Chapter 4
Starting off with Piaget view of development, talking about schemes,, categories, objects and knowledge. when babies use schemes they are base on actions, probably because they cant say much to express their way of thinking so they act on it. When looking at the different kind of schemes in children to adolescents we realize that they are constantly changing, I believe that this is because of experiences that create new schemes or changes a current scheme. As the schemes change in life it allows development of four different phases of mental development.
I believe that thinking becomes more advanced while children grow older because they live and learn For example a child that is curious to a hot curling iron on the floor will investigate and see what the shiny thing on the floor is, not knowing that its hot. Once the child touches it, a reaction occurs and he or she would associate that shiny round thing with pain. so next time he or she sees that shiny thing on the floor its not gonna be touched because its associated with pain. So as the child progresses in development and gets older, more and more things like this occur. This is how the child develops as an individual.
when speaking about the memory of infants and preschoolers I cant help to ask the question do they really remember? In my opinion yes, I believe that when talking about infants they do remember certain things such as mommy's and daddy's face, to such when a nipple is paced by their face, when they cry someone comes and checks whats wrong the list goes on an on. Infants can only remember so much and their memory grows with age. When talking about the memory of a preschooler is a lot different than an infant. Preschoolers memory has developed tremendously since they were infants. Now when we say preschoolers I think of 3 years +. So by 3 years old the child has learned to potty train, eat on their own, play with others and the list goes on. So as these preschoolers grew from infants to toddlers and from toddlers to preschoolers, their memories have been building. I like to think of memory as a huge filing cabinet. Every memory either has a file already to be filed after being made or a new file is made to store away until something happens to bring back that memory.
I believe that children start problem solving at like 6 months. I remember watching my daughter in her crib or playing with her toys. She would babble to herself and interpret things in her own way, as she grew it became evident that she was her best teacher. She would recite things like mommy or daddy, or names of our pets. I think that children can problem solve in their own way.
Children start hearing speech sounds in the womb, when mommy talks or daddy talks the baby inside is listening, this is why sometimes when baby is upset mommy's or daddy's soothing tone can calm them down. As far as speaking speech sounds I believe its pretty early in their development as infants. I would say 4-6 months, I say this because babies start cooing at this age.
Chapter 5
Infants have a way of forming almost an immediate attachment to their parents and other people that play a big role in their lives. For mom this attachment stats in the womb, baby is always hearing mom when she yells, talks, sings etc... so Its almost immediate with mom. It also becomes pretty immediate for dad to, or any one who is around mom a lot while baby is in the womb. Also the way that an infant makes attachments is who ever is there for them. When baby cries who comes to soothe them or meet their needs? when baby gets hurt who is there to comfort them? Who sings them to sleep or bathes them ? Usually these people who are doing this frequently is who baby will be attached to.
I think that children develop emotions such as joy, anger being sad at a very young age. However understanding these emotions and controlling them is a different thing. I believe that children start showing emotion at at least 6 months or younger. I believe it starts when they need something such as a diaper change or are hungry they cry, and when someone comes and for fills their need they associate crying with getting their needs met. As they get older in the toddler stage they learn to cry for emotion, when they get in trouble for example, it might make them feel sad or mad so they cry or when they find something funny they laugh an giggle. Showing emotion in children is a lot easier then hiding emotions as an adult.
