Child Psychology
The author of this brief report has been asked to answer a number of questions relating to child psychology and the development thereof as a child ages and grows. The primary source of answers that shall be used for the answers shall be the tenth chapter of the Berger book. However, the text itself offers other sources and there is a wealth of information on the topics to be discussed in the scholarly sphere. While every child is different and thus develops in their own way, there are tried and true patterns and standards that most children are held to based on the development and progress of millions of prior children.
Emotional development is indeed something that is very strong and in motion when it comes to the early childhood time. As a young child grows, this is when their emotional regulation comes into focus and this in turn brings on a child's self-concept and self-esteem. Lack of this process in motion is commonly and widely accepted to be a sign of psychopathology in a young child. Examples of good or normal development in motion are a child that has an imaginary friend. However, these imaginary friends should be limited to ages three through seven years old. There needs to be monitoring of these imaginary friends as they are sometimes emblematic of a child that is lonely, thus the need to create friends. Further, if a child is having problems with their development of emotional regulation, they will have issues with externalizing and internalizing of emotions and so forth. Self-esteem is something that should start to emerge in young childhood. For example, a child being very proud of artwork that they created would be an example of this. Self-concept emerges around the same time as Erik's concept of guilt (Berger, 2012).
Question Two
Something else that clearly emerges during childhood is aggression. What...
The most fundamental theorist in this area is Jean Piaget. Additionally, Piaget demonstrated one of the first scientific movements in the filed, with the utilization of direct observation as the best tool for understanding. (Piaget, 1962, p. 107) Piaget also believes, and his theories reflect that children play a very active and dynamic role in development through interaction with their environment and active role imitation. (Piaget, 1962, p. 159) Sensory-motor
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