How does the physical development influence plate, school, work, or other activities?

Study someone you know closely (observe a subject) using the knowledge gained in class and from readings/evidence-based resources. Analyze what was observed using the assigned growth and development theory appropriate for the age of the person observed. Observation Select a person between the age of 3 years and older (over 65 years). Include your knowledge and observations of your subject in their natural environment. This includes at home, daycare center, nursery school, playground, school, recreation center, job setting, or senior center. The observer (you) should not be directly responsible for the individual’s care/safety at the time of a direct observation activity. Guidelines for the Observation: Prior to your observation read about growth and development for the age group you will be observing. Use the Denver Developmental Screening Test or other standardized measures appropriate for the age of the person you have selected to observe to help focus your observation. Take paper, pen, and a watch with you for making notes and timing activities during the observation. Do not join in the activities as much as possible. You are the observer. Describe what you observe. Be as objective as possible write a rough draft of your observations immediately from your notes to be accurate and comprehensive as this will help you with writing your final paper. Include in the Analysis: You should analyze your subject’s behaviors according to developmental theorists from the assigned readings in your text, as appropriate for subject’s developmental level e.g. Freud, Erickson, Giselle, Kohlberg, Mahler, Maslow, Neugarten, and Piaget. 1. Physical (Gesell or Growth Charts and Textbook References) a. What is the child’s level of physical development? b. Are there any developmental spurts or delays, declining ability? c. How does the physical development influence plate, school, work, or other activities? 2. Psychosocial (Erickson) a. What stage of psychosocial development was observed? b. What is the critical task for the stage and how was it expressed in play and interpersonal relationships? 3. Cognitive (Piaget) a. What is the subject’s stage of cognitive development? b. How does level of cognitive development influence the individual’s behavior in: play, language, relations with others, etc.? 4. Psychosexual (Freud) a. What stage of psychosexual development? b. What aspect of personality is associated with any fixations at any of the stages? 5. Object Relations (Mahler) a. Where is the child in the separation-individualization process? 6. Hierarchy of needs (Maslow) a. Describe the subject’s level of need according to the pyramid. b. Analyze why the subject/s is at the recorded level of need. 7. Moral Development (Kohlberg, Piaget) a. Describe value systems and any behaviors observed related to this area.

 

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