Question

In addition, cite the text, e.g. (p. 3), in at least one of your posts, proofread your post carefully, and read all student posts.

1. Key issues in childhood?  

Chapter 3 covers human development from birth to old age, or "womb to tomb" as we sometimes say. Developmental psychologists study physical, cognitive, and social change over the lifespan. After reading the first half of Ch. 3 on childhood development, what strikes you as one of the most critical issues in childhood development, physically, socially, or cognitively? What surprised you or caught your attention in this material? How might you apply this information in your own life?

2. Piaget Summer Camp?

You have decided to open a summer camp for children based on the cognitive development ideas of Jean Piaget.  Come up with one camp activity for each of Piaget’s four stages:

- sensorimotor,

- pre-operational,

- concrete operational and

- formal operational (you can identify specific ages if you like).

Explain how your activities fit the tasks of that stage, using the text and additional sources as references if you like (if you do, cite them at the end).

Make these fun camp-like activities!

Answer 1

Many childrens in low income families and middle income families fails to reach their full developmental potential because of unsafe conditions such as malnutrition, pollution, extreme stress, inadiquate adult care, violence, abuse ,neglect and conflict.Herditary transmission of physical characters, environment, geographical influences and hormonal influences have a great impact on this.Cognitive development depends on learning styles and multiple intellegence, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, hyperactivity, attention defecits,trauma to the brain, mental health disorders, then in case of poor families they are unmotivated about education, they dont have enough money to spend over educators.Many life events happening the their lives such as death of a family member, parental divorse, bulling even natural disasters like war, terrorism,parental substance abuse,child neglects all this can affect social development of child.

There are many factors that favours and hinders the development of a child , the emotional,social,physical factors have direct effect on their overall development when they become an adult, so by understanding this the need to invest to development of child is important and it an maximize future well being.so this stiked me more becuse i could apply this in society as well as in my family for a healthychild.

sensorimotor period the child understands the world through senses, by sucking ,grasping, so provide them with rattle toys, bells, whistles.

preoperational stage child uses symbols to represent a word, image, hands on activities such as play dough and putties, paintings , water plays are useful.

concreate operational stage children manipulates different things and test ideas so conducting small cooking experimentsfor them,so that the measuring cups come in different shapes measures the same

formal stage they are applying logic directly to real situations teach them songs with the same tunes of popular musics.