Essays on Child Development

In 2008 Lenore Skenazy, let her son find her way back home using the subway alone and, she later wrote the story in a newspaper column which dubbed her the title “America’s Worst Mom.” She had given her son some quarters and some money in case of emergencies, and she...

The little Albert experiment showed how classical conditioning works in people. Classical conditioning is the process of developing new behavior through the association of stimuli. In classical conditioning, two stimuli are linked to elicit a reaction. In this experiment, little Albert expressed fear for very loud sound. However, he also...

Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development comprises of eight stages of human development. The first five stages happen within 18 years while the other three go beyond adulthood. Erikson emphasizes on the adolescent stage as a crucial point in developing an individual’s identity (Malone, Liu, Vaillant, Rentz " Waldinger, 2016). Erikson...

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue Canadienne des sciences du compartment, 43(3), 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0023948 Introduction The study carried out in this article aims to find out the kind of impact that a father has on the cognitive and behavioral functioning of his children. This is based on his presence and absence. The authors...

Graphic organizers aid learners to categorize concepts more efficiently. In some cases, they are used to analyze projects, solving various academic matters, making good decisions, learning, brainstorming, and carrying out rigorous research. A graphic organizer is selected based on nature and level of learning that is taking place in an...

Sexual assault is defined as an infringement of a person's sexual space by sexual touch without consent by coercion or physical force to engage in a sexual act against the person's will. It ranges from verbal sexual insults to the physical acts such as groping, rape, and sodomy and child...

Research on Motivation and Risk-Taking Behaviors Research has facilitated an in-depth understanding of the functioning associated with motivation and different human behaviors. Motivation has been identified to operate based on two different parameters which are intrinsic or extrinsic. Apart from the mentioned aspects, there is the element of self-motivation which is...

Pocahontas is an animated film. The aspect of child development is evident in theories like cognitive developmental, ecological systems, psychosocial, psychoanalytic, sociocultural, and social learning theories. These theories are well blended into the theme of the film to shape the perspective of a child as the target audience. Characterization introduces...

Everard, K. M., Lach, H. W., Fisher, E. B., " Baum, M. C. (2000). Relationship of activity and social support to the functional health of older adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 55(4), S208-S212. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/55/4/S208/572863. Data Collection Techniques In this study, interviews and questionnaires...

The study protocol and participants The research assistants conducted interviews at the respondents’ school, where they sat at a table and told that they were to listen to some stories and view pictures from the laptop. The study was carried out using the gold star stickers and the Microsoft Office PowerPoint...

The principles of attachment are based on two main theories proposed by psychologists and they are widely believed to be fundamental in forming attachments. The learning or Behaviorist Theory of Attachment. This theory draws contributions from theorists Dollard and Miller who postulates that attachment consists of a set of behaviors acquired...

Cephalocaudal means a development which starts from the head to the tail, and it takes place in the first two years of life. For instance, brain, legs, and arms develop in this stage. Additionally, proximodistal means development from the inside such as organ systems and the nervous system Question 2 During the...