Essays on Child Development

Childhood obesity is a complex and often highly emotive subject that has been explored in multifaceted perspectives. Scholars and experts have described diverse presentation of passive, dependent and sometimes helpless students. The medical and social approaches have been particularly of interest considering the need to streamline the definition to suit...

The Concept of Coaching Adolescents The concept of coaching adolescents is not new to me because I too received coaching during that stage of my life. What strikes me the most from the readings is the idea that the emotional health of children affects their character. A child’s emotional stability affects...

Understanding the developmental stages involved in the growth of a person from early childhood is essential in the field of psychology. The definition for developmental psychology focuses on identifying the scientific study that involves the understanding of the manner in which human beings experience changes in their day-to-day lives. One...

The person I am today The person I am today is as a result of experiencing numerous developments since I was born. The developments I have undergone range from physical, language, socio-emotional to cognitive at each stage of my life. Infancy was the first stage of my development and I experienced...

Brain Growth and Cognitive Development Brain growth is related to cognitive development. Cognitive development involves the psychological and neurological growth which is evaluated basing on the level of perception, conception, language and information processing to indicate brain growth. Cognitive development progresses with brain development which means that it develops with age...

Speed driving is one of the common behaviors among young drivers. A report by Constantinou et al.  (2011) reveals that speeding is common among young adults in the society. Although most of them engage in speed driving out of naivety, there is the need for the society to look at...

Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory states that individuals’ behaviors are influenced by their surroundings. The hypothesis suggests that people learn through observation, modeling, and imitation. People learn new behaviors from the people they interact with and situations they find themselves in. They use this information as a guide for their...

The workplace may at times tend to be very stressful, leading to a negative effect on the output and general performance of an organization. However, an employer should always try to find suitable ways to motivate employees to avoid this kind of situation. To achieve the above, managers strive to...

The drawing is beautiful! The drawing is incredibly beautiful! How will a child with self-esteem perceive the person’s comment about her drawing? Brummelman, Thomaes, de Castro, Overbeek, and Bushman, attempted to explore the impact of inflated praise of children with low-self-esteem in the article titled ““That’s Not Just Beautiful—That’s Incredibly...

The paper aims to present a review of the study conducted by Brummelman, Thomaes, Orobio de Castro, Overbeek, and Bushman (2014) which studies the effects of exaggerated praise on youngsters, of both high self-worth and low self-esteem. The paper starts off by describing the parenting and teaching styles of the...

The Relationship Between Internal Action Models (IAMs) and Autism Spectrum Disorder The templates responsible for the sensory-motor coordination in the brain rests on the aspect of Internal Action Models (IAMs). A theme that seems prevalent amongst academic circles suggests that the theory behind IAMs has connections to autism spectrum disorder. The...

Autism is a neurological disorder characterized by abnormal emotional and social communication. Additionally, it is also characterized by repetitive and restricted behavior. It can either be specific or pervasive in nature. Specific autism manifests itself as impairment in only one domain, for instance in speech. The Pervasive nature entails a...