Essays on Development

The role of the endocrine system in puberty relates to the secretion and regulation of hormones that control growth and development during puberty. Q 2             Imaginary Audience relates to the state of adolescents’ imagination and belief that other people are enthusiastically watching or listening to them. For example, adolescents or teens...

Teenagers and Evolution Teenagers are products of mutations, which occurred in earlier centuries. As the film notes, the human brain has evolved three times since creation, that is, about three million years ago and after 300,000 years ago. However, these two changes only added up about 50 percent of the size...

            Human development involves systematic increases in each of the three key domains: cognitive, physical, and social. The coordination between the involved functional areas ultimately determines the form and nature of a human being. The area of interest in this essay is cognitive development with a specific bias to its...

There are three components of morality, namely; affective, behavioral, and cognitive. The affective component of morality entails feelings of empathy, guilt, and pride when one is doing something. Simply put, the affective state informs the action(s) of the doer. The psychoanalytic theory expounds on this component of morality. The behavioral...

According to Smolensky and Dupoux (2009), cognitive development is the psychological development and neurological development from childhood to adulthood. It is how a person perceives and acquires an understanding of the surrounding based on the interaction of learned factors and genetic. Cognitive development increases with age as awareness of the...

The central focus of my academic paper is age group 2-6 years – Early Childhood Stage of Child Development. I gained many insights during research, especially from in-depth reading of chapter 10, Berk and Meyers’ “Infants, Children, and Adolescents” 2016, 8th edition. I extend my deep appreciation for this book’s...

Ideally, toddlers under the age of 5 years are exposed to multiple cases of poverty, family violence, food shortages as well as healthcare concerns that shape their lives as they grow in the societies. Such environments play fundamental roles in the development of character and personality among these children as...

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...

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...