Child Development Theories When the field of child development expanded during the mid-twentieth century and beyond, a variety of theories emerged. Theories help child psychologists and other helping professionals working with children explain and underst
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Child Development Theories When the field of child development expanded during the mid-twentieth century and beyond, a variety of theories emerged. Theories help child psychologists and other helping professionals working with children explain and understand developmental processes. For this assignment, review the contemporary theories in Chapter 1 of your textbook. Write a 3–4-page well-developed paper in which you address the following. Because you will be describing a personal event or issue, it is appropriate to write in the first person in your paper.
Briefly describe an event that you or someone you know experienced during childhood. The event could be the divorce of parents, moving to a new neighborhood, learning to read or ride a bike, the birth of a sibling, et cetera. Choose two of the theories presented in the textbook and briefly summarize the main ideas of the theories. Theories to choose from may include: psychoanalytic Perspective. Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory. Piaget's Cognitive-Development Theory. Information Processing. Ethology and Evolutionary Developmental Psychology. Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory. Ecological Systems Theory. Dynamic Systems Perspective. Apply the ideas from the two theories you summarized to explain the actions surrounding the event you described.
Describe how the theories helped you gain an understanding of child development. Explain how longitudinal or cross-sectional approaches to research help us understand events and issues in child development. Use in-text citations and appropriate concepts from the reading. Please revise, edit, and proofread your own work before turning it in. Assignment Requirements Written communication: Ensure that your writing is free of errors that detract from the overall message. APA formatting: Format your paper according to APA style. Length: Write 3–4 typed and double-spaced pages. Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12 points. Please make sure the child development scoring guide is at ‘distinguished level “before turning in this assignment, I have attached below.
