Introduction Dr. Noble’s talk pertains to the relationship between income and the brain’s development in the early stages of childhood. She argues that children from poverty-stricken communities should be offered income supplements. Dr. Noble suggests that infants from affluent families who are aged three years and above are associated with...
The Relationship Between Design Packaging and Its Contents People live in a world of symbols created by themselves, and these symbols largely affected the way humans perceive this world. McLuhan and Fiore stress that children at a young age are exposed to words and other symbols that “predispose the child...
Introduction The growth and development of a child have a vital role in explaining their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive wellbeing. Various observable traits explain every stage from infancy to late childhood. These characteristics are helpful to parents, teachers, and caregivers in meeting children’s needs that facilitate healthy growth and...
Introduction Since the dawn of civilization and the genesis of the first social, interpersonal connections, the differentiation between the concepts of “good” and “bad” has been a matter of meticulous research and reflection. Eventually, the opposites of this dimension have evolved into the phenomenon of moral justification of actions, or...
The personal development of an individual occurs throughout life. Personality is one of those phenomena that is rarely interpreted in the same way by two different authors. In one way or another, all definitions of personality are conditioned by two opposite views on its development. Despite numerous conceptual and other...
Introduction Dear Families in the eighth year’s old classroom, this letter was created with a request for your support in the understanding and development of children. Families have a significant impact on the development process and perception of children. Each nationality and background have its own cultural characteristics, and because...
Masarik, A. S., & Conger, R. D. (2017). Stress and child development: A review of the Family Stress Model. Current Opinion in Psychology, 13, 85-90. Web. The first article under consideration is Stress and child development: a review of the family stress model written by authors April Masarik and Rand...
The transition from childhood to adolescence is accompanied by an intensification of several internal developmental processes such as physical, sexual, psychosexual, and psychosocial. The book “Exploring Lifespan Development” provides a detailed analysis of the psychological and physical conditions of adolescence. During puberty, there is the rapid growth of the body...
This reflection paper focuses on delineating the exciting topics and concepts I have learned in the course and outlines the areas that need more focus. While studying, I have learned that peer influence on adolescents and youths affects brain functioning during physical and mental activities and determines how well or...
Taste aversion describes negative associations and tendencies to avoid particular foods. It is often caused by negative experiences, such as illness, that occur shortly after eating the food in question. For instance, if one gets ill after eating a variety of different dishes at a party, he or she might...
Anakin Skywalker, also known as Darth Vader, is a character in George Lukas’s Star Wars space opera. His path from a benevolent Jedi to a Dark Side leader is a great example of the personality development. Anakin was born to Schmi Skywalker, a solo-living woman who claimed that she had...
Gee, D., Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Goff, B., Humphreys, K., & Telzer, E. et al. (2013). Early developmental emergence of human amygdala-prefrontal connectivity after maternal deprivation. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, 110(39), 15638-15643. Web. Gee et al. (2013) have addressed the effect of maternal deprivation on human brain...
Lifespan development refers to the complete process of human development, from birth to death. It implies a holistic and multi-dimensional approach to revealing and understanding the psychological, cognitive, emotional, as well as social changes that individuals undergo throughout their lifetime. The purpose of this paper is to conduct an in-depth...
Children with developmental delays require work on the formation of communication skills based on several principles developed in general, correctional pedagogy and particular psychology. Applied verbal behavior (ABA) is a behavior analysis process intended to teach a child with developmental delays to speak the language and communicate. The purpose of...
Introduction All people experience a considerable change in their cognitive and social behavior during adolescence which ultimately impacts their future life. As a result, every individual has a story about their transformation during that period. Personally, I would not like to disclose my private information, but my aunt Jane told...
One exciting idea from the reading is that it helps people become mentally sharp when faced with challenging situations. Challenging experiences help an individual’s brain focus on a specific problem or challenge and process the information quickly. Likewise, it recalls it when dealing with related issues, developing ways to solve...
As people become older, they have to make more efforts to preserve their cognitive skills and abilities. Men and women who are 65 and more years old use different methods to improve and constantly develop their mental health. Some of them train their brains with the help of games and...
During adolescence, several changes occur to the human brain. Firstly, the amount of gray matter in the brain’s prefrontal cortex reaches its maximum, after which it begins to decrease. Second, the sensitivity of areas in the limbic system becomes much higher than in adults. It is these two interactions that...
Introduction The concept of evolutionary psychology refers to the theoretical framework that seeks to explain meaningful mental and psychological behaviors. That may include memory, language, and perception as the determinants of the functional products of natural selection. Charles Darwin did the theory of natural selection in his book On the...
Middle adulthood is the period of lifespan between young adulthood and old, typically classified as ages 45 to 60. While most individuals maintain childhood traits, middle adulthood is a period of significant psychological growth as personality develops with overcoming life challenges. Unlike previous ages, middle adulthood is not confined by...
Over the last three decades, there has been laxity among women and men to assume the roles of adulthood. During the postwar era through to the mid-1980s, at age twenty-five, one had already transitioned to adulthood by marrying and finding a purpose in life (Berlin et al., 2010). The trend...
The children in the group surveyed had quite common views on adulthood and career aspirations. It is noteworthy that their dreams have changed throughout the past months, which is typical of children who develop and learn more about the world around them and themselves (Click & Parker, 2011). At the...
Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Intimate partner violence is a common issue occurring to many women worldwide. Women are susceptible to abuse either by their husbands, their partners, or their ex-husbands throughout the world. Apart from the immediate physical harm, this violence can affect women’s mental and psychological health in...
The psychological development of a person is a process of development of behavior, consciousness, and character. It occurs in the process of a human being’s inclusion in various types of activity. This topic is discussed in terms of developmental psychology, an area of psychology that studies the psychological changes in...
Nature vs. Nurture The development of intelligence is determined by human abilities to learn from different experiences and use resources and knowledge in problem-solving and decision-making. There is nature (inherited qualities) that affects human characteristics like physical growth, social relationships, and intellectual development in 55% of cases. There is nurture...
When assessing younger individuals, it is vital to consider how they differ from adults. Such areas as the young person’s family structure and relationships, potential family dysfunction, school performance, and peer friendships and pressure are vital. Children and adolescents do not have as much autonomy and responsibilities as adults, which...
Introduction Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder affects the intellect of an individual. One with this disorder is very hyper and cannot focus on a specific activity. The disorder is common and occurs through inheriting neurobehavioral disorder and goes beyond childhood. The disorder’s treatment is effective in lessening symptoms and also causing an...
Emerging adulthood is the most transformative period in one’s life as it focuses on discovery and relationship building. This period begins when a person reaches his or her 20s and lasts to the ages 25-28. According to Jay (2013), 80 percent of the most defining decisions take place before 35....
There are several memory improvement techniques that can be helpful in everyday activities. For instance, focusing attention is a strategic approach that allows one to consistently acquire relevant information (Harrington et al., 2020). Concentration is a difficult challenge that requires one to evade a noisy environment of an accurate reading...
Middle-aged adults fall in the thresholds of 40 years up to 50 years. Men and women in these years are at the highest point of their productivity. It is also during this time that these people mature and find their emotional stability. In effect, they can manage tasks like child...
Introduction The counseling profession has been operating without a universal definition of what it means to engage in counseling. Therefore, professionals in this field felt the need to launch initiative 20/20: A Vision for the Future of Counseling involving different organizations to come up with principles for unifying and strengthening...
Parenting is one of the major challenges that adults face. Although parents easily guide their children during the initial stages of development, they encounter significant hurdles when handling adolescents. Teenagers are more likely to engage in risky behaviors compared to people in other levels of development (Airenti, 2019). Against this...
Communication and Emotions In the middle adulthood people have some difficulties with social and emotional development. Consequently, they are not always ready for something new, as they can experience significant stress from this (Walker, 2017). Thus, their social and emotional development gradually slows down. Body and Brain Physical and cognitive...
Introduction This essay involves an interview with a 50-year-old male to be referred to as Mr. P onwards. This paper explores his developmental trajectory in physical, cognitive, and socioemotional aspects, which are then theoretically explained and compared with Santrock’s research. In his 50s, Mr. P is worried about the devastating...
Any human being is a composition of experiences, teachings, learned truths, and ideas, which have been accumulated throughout aging. Although each stage of life is unique for every person, beyond the age of twenty, people are universally considered adults. The theory of developmental psychology delves into the main factors distinguishing...
The psychological formation of infants is based on interaction with others, relationships, and awareness of their feelings. Emotional regulation and self-awareness develop in the first months of life and help build more complex social relationships. Attachment is a key aspect of socioemotional development at an early age. It develops as...
Introduction The progress of the present-day researchers of human cognition is conditional upon their adoption of models developed by outstanding figures in the field. One of them is the Soviet specialist Lev Vygotsky, and his influence on the examination of learning is impossible to underestimate (MacBlain, 2018). Therefore, this paper...
Introduction The foundation of effective teamwork is the knowledge and skill of successful interpersonal communication, group dynamics, and conflict management. When people collaborate in teams, it is pivotal to maintain functional relationships that allow for multiplying the potential of individual members of the group in collaborative efforts for more significant...
Erikson’s eight stages of development model imply that a person should normally pass the stages of psychosocial development. In infancy, a baby’s challenge is developing trust in the mother. This period is characterized by uncertainty about the world and hope that someone will come to help (Hutchison, 2018). I did...
Development is a step by step process and is attained through a series of stages. For it to be effectively achieved, every stage is considered important. One cannot bypass any level and be effectively developed. Mead’s theory points out that social behavior is advancing after birth and is not inborn....
One may think that the themes on works of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison in her book by name bluest eyes was only relevant in the past decades. This is not the case because the book is as relevant today as it was relevant during the time it was being lounged...
The relationship between children and parents has always been one of the major concerns of developmental psychology. This aspect of interaction is considered to be the most crucial in terms of the child’s future and general psychological state. Hence, when speaking of the “parent-child” paradigm, the notion of attachment should...
Genie was a federal child who, for thirteen years since her birth, had been extremely deprived of any form of emotional, moral, and social attachments. Neglected for thirteen years, Genie had no human contact, social behavior, or exposure to any human language. The girl was found in a small room,...
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett defines emerging adulthood as a developmental stage between adolescence and adulthood. The given group is comprised of individuals who are no longer teenagers but did not commit themselves to conventionally adult responsibilities. In other words, it is a person who is approximately older than eighteen years old,...
School-Age Child Development: Case Studies Kris must find out more about the prepubescent changes her school-age daughter is going through, and the nurse can include physical and behavioral factors. For example, girls of that age start their secondary sexual characteristics development which can be identified through breast budding, tenderness, or...
Life span inevitably includes issues of death, dying, and grieving. The way people perceive them depends on their psychological development during the whole existence. The principal attitudes to the matter include positive acceptation and negative denial of mortality. The understanding of the two polar points and their significant causes finds...
Introduction SN is an 11-year-old male recently diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). He has a twin sister who was diagnosed with childhood-onset schizophrenia, and his mother suffered a bout of postpartum depression which later developed into chronic depression. He is a final year primary school student, and they live...
Introduction Many of life’s experiences and challenges are unexpected and can affect a person at any stage of their development. Although many people have a carefully constructed blueprint of what course they want their life to take, various incidents and accidents can significantly impact their plans, life, and the lives...
This paper explains the five stages of cognitive development which begin from infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, early adolescence, and ends with late adolescence. The ability to initiate thought, remember, solve a problem, and make decisions is cognitive development. It is considered normal when a child’s physical growth is directly...
Introduction Early childhood is important and challenging since the first years of a child’s life set the stage for all future growth. In the earliest years of life, especially from pregnancy to age three, babies need nutrition, protection, and stimulation for healthy brain development. In the brain-building process, neural connections...
Introduction Understanding the key stages of an individual’s psychosocial development is vital for providing appropriate support in situations that involve dealing with psychological issues. Although locating specific characteristics of the said stages, especially in younger children, is a rather challenging task due to the presence of individual qualities that may...
Introduction In adolescence, brain changes interact with knowledge, social demands, and experience to affect cognitive development. Generally, to explain cognitive development in humans’ developmental stages, scholars have proposed various learning theories. Jean Piaget put forward the structural cognitive-developmental theory explaining how children acquire the ability to think and reason. Similarly,...
Holinger wrote a letter to the New York Times editor to air his views on the impact of corporal punishment in children’s development. He asserted that physical punishment among children should be viewed as a potential national health problem and should be outlawed both in homes and schools (Holinger par....
Early Adulthood During the early adulthood development, physical changes that occur prepare one to undergo transition between childhood and adulthood. According to Berger (2007), “during emerging adulthood, muscles grow and shape changes in ways that differ by sex, with males gaining more arm muscle and females more hip fat. By...
Social media has become an integral aspect of modern lifestyle, which is why its impact on people and their health serves as an area of intense interest. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (2019) conducted a study examining the effect screen-based media has on pre-school children. According to the report, increased...
Birth to 12 Months The period of the child’s development from his birth until the age of one year is one of the most crucial stages. Some of the researchers claim that the specialists can predict the IQ level of a personality by investigating the attitudes and the methods of...
Introduction Child development is complex and multifaceted, with many factors apart from parenting style affecting the cognitive, social, and physical wellbeing of a child. The environment a child grows up in, including the environmental stressors, has a serious effect on how one develops. Moreover, these stressors can affect the physical...
Life-changing events appear unexpectedly or intentionally, but their impact on a person’s life is significant. In school settings, students can be assisted to cope with challenging events that happen in their families. One of the most vivid examples refers to the loss of a closed one due to his or...
Social and emotional development cannot exist within the framework of the healthy functioning of an individual from a young age. In order to define the factors of the child’s healthy development and social interaction in the future, various sociologists and psychologists have offered theories that describe such interactions since a...
The paper is focused on finding an answer to the philosophical question concerning whether science can tell us what it means to be human. The paper provides a philosophical analysis of the article written by Stephen J. Gould and Richard C. Lewontin The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian...
Introduction Over the years, social scientists, psychologists, and education researchers have developed several theories to enhance the understanding of how people develop their skills and capabilities, interact with others, and behave within society. Understanding these theories is especially important when working with children because their development happens in stages, and...
Introduction Self-analysis necessitates the capability to assess oneself and determine the degree of development that one has achieved. It is a practice that enables a person to evaluate their abilities, strengths, and weaknesses while self-diagnosing pertinent solutions. Self-assessment allows a person to make improvements devoid of the necessity for performance...
Critical thinking is essential in any academic field and, consequently, developing it should be a priority for anyone engaging in intellectual pursuits. At its core, critical thinking is about assessing arguments, and one may define it as the ability to structure, analyze, and evaluate claims based on evidence and logic...
Introduction Studies on the importance of human development are essential because they provide scholars with a better understanding of how children change, learn, and grow over the years. This view of development is crucial because different types of growth might be affecting individuals even during adulthood. There are the so-called...
Kendall is a 10 months old baby girl. The observations are made in a pediatric clinic where Kendall is tested for various developmental skills including motor skills, visual perception, social skills, language and playfulness. This paper discusses the observations made from the video by reviewing existing literature on developmental skills...
Introduction Effective healthcare does not only require expertise and knowledge, but a set of skills for doctors and nurses to communicate to patients openly about the important decisions they would potentially have to make. Thus, it is crucial for medical professionals to provide patients with an opportunity to make their...
The development of one’s cognitive skills has always been one of the most challenging research questions for scholars all over the world. In fact, one of the most crucial aspects discussed in terms of the research was the hierarchy of the learning process, i.e., identifying which internal and external factors...
Introduction Lifespan development is concerned with the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes from the time of conception to death. The transformations can be unique to individuals, while others are common to most people. Human growth is lifelong, and there is no specific age period that dominates maturity. In addition,...
Name: Dalia Demographic Information Age: 14 years old. Ethnicity: Biracial, African, and Irish American descent. Presenting Issue(s) Dalia’s main problem is the lack of parental attention, which encourages her to commit such rash acts as excessive drinking and tattooing. However, the initiators of the appeal to social services are her...
The course topics are essential for other students and me, both for the individual and for the future professional, as they give an understanding of personal development and interpersonal relationships. The topic of family functions helps to determine whether partners’ visions of the goals of creating a family are the...
Competition is a defining factor in many areas of modern life. People compete for positions at work, for prizes in sports, even for grades in education. The competitive nature moves people forward; they want to achieve, earn more, be better than others. Some people want to win so badly they...
Although I am a bit far from my adolescence, looking back to those days made me realize that I had gone through the most important stage, which was challenging and full of emotions. Several developmental theorists have influenced the current understanding of the period between adolescence and early adulthood. Jean...
Competent public speakers use various techniques to connect with their audience and successfully deliver their message. Rita Pierson’s TED Talk shows just how a speaker can masterfully infuse their speech with what matters most to connect with listeners (TED, 2013). To bring out the elements that enhanced her speech, they...
Language development is a course during which a child learns to communicate and understand speech during childhood. From the first day of life, kids develop language skills in a rapid manner. Babies react strongly to the human voice and prefer it to other sounds. Specifically, they incline toward a higher...
Many people currently hold the opinion that human development happens step by step. Although many researchers produced their theories based on stage like development, some scientists do not agree. Undoubtedly, all kinds of people worldwide change constantly during their lives. Every particular person experiences alterations in their way, being influenced...
Creative Confidence The common beliefs on creativity are shaped by the misconception that it is an inherent quality, and some people are born creative while others are not. However, creativity can be taught, and nowadays, many companies, teachers, and designers come up with different techniques to develop one’s creative skills....
Physical and cognitive development in such an essential period of human life as infancy is critical to the quality of people’s lives, and my personal experience indicates the rapid pace of this process. These two aspects are interrelated since the researchers proved that the successful acquisition of fundamental motor skills...
Go Caterpillar is a toy designed for toddlers aged from 9 months to approximately three years. The toy is not gender-specific, so it is equally suitable for girls and boys. It is shaped like a small caterpillar that has four wheels filled with rainbow beads (see Appendix). The child can...
Physical development During the preschool years, if provided with healthy living conditions and adequate support, children steadily increase in height, weight, and muscle tone. They continue developing physically as the related areas of their brains that control movement becomes more mature. The changes in their brains enable them to acquire...
Introduction Child development refers to the physical, psychological, social, behavioral, and emotional changes that occur in children from birth to adolescence. Developmental assessment is the process of examination and measuring of a child’s performance compared to other children of a similar age. Seven areas are usually included in the evaluation:...
Abstract The ability to locate the key points in one’s development and determine the transition moments that would define the further development is essential to the skill of self-reflection and the ability to define one’s life direction. Therefore, assessing the interview with Harshad “Harry” Kumar Dharamshi Hansraj Bhadeshia served as...
For children in early childhood, play is seen as a symbolic activity that helps them to socialize and perceive the world around them. Symbolic activity is most evident in young children’s pretend play. Here we find children pretending that bananas are telephones, that chairs are cars, that shoeboxes are television...
Human experience can be compared to an engine that drives much of development after birth. Therefore, the lack of crucial experiences during critical periods of life could be detrimental to the healthy and multi-component development of an individual, affecting its multiple domains. In the process of growing up, children will...
As defined by Ellul, the concept of technique refers to humans’ methods to achieve absolute efficiency based on certain levels of development in any specific human activity (Ellul, Wilkinson, and Merton 1964). The definition is correct based on the context of the application. In particular, Ellul reveals that the developers...
The process of a child acquiring an identity is a puzzling, complex, and often invisible process that highlights the person’s transition to formulating the aware concept of self. The development of language skills, such as the ability to express feelings through sounds, words, and non-verbal communication, enables children as young...
Once I was invited to a family dinner by a friend of mine. I came to my peer’s house and was introduced to the family, and I met the grandmother who looked young and active. Someone told me that she was at the age of the middle seventies, but I...
Work in Middle Adulthood My friend’s mother (O., 47 y.o.) was highly frustrated with her current job. However, fear of job loss could not make her wish for changes. Moreover, O. was afraid that she would not get another job because of her age and sex, while employers are more...
Bringing up children and fostering their personal and social development is a complicated process requiring significant efforts from their parents and caregivers. It includes a number of activities intended to enhance their various skills. Some of them are generally practiced within a family, while others are represented by community-wide or...
From birth, the human brain acquires executive function and self-regulation skills, which help lifelong to set and achieve goals, ignore distractions, and control one’s actions. The earlier the kid masters self-regulation, the more it will benefit future life and studies. It helps a child think before taking actions, learn to...
The period between infancy and adulthood can be viewed in discrete chunks because age plays a significant role in the early stages of life. For instance, there is a sharp difference between a two-year-old child and an eight-year-old kid. However, lifespan development from adulthood to death should not be viewed...
Introduction Western classical music, often referred to as simply classical music, is often considered highly beneficial to children’s education and associated with a variety of advantages. Research has shown that music, in general, can achieve several benefits that enhance the development of learners. However, the worth of the specific genre,...
How does postformal thinking go beyond formal thinking? Is everyone capable of formal or post formal thought? Postformal thinking refers to the principles a person learns from adolescence, which imply not only one valid option, but many plausible solutions. The application of these principles can provide practical guidance on resolving...
To begin with, it is vital to understand how cultural differences influence the perception of team members and a group overall. It is fair to claim that this relation is reasonably tight, according to the responses Vandaveer received asking about the interviewees’ expectations from each other (2013). For instance, Steve...
Topic Description The process of child development is very intricate and highly prone to external factors, which is why the factors in question need to be researched and evaluated closely. The importance of culture as one of the major influences on early childhood development has been a contentious topic since...
Introduction The psychological study is considered to be research that psychoanalysts administer for an examination of the experiences and actions of individual people or groups. The analysis can intend informative, professional, and clinical purposes. Moreover, psychologists apply various scientific methods based on a research question. Each method implies a unique...
Body Development People’s body development has different peculiarities for each period of adult life. Organ reserve ensures quick recovery after a stressful situation, works most effectively in emerging adulthood, and reduces each year (Berger, 2018a). Homeostasis also worsens with time; it maintains a balance between various physical functions in the...
The author in the article discusses the concept of self-development as part of everyday life. While most people view it as something, we must specifically dedicate time to outside of main responsibilities, the author believes that it should be a primary meaning to life. In this article he uses stated...
During middle adulthood, identity continues to develop, and this illustrates that Erikson’s final four stages of development do not follow a chronological progression. Traditionally, this stage has been regarded as a period of change and reflection, hence, given the name, “a mid-life crisis.” From my perspective, individuals in these developmental...
The lifespan consists of a combination of biological and social factors, and all of them directly affect the lives of people and their health. Notably, at present, life expectancy is growing, in particular, due to a decrease in the harmful effects of these factors. Various theories are describing the influence...
Introduction The development of the child from birth to eighteen months is a significant period that affects the success of subsequent stages. The physical and emotional development of the baby is the most intense during this period. Those who take care of the kid should clearly understand the characteristics of...
Introduction Numerous studies show that a detailed analysis of the characteristics of human social interaction with the environment allows people to critically comprehend and adjust their future actions. Accordingly, personal reflection in terms of the learning process, along with a clear understanding of oneself as an individual, can have a...
Background Early childhood is a crucial time in the developmental trajectory of humans. It is at this point that multiplex bodily, cognitive and psychosocial development occurs. During the first few years before schooling (preschool years), children experience a rapid phase of growth resulting in a substantial increase in height, which...
