Naturalistic Observation Of Five-Year-Old Child Psychology

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This naturalistic observation studied the developmental process of a five-year-old girl, while in the setting of a daycare. In the classroom, the girl and a few other students were mainly learning and playing. So, based on the observation, the girl exhibited appropriate developmental process for her age. When the girl was hit by her friend, her response indicated that she is in the pre-conventional stage of Kohlberg’s moral development theory. In addition, the girl displayed an awareness of gender identity and gender stereotypes based on external attributes and her play tactics. Moreover, the girl’s behavior suggested that she is in Piaget’s pre-operational stage of cognitive development. Therefore, the observation of the girl’s behavior demonstrated that she is developing properly based on her moral reasoning, concepts of gender, and cognitive development stage.
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She pointed to herself when the teacher asked her to identify “her” and she pointed to a boy classmate when to identify “him.” So, this understanding demonstrated the girl’s development of gender awareness. Also, children only use external characteristics to identify gender (Zinsser, 2017). Therefore, when the teacher asked the girl how did she know, the girl explained that she was female because only girls have long hair. Additionally, Brown and Jewell (2014) mentioned that “between 3 and 6 years of age, children learn that gender is constant and cannot change simply by changing external attributes, having developed gender constancy ” (p. 4-5). So, when the teacher asked the girl if she was sure about the difference between “her and him,” the girl did not change her answer and was strongly certain because she stated that gender does not change. Although the girl identifies gender by external qualities, she understood that gender is

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