child development
Child Development Infants grow at a very rapid rate during the first one and a half years of life. Developing not only physically, but mentally, emotionally, and socially as well, this development has been evident in providing a strong background for further development in life. Physical development refers to a baby’s increasing skill at utilizing various body parts. During development, there are three basic developmental rules: “Rule one states, that baby’s develop in the head region first, followed by the upper body, followed by the trunk portion, and lastly the legs and feet. ... Motor skills are the child’s ability to control movement. ... The 3rd developmental rule is Brain development. As the brain develops a child responds more and more to sight and sound, which prepares them for further development (www. ... Many of these behaviors evolved because they are important for a child’s survival, without these a child would not be able to physically develop. The absence of reflexes in a newborn are signals of possible problems in brain development (psychology, pg 388). ... Cognitive development relates to the reasoning and logic of an infant. Jean Piaget among all researchers dedicated his life to a search for the ideas behind cognitive development. ... To explain how infants move to higher standards of understanding and knowledge Piaget introduced four stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor (0-18 months) , preoperational (2-7 years), concrete operational (7-11 years)), and formal operational (over 11 years) ( psychology, pg 390). The first 18 months of development is the sensorimotor. ... A nurturing environment can build pathways that encourage emotional stability, while repeated stress may create many problems in further development. ... Not responding to an infant’s emotional sign can slow down their social development. ... Without this a baby may have problems communicating with others later on in their development. ... This is completely natural and often is a result of the development of object permanence. ... com) Moral development begins early in an infant’s life. ... If a parent ignores a child and lets them think that the bad things are ok to do then they grow up having no morals taught through their parents. ... Building onto Piaget’s work, Lawrence Kohlberg believes that there are 3 stages to moral development. ... According to Kohlberg, moral development begins with preconventional thinking in which children obey in order to avoid punishment.