Introduction and Background Information Megan is a 25-year-old college student. She grew up in a middle-class family in Ortonville, Michigan with 3 older brothers and her mother. Megan was raised what is traditionally known as a broken home. Her mother was a single parent of...
Think of your first day of high school in comparison to your first day of college. All the new people and experiences, all the different rules and expectations; now think of the similarities between the two. The first time you attended a class in either...
Introduction Personal Development Planning is an activity that will support and enhance my experiences as a student. I will use the Personal Development planning to review, build and reflect on my educational and personal development. PDP will create opportunities for me to think in the...
Personal Development Planning Introduction Personal development planning is basically the process of establishing an action plan based on values, awareness, goal-setting, reflection and personal development planning within the context of education, career, self-improvement or relationship. It can also be defined as a supported and structured...
The most interesting relationships can actually be the ones within a family. It is also very curious how siblings can have completely different personalities. The following will describe in detail, personality type of birth order and sibling rivalry. A variety of studies and statistics will...
“Decent human being”. Goleman, 1995 restructured the idea and expressed high EI with “maturity & character”. Though all these ideas about EI seem to be speculative & it is clear that the construct of EI has been misinterpreted in the literature hence the same was...
Challenges are a part of everyday life for everyone, shaping our achievements and identity. Challenges build upon us making us stronger and more knowledgeable. Although, many tend to believe that a challenge comes as an obstacle towards our path an adversity however gives an individual...
If a child or a young person faces some sort of trauma, grief or loss, they face barriers in forming a positive relationship. They often find it difficult if they lost someone close to them. Childhood bereavement may have both a short-term and longer-term impact...
Despite the many studies investigating dishonest behaviour, the ecological validity in moral decision-making research is lacking. Many studies used paradigms of instructed lying and as a result the lying observed in these studies is different from more spontaneous forms of lying as it does not...
Your infants’ brain is like a sponge soaking up information from the onset of birth which is why you should help promote their learning with child-friendly infant activities from the onset. This may sound daunting, but simply incorporating learning into everyday tasks such as snack-...
The case of the feral child, Genie, allowed for extensive research into human development, language, and intelligence. Genie was an interesting case study. She was observed, interviewed, and tested but her case was such a rare experience. Genie’s story was super unique and was an...
Whether we realize it or not, we tend to justify someone’s personality based on their birth ranks. This stereotyping of personalities on birth order was first proposed and developed by Alfred Adler on 1964. Some would say that these sterotypes of personalities are purely coincidental,...
Your kid’s talents will uncover themselves. Your job is to pay attention. Having the ability to discovering your kid’s talent is often as simple as paying attention to exactly what piques her curiosity and fascination. You do not requirement a PhD in early childhood development...
Jean Piaget was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. Some of his contributions comprise of detailed observational studies of cognition in children, a stage theory of child cognitive development and a series of simple but insightful tests to reveal various...
Many young students are using their own strategies in learning with some various kind of literacy that may lead to their success in education. Sometimes, they use with their strategies very useful; Children can either learn it from the web online (internet) and reading books....
In the memoir, “This Boy’s Life”, Tobias Wolff examines the attitudes and behaviours that all human beings exude in childhood. Indeed, Wolff demonstrates how exorbitant hope has the potential to blind individuals, resulting in an unfulfilled and disappointing life. Contrasting against the stereotypical 1950’s ideals...
The life of a modern American, takes place on a screen for everyone to see. This thought is amplified by television and social media, which has given the younger generation a view point of what needs to be known. Visual culture, is the way in...
The setting in which I observed was a toddler classroom. The room was approximately 15 x 20 feet, not including a bathroom with a half door attached to the room. The entrance to the classroom was down a small hallway that was not visible from...
“Preschool Gender-Typed Play Behavior at Age 3.5 Years Predicts Physical Aggression at Age 13 Years” is a 10-year longitudinal study carried out by researchers Karson T.F. Kung, Gu Li, Jean Golding, and Melissa Hines. The study examined the correlational relationship between play behavior among young...