Child Development: Theories, Imitating Behaviours, and Importance of Understanding Child Behaviour

Running head: CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Child Development
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Introduction to child development:..................................................................................................2
Theories and their importance in relation to child development:....................................................2
Children and their imitating behaviours:.........................................................................................3
Importance of understanding child behaviour:................................................................................4
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................4
References:......................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction to child development:
It is the aim of theories of “child development” to focus on the way in which children
evolve over time frames and grow in their childhood. Theories like these, focus on different
natures “of development including social, emotional and cognitive growth”. The study of the
progress of humans is a varied subject. It is difficult to understand the way in which children
grow and act in a specific way. There are several theories behind the behavioural patterns of
children based on their age, family relationships or individual temperaments. For getting an
insight into human development there are several theories of “child development” to study and
evaluate (Trawick-Smith, 2013).
Theories and their importance in relation to child development:
“Theories of child development” give a certain structure for thinking about human
growth and learning. The importance of the study of development is in a sense that people can
understand and evaluate the importance of psychological theories of development of children and
their attitudes. There are certain factors which motivates human thought and behaviour as well as
the provision of insight into the individuals into the society.
The ideas and the theories of child development has changed over the years. At first the
concepts of child development were not given much of importance and modest concentration
was given to their advances in cognitive abilities, usage of language, physical growth and that
occurs during “childhood” and “adolescence”. There are certain theories of development which
involve cognitive and social growth and some theories focus every aspect of the development
(David & Weinstein, 2013).