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Human Development and Lifespan Transition Issues

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Human Development and Lifespan Transition Issues

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TABLE OF CONTENTSEssay................................................................................................................................................1Stage theory of cognitive development (PIAGET).....................................................................1References........................................................................................................................................5
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Essay According to the given scenario, Jack is 3 years old boy who attends day care, weeklyfor five hours a day at the time when his mother Vanessa work. Her mother is concerned becauseJack is not still toilet trained in the day time. Along with this, she is also concerned about speechdevelopment of her child. This happen, so because Vanessa noticed that other children with thesame age as of his son, have mastered this skill. Therefore, lack in her child development makesVanessa more obsessed for Jack. However, the child and family health nurse took Vanessa inconfident that Jack his meeting all his milestone and he will gain self-discipline and speechdevelopment with time. Further, Nurse also referred her to mother's group in her local area sothat she can get knowledge related to toilet training and language development in a relaxedinformal environment. The present study will reflect different type of theories related to socialand cognitive development. It is important for Vanessa to understand Erickson stages of social- emotionaldevelopments. Erickson discussed eight steps of social development, from which a person passesthrough in its entire life cycle. For example, in Infancy Birth (18 months) period is the first andsecond year of life, one of the major responsibility of parents is to provide full care to the childand nurturing ability. Therefore, with the proper care and love the child will develop trust,confidence, and security. On the other side if the child is not provided care and trust then itdevelops insecurity and general mistrust towards world (Erickson, and Pappas, 2017). Further,early childhood years, that is between 18 months to 3 years, at this stage, child starts learningdifferent skills such as difference between right from wrong. Along with this, in this stagechildren tend to vulnerable and feel shame because they unable to learn some skills and take timein learning them. According to the development stage of the child, it is essential for Vanessa tokeep in mind that the time frames is average. It is so because some children may achieve variousdevelopmental milestone earlier or take time but they still remain in the normal stage. Stage theory of cognitive development (PIAGET)This theory outlines the different stages of cognitive development in children. The stagesinclude- sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete and formal. These are the stages through whicha child develops his interpersonal skills and understand the outside environment. The mindpossesses new information while going through these stages. In the first stage, the infant is1
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