12 Jun Describe early patterns of growth and appropriate nutrition for young children

Order Instructions

1. Describe early patterns of growth and appropriate nutrition for young children.

2. Identify and explain the major motor milestones and summarize the major theories of motor development and the impact of culture.

3. Review in detail major mortality risks in young infants and discuss the role of immunizations in health.

4. Discuss changes in cognition in early childhood and evaluate Piaget’s theoretical approach for this area. Describe, in detail, Piaget’s six substages of sensorimotor development.

5. Discuss, in detail, the sequence of early language development.

6. Describe the development of and major changes in the expression of emotions and temperament in early childhood. Be sure to identify the three temperament styles outlined by Thomas and Chess.

7. Discuss Ainsworth’s Strange Situation experiment. Detail the four styles of attachment and explain why attachment is important to development. What is the difference between stranger and separation anxiety?

8. Discuss how siblings and peers affect the psychosocial development of young children.

1. Summarize, in detail, common sleep problems and disturbances in early childhood, including bedwetting.

 

2. Describe the common health risks of early childhood (including accidental injuries and death), and describe how environmental influences can impact health.

 

3. Summarize the typical sequence of language development and describe how language delays, preparation for literacy, and exposure to media sources impact these processes.

 

4. Discuss the impact of early childhood education and intervention programs on development.

 

5. Discuss the key features, developments and limitations during Piaget’s preoperational stage of development.

 

6. Describe changes in the understanding of and feelings about the self, and discuss how this impacts emotional development. Make sure to outline the importance of self-concept and self-esteem.

 

7. Summarize and contrast the different theories of gender development. Which theory of gender development makes the most sense to you and why. Provide a rationale for your selection. Differentiate between gender roles, gender stereotypes and gender-typing.

 

8. Summarize different forms of parental discipline and parenting styles. Identify which parenting style you were raised with and how it impacted your development.

1. Describe the nature versus nurture debate and discuss which construct you think is more important to development. Identify a characteristic of your’s and describe how it is influenced by both nature and nurture.

 

2. The textbook identifies five theories of development (psychoanalytic, learning, cognitive, contextual and evolutionary.) Choose the one theory that you believe is most important in understanding how development occurs and explain why you chose this theory. Discuss the main features of that theory and the important beliefs that theory maintains.

 

3. Summarize, in detail, how conception takes place. Describe causes that lead to infertility.

 

4. Choose three genetic abnormalities or birth defects and discuss that main features of each; who is most at risk for developing these defects and treatments, if any.

 

5. Define teratogens, and give at least two examples of teratogens and their specific effects.

 

6. Describe the stages of birth and various labor and delivery options that women have during childbirth. Discuss how methods and practices of childbirth has changed over time.

 

7. Summarize the causes, consequences and main features of low birth weight, postmaturity, and stillbirth.

 

8. Describe the importance of bonding and how the birth of a newborn affects the marital relationship.

1. Describe in detail how nutritional needs and sleep patterns effect growth and physical development in middle childhood.

2. Discuss the impact of mental health issues during middle childhood. Explain disruptive conduct disorders, school phobia, childhood depression and various treatment options.

3. Summarize the cognitive advances in Piagetian abilities in middle childhood. Be sure to explain growth in the concrete operational child.

4. Explain how IQ is measured and the controversy that exists with measuring intelligence. Do you agree with the concept of IQ and how it is measured? Provide a rationale for your response.

5. Discuss the child in school – be sure to explain how parenting practices, socioeconomic status and peer acceptance impact development. Discuss second language learning and educating children with disabilities.

6. Summarize the changes in self-esteem, self-concept and emotional understanding and regulation in middle childhood.

7. Discuss the impact of divorce during middle childhood. Explain issues related to custody, visitation and co-parenting. What are the long-term effects of divorce?

8. Various issues arise with peers during middle childhood. Discuss the following, in detail: gender differences in peer-group relationships; popularity; friendship and aggression and bullying.