There are 5 different child development stages that are
oftentimes researched including the cognitive/intellectual, language,
motor, physical, and social development stages. Each of the stages
answer five basic questions regarding the child's development and
researching it. These questions include:
o Does this stage of child development involve specific gender or population differences (e.g. differences in male and female development)?
o What are the developmental mechanisms that occur during each stage? In other words, what are the aspects of both experience and heredity which causes these developmental changes?
o What is the rate and speed of each of these child development stages?
o What specifically develops in each stage? In other words, what child development aspects change over a specified period of time that the stage typically encompasses?
o Where relevant change is concerned, are their individual differences that are considered to be normal?
Empirical research is a necessary element of the different child development stages and it may follow a variety of patterns based on the answers to the above five questions. Initially, research that involves observing the child will be conducted to provide the answers to each one so that specific aspects can be defined and described properly.
The mechanisms of each stage
Each of the five children development stages involve five questions and topic areas and are broken down as follows:
o what develops during the stage
o the pattern of the development and the speed at which it occurs
o individual differences
o population differences
o the mechanism of change
It is the mechanism of change within each of the child development stages that is the focus.
Cognitive/intellectual development mechanisms - cognitive/intellectual mechanisms can be both biological and genetic in nature, but it is the genetic mechanisms that can be responsible for causing mental retardation. Additionally, certain functions of the brain can cause cognitive events.
Emotional and social development mechanisms - some social and emotional developments will occur as a result of certain genetic factors that are involved in these children's development stages. Elements such as the attachment to a particular adult (i.e., mother or father) and fear or happiness are oftentimes regulated by these different genetic factors.
Language mechanisms - the expressiveness of words and their meanings results from the input of the parent instead of those factors that are intrinsic to the cognitive/intellectual development stage. This also involves the child's ability to infer the meanings of words based on certain cues.
Motor development mechanisms - bone and muscle strength as well as the actual size of the child's body parts involve a variety of genetic ingredients. It also relates to exercise and nutrition. Additionally, research has shown that the frontal lobe of the brain grows from the back towards the front or in more technical terms, 'posterio-anteriorally'.
Physical development mechanisms - changes in body proportions and the growth rate of the child are typically determined by specific genetic factors that are characteristic of the early physical aspects of child development stages.
o Does this stage of child development involve specific gender or population differences (e.g. differences in male and female development)?
o What are the developmental mechanisms that occur during each stage? In other words, what are the aspects of both experience and heredity which causes these developmental changes?
o What is the rate and speed of each of these child development stages?
o What specifically develops in each stage? In other words, what child development aspects change over a specified period of time that the stage typically encompasses?
o Where relevant change is concerned, are their individual differences that are considered to be normal?
Empirical research is a necessary element of the different child development stages and it may follow a variety of patterns based on the answers to the above five questions. Initially, research that involves observing the child will be conducted to provide the answers to each one so that specific aspects can be defined and described properly.
The mechanisms of each stage
Each of the five children development stages involve five questions and topic areas and are broken down as follows:
o what develops during the stage
o the pattern of the development and the speed at which it occurs
o individual differences
o population differences
o the mechanism of change
It is the mechanism of change within each of the child development stages that is the focus.
Cognitive/intellectual development mechanisms - cognitive/intellectual mechanisms can be both biological and genetic in nature, but it is the genetic mechanisms that can be responsible for causing mental retardation. Additionally, certain functions of the brain can cause cognitive events.
Emotional and social development mechanisms - some social and emotional developments will occur as a result of certain genetic factors that are involved in these children's development stages. Elements such as the attachment to a particular adult (i.e., mother or father) and fear or happiness are oftentimes regulated by these different genetic factors.
Language mechanisms - the expressiveness of words and their meanings results from the input of the parent instead of those factors that are intrinsic to the cognitive/intellectual development stage. This also involves the child's ability to infer the meanings of words based on certain cues.
Motor development mechanisms - bone and muscle strength as well as the actual size of the child's body parts involve a variety of genetic ingredients. It also relates to exercise and nutrition. Additionally, research has shown that the frontal lobe of the brain grows from the back towards the front or in more technical terms, 'posterio-anteriorally'.
Physical development mechanisms - changes in body proportions and the growth rate of the child are typically determined by specific genetic factors that are characteristic of the early physical aspects of child development stages.
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