Essays Tagged: "Child development"
Examines the effects of pets on child development along with the pros and cons of a household pet on children.
More than half of all U.S. households have a companion animal. Households with children are more likely to have pets but there are still more pets in American households then ther ... l on physical, social, and psychological health. I will specifically examine the effects of pets on child development along with the pros and cons of a household pet on children.History has proved tha ... chotherapy patients began after the war. In the 1970s, studies of animals facilitating therapy with children and senior citizens were becoming more1apparent (NIH, 1987).Childhood is a period where man ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Life-span development chap. notes
I.Life-Span PerspectiveA.Historical - view of children and child development has changed throughout history1. Aries used samples of art to conclud ... toward only studying European Aristocrats2. Egyptians, Grecians and Romans held rich conceptions of children's development3. Three Philosophical Views* Original Sin (Middle Ages) - children are inhere ... iddle Ages) - children are inherently evil and societal constraints and salvation are necessary for children to become mature adults* Tabula rasa (17th Century/John Locke) - child is a blank tablet up ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Gender and Child Custody
Gender and custody within the courts Excellent grasp of concpetsGender and Child CustodyWithin the fabric of our society their seems to be a ideology about gender and child cu ... r. The stereotypical views of our culture would perceive that women are more suited for the task of child development leaving the father bound to support the child. This created such movements as the ... gy of guardianship and the role of the mother. Nancy D. Polikoff, who wrote the article 'Gender and Child Custody Determinations: Exploding the Myths', attempts to clear some of the mis-conceptions ab ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Play for the brain
how early experiences have long-term consequences by helping to determine the actual structure of a child's brain. It's as if what happens in early childhood is written on stone, as compared to later ... expert confirmation that the enriched environment you provide will have a lasting influence on your child's future, you might also be feeling a bit intimidated by the heavy responsibility. The followi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
The Life and Philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ed contributed to concepts such as civilization being responsible for corrupting humanity's nature, child development, possibilities of origins of inequality amongst humans, social contract, and democ ... good by nature and made bad only by institutions." (Scruton, 205)Jean Jacques Rousseau's beliefs of child development were that children should be free to express their energies in order to develop th ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
What contribution did Jean Piaget make to the understanding of child development.
s quote is from Jean Piaget a Swiss psychologist born in 1896 who, through studies of his own three children tried to better understand how children acquire knowledge and intellectual thought. To this ... t's main theories and also will juxtapose them with the work of other psychologists in the field of child development.In 1919, Piaget went to the Sorbonne University in Paris, while in Paris Piaget wo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Parenting, dipicted in the 1989 movie "Parenthood." It portrays the 3 different parenting styles. Authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting.
ou do that in my own house?"Just one statement made in parenting and something that both adults and children have learned to ignore. Yet this is only one parenting type and there are other ways of dea ... missive, authoritarian, and authoritative. All of these contain their own benefits and downfalls. A child's mind is a delicate thing, and knowing that, we should consider our parenting methods careful ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Parenting.
activity that includes several precise behaviors that work independently and together to influence child outcomes. Although precise parenting behaviors, for example spanking or reading aloud, may inf ... leading. Many writers have noted that detailed parenting practices are less important in predicting child well-being than is the extensive pattern of parenting. The constructions of parenting methods ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Mom vs. Mom: Work or Stay Home. Researched with Full reference sheet.
This research paper started with the intention of showing that mothers who stay home with their children as opposed to working outside of the home was better for child development. The results wer ... ers toward each other. A number of stay-at-home mothers feel that working moms are neglecting their children in order to "have it all, rather than make material sacrifices."(Lowery) Various working cl ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Intro to Psychology
tion and emotion, thinking and language, personality and social behavior, intelligence, infancy and child development, mental illness, and a lot more. Psychologists examine these topics from many diff ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Schooling at the Age of 3 is a Waste of Time
A child at age 3 is just learning how to walk up and down stairs, can barely control their bladder or ... airs, can barely control their bladder or feed themselves properly. Would it make sense to put this child in school? Compulsory attendance or mandatory kindergarten at the age of 3 is not the way to i ... e of 3 is not the way to improve academic excellence. In fact, it may harm the development of young children to force them into the school system at a young age. This essay will prove that formal scho ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Impact of Television Violence on Children
ve many affects on all age groups. I decided to write about the affects of television violence upon child development. Violence on television is one of the most common media influences in children the ... mon media influences in children these days. There are many reasons how television violence affects children, such as how much television they watch, their age and personality, and also whether they w ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies
Piaget's Theory of Cgnitive Development:Discuss the 5 stages of cognitive development
Swiss biologist, Jean Piaget is renowned for constructing a highly influential model of child development and learning. His theory is based on the idea that the developing child builds cog ... crete operations, and formal operations.During the first stage, sensorimotor (birth-2 years old), a child's cognitive system is limited to motor reflexes at birth, but the child builds on these reflex ... nto increasingly lengthy chains of behavior. Through physical interaction with his environment, the child builds a set of concepts about reality and how it works. This is the stage where a child does ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Violence in Children's cartoon
Violence in Children's CartoonsWatching violence on television can have many affects on all age groups. I decide ... ve many affects on all age groups. I decided to write about the affects of television violence upon child development. Violence on television is one of the most common media influences in children the ... ildren these days, especially violence cartoons. There are many reasons how violent cartoons affect children, such as how much television they watch, their age and personality, and also whether they w ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Child development
Final PaperChild developmentAlexandra SoucyADHD IN CHIlDREN AND TEENSWhen my son was little he had a problem pa ... oblem paying attention and he seemed to get distracted very easily. But I thought it was normal for children that age. But later I found out that he had ADHD. So what is ADHD? ADHD stands for Attentio ... minds). Moreover, ADHD seems to be more common in boys then in girls. About 5 percent of school-age children have been diagnosed with it; and over one percent of teenagers and adults have ADHD.I am su ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Describe and discuss TWO contributions of either Freud or Rogers to the development of Psychology.
is described as psychoanalysis; it is the theory of personality, personality development including child development, moral development, defence mechanisms and theory of dreams. In this essay we will ... ot only confined to mature adults, according to his theory on infantile sexuality, babies and young children are capable of sexual stimulation, this could be achieved by stroking of stimulating parts ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Juvenille Delinquency in America
cause of juvenile delinquency is the breakdown of families, including lack of parental control over children. It is ironic in America, today, one must have a driver's license to operate a vehicle, a p ... have training or a license in order to become a parent. Without specialized educational programs in child development and parenting, many of our future parents will not have a chance at becoming succe ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
Let's Do Something About Our Children's Future.
Would you let your children play with toy guns? Let's just think about these facts; gun violence in America is ten time ... han the polio epidemic of the first half of this century, according to Kris Christoffel, author of "Children's Environments" approximately eighty-two people including ten children, are killed each day ... ould. Why, because I believe that the way to curb gun violence in the United States is to teach our children at a young age the difference between good and bad. Our children will know to choose the ri ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Critically examine the contribution of Jean Piaget to our understanding of child development.
This essay shall examine the contribution of Jean Piaget to our understanding of child development. Until the mid 1900's psychologists had no useful theory for explaining how childr ... interested in this field either has to study it in relation to behaviourism, which emphasises that children merely receive information from the environment, or in relation to the IQ testing approach, ... environment, or in relation to the IQ testing approach, which emphasises individual differences in children's development. However developmental psychologist Jean Piaget born in Switzerland in 1896 c ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Erik Erikson
ed on the psychosocial outcomes of human development. Psychosocial is a word used to describe how a child develops through social interaction within his environment, and how this has an impact on chil ... provide warmth, comfort, nourishment and so forth. For example, a mother who breast feeds when the child is hungry, this creates a bond in which the child gains a sense of trust towards his mother. I ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors