E102: Childhood Studies and Child Psychology - A Personal Reflection

This report delves into childhood studies and child psychology, reflecting on the student's motivations for studying the module and connecting these interests to various perspectives on children and childhood encountered in the course materials. It explores the impact of factors like culture, religion, and socioeconomic status on child development, and examines child psychology, focusing on the thinking styles of children and the development of their minds. Furthermore, the report includes a personal reflection on the student's learning skills in relation to the module, highlighting strengths such as a good memory and the ability to learn new things, while also acknowledging areas for improvement like time management and technological proficiency. The student identifies time management and technology as key areas needing further development to enhance academic performance.

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Business and Corporate Law
Childhood Studies and Child Psychology
Student’s Name
11/14/2018

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Contents
Part 1.................................................................................................................................1
Interest for Module 1
Related Perspective 2
Another related Perspective 2
Part 2.................................................................................................................................3
Reflection on Learning Skills 3
Refernces...........................................................................................................................5
Part 1
Interest for Module
Children are innocent. They are developing factors that affect and get affected by a
number of elements (Eitel, 2017). In order to check the motivation behind the study of
the module named “Childhood Studies and Child Psychology,” this is to be stated that
by the study of this module, one can get to know more and more about the development
of a child. Humans, how they react and behave depends of their upbringing and the
quality of their childhood (Lara, 2017). In childhood, many factors affect the physical and
mental health of children. This is to the most relevant interest that worked as a
motivation behind choosing this module for the study.
In conjunction with this, thinking style was another motivation. Every child is different
from another and too their thinking style. Some of them think very less and some of
them think more. Being children which factors influenced their mind or how they have
started thinking, what are the development stages and how the brain of a child develops
into a young and mature one. One can get the answers to all these questions with the
help of the study of this module. In addition, to understand the issues with children,
there is also a need to understand the related perspectives (Openuniversity.edu, 2018).

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It is very interesting to know that what are the factors because of which every person is
different. How these factors affect the childhood of a person. How a person gets to
develop. These interests acted as a force behind selecting this module for the study.
Related Perspective
As mentioned above, that the lead interest was to know the development of a person,
there is some perspective that connects with the interest. The lead perspective that
connects with the interest is “what is childhood.” This perspective explains many of the
aspects related to childhood in conjunction with the meaning of childhood. According to
the same, many of the factors are there that affect childhood and therefore every child
develops with a different nature. In overall too, childhood is being different over time.
The nature of upbringing and the presence of other factors are changing day by day and
therefore childhood of earlier people was different from the children of today. This
perspective includes all the related aspects of childhood. This supports the nature of
mentioned interest and allows a person to know about the factors, which affect the
childhood of a child. In the area of interest, it has been mentioned above that the lead
interest was to know that what are the factors, which affect the behavior of a person,
and in this manner, the subjective perspective connects with the area of interest. In this
perspective, it is mentioned that culture, religion, social and economic factors, and
gender are some of the factors, which affect the childhood of a child (Johnson, 2018).
These factors are not equally present in case of every child and therefore childhood of
every child is different and they develop into different kind of people. In addition to this,
the perspective informs that there are many issues with each stage of childhood, which
further influence the behavior of children.
Another related Perspective
Another perspective that is related to interest is child psychology. In the discussion of
interest, the study of thinking style of a child was also mentioned. In this manner the
child, psychology supports this interest. This branch of study focus on behavior and

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mind of children. The same let one know how different children think. Child Psychology
includes different context such as cultural context, social context and socioeconomic
context (Cherry, 2018). These contexts are the factors that affect the thinking style of a
child. This perspective i.e. Child psychology is a wider area of study that informs the
psychological processes of a child from his/her birth to childhood (Gongala, 2017). One
can get to know that how thinking capacity of a child get develops with the age and why
the same is different from other children.
With the help of study of child psychology, understanding on the topic of children and
childhood can be developed. The perspective is very significant as the same provides a
great understanding on the development of mind and behavior of children, which was a
supporting interest of study. Study of Child Psychology is also important as the same
enable a person to understand that why a child is different from another. Child
psychology can also be understood as a study of the conscious and subconscious
development of the child (Momjunction.com, 2018). The brain of a child is the element
that puts an impact on the behavior of the same. In this manner, this perspective
connects with the area of interest and contribute to develop a better understanding on
the whole subject i.e. child and childhood study.
Part 2
Reflection on Learning Skills
In relation to my learning skills on E102, I would like to state that I feel myself a good
learner. Although at starting, it was somewhere typical to understand the topics and
aspects once I have started learning, I found the same easy for me. I feel that I am very
curious in nature and want to know more and more about my topics. While doing the
childhood studies I started realizing that I am able to understand the lessons quickly. If
to talk about academic skills, I feel that I have developed my own knowledge. A better
understanding of a topic is always a need thing while study and I have achieved this
skill up to a level. Time management is another habit that I have come across. I have

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tried and still trying to do better management of my timing in comparison to earlier. I feel
myself an enthusiastic learner, as I am always ready to explore the new areas of
learning. I also started sharing my knowledge with others, as I believe that it will benefit
me at last. If to talk about the strengths, I would like to mention that my good memory
does fall into this category. In conjunction with this, I have also a good ability to learn
new things. However, this is to be stated that in addition to good skills, some negative
points are also there. The area where I feel the requirement for improvement is time
management. Although I am trying for the same but the same is required at a good
level. Further, I feel not so much techno-friendly myself that is also needed to be
improved.
As mentioned earlier that time management is an area where improvement is required,
this aspect is further detailed here. As the name implies, time management is a branch
of management where a person manages his/her time effectively. It is a process of
exercising control on time spent by a person. Time management includes planning as
well execution of division of time between two activities (Mindtools.com, 2018). It is an
important aspect of personal academic skills that I am not able to achieve and
improvement is required. Another aspect is technology. While studying this module,
many of the times, I had to take help of technology but I found myself unable to do the
same. Presentation of reports and use of power points is still a hurdle for me. This is a
negative point in my academic skills. The technical challenge is a situation where a
person does not know how to use technology. Similarly, I feel this challenge. I am good
at web searching but when it comes to the writing of reports and formatting of the same,
I often feel helpless. To conclude this reflection, this is to mention that in my learning of
E102 module, I have got many positive skills, yet there are possibilities for
improvement.

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Refernces
Cherry, K. (2018) Child Psychology, Explained. [online] Available from:
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-child-psychology-2795067 [Accessed on
14/11/2018]
Eitel, J. (2017) Factors Affecting Early Childhood Development. [online] Available from:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/217996-factors-affecting-early-child-development/
[Accessed on 14/11/2018]
Gongala, S. (2017) 13 Tips To Understand Your Child's Psychology Better. [online]
Available from: https://www.momjunction.com/articles/helpful-tips-understand-child-
psychology_0074385/#ChildPsychology1 [Accessed on 14/11/2018]
Johnson, S. (2018) What Influences Child Development? [online] Available from:
https://wehavekids.com/parenting/What-Influences-Child-Development [Accessed on
14/11/2018]
Lara, L.I. (2017) Your Childhood Experience Can Permanently Change Your DNA.
[online] Available from: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/your-
childhood-environment-can-permanently-change-DNA-180964869/ [Accessed on
14/11/2018]
Mindtools.com. (2018) What Is Time Management? [online] Available from:
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_00.htm [Accessed on 14/11/2018]

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Momjunction.com. (2018) 13 Tips To Understand Your Child's Psychology Better.
[online] Available from: https://www.momjunction.com/articles/helpful-tips-understand-
child-psychology_0074385/#ChildPsychology1 [Accessed on 14/11/2018]
Openuniversity.edu. (2018) Introduction to childhood studies and child psychology.
[online] Available from: http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/e102?
[Accessed on 14/11/2018]