phase. Therefore, Linda Peevely agreed to answer a few questions about the different stages she has gone through in her 77 years of life.
Hopefully this observation can give some insight of the preschool age group. Although this was only a sample, perhaps some conclusions can be drawn on the development and behavior of these children.