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Physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development

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Scenario
You work as a Child and Family Advocate for the State of California. In your role, you promote and protect the best interests of the child in a parental rights and responsibilities dispute. This often involves evaluating the family’s circumstances and making recommendations to the court regarding the child’s care, contact, and guardianship.

You are frequently asked to explain whether a child has met developmental milestones. To assist with your explanation, you have decided to create an infographic that illustrates the major developmental milestones for children.

Instructions
In your infographic, identify and explain the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development milestones for:
• Infancy (birth to age 1)
• Toddlerhood (age 1-3)
• Early childhood (ages 3-6)
• Middle childhood (ages 6-11)

 

Physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development in Late Adulthood

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Bringing the focus of your assignment back to being grounded in your choice of Nurture, answer the following questions from THAT point of view:
discuss the physical, cognitive and socioemotional development in Late Adulthood.

Maintain your stance of Nurture.

Of the five biological theories of aging…which prove your side of the debate more? HOW? Be specific and cite your text.
Explain the concept, “use it or lose it”. Give an example NOT FROM YOUR TEXT.
Discuss one of the mental health issues found in older adults. How could YOUR side of the debate (nurture) effect this possible course of action?
Of the four theories of socioemotional development which do you find more relevant to your personal belief system? WHY?

Discuss how relationships (families, friendship, volunteering, etc.) are relevant to the stage of late adulthood? How are they linked to culture, gender, and/or ethnicity?

physical, cognitive and language development in early childhood

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Use chapters 6 and 8 in the book ( Understanding human development Fourth edition) by wendy L. Dunn and Grace J. Craig. The book is provided below.

 

 

Q1. One of the key ideas in this chapter is that the development of a child’s physical skills, cognitive abilities, and language are interdependent – that these skills influence each other as they develop in complexity. Give an example of one of the major advances in thinking or language skills during the stage of early childhood, and explain how its emergence may depend on the development of particular physical abilities or a certain amount of brain maturation.

Q2. A common theme in the study of human development is the concept of interaction – the idea that various developmental processes influence each other in ways that are intertwined and interactive. Consider the major changes that occur during the period of middle childhood, and select one of these to analyze (e.g. learning to read or spell, ability to solve conservation problems, ability to hop on one foot, ability to draw a figure resembling a man or woman). Now comment on how at least three developmentally based factors (e.g. physical growth or maturation, brain development, specific instruction, encouragement from parents) come together to influence, or shape, how this ability emerges or develops. In noting the influence of each of these factors, be sure to comment on how they might interact to produce the more complex and advanced behavior that emerges in this period of the lifespan.