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| Early childhood: Early childhood (ages 3-5) in psychology is a crucial foundation stage for physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development. Children master movement, explore language, form attachments, and build self-awareness. Brain wiring is hyperactive, making experiences impactful for personality, learning, and future well-being. See also Stages of Development, Language acquisition, Social relations, Affectual bonds, Learning, Personality, Self-consciousness, Developmental psychology, Attachment theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Psychological Theories on Early Childhood - Dictionary of Arguments
Upton I 69 Early childhood/Psychological theories/Upton: By the age of two, children are no longer infants or babies. They are entering early childhood, a phase that lasts until the age of five. Throughout this period children grow taller and stronger, and their shape is changing: body fat is decreasing, legs are lengthening and, by the end of this phase, children no longer seem top heavy as they did during infancy. The increased mobility seen in early childhood promotes exploration of the environment and provides new learning experiences. In addition, emotional and social development is enhanced by growing interaction with peers. attend. Cognitive and language skills are also rapidly improving during this period of life. >Stages of Development, >Socialization, >Interaction, >Environment. Upton I 70 Arguably the most important of these from a psychological point of view are the continuing maturation of the brain (Nelson et al., 2006)(1) and the development of fine and gross motor skills. 1. Nelson, CA, Thomas, KM and de Hann, M (2006) in Nelson, CA, Thomas, KM and de Haan, M (2007) Neural Bases of Cognitive Development: Handbook of child psychology._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Psychological Theories Upton I Penney Upton Developmental Psychology 2011 |
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