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Seth Demonstrates Defereed Imitation
Seth showing the congntive advance of being able to imitate actions or words he was exposed two days before. To PIaget, this ability provided clear evidence that children were capable of forming internal mentatl representations (Feldman, 2012, p.147). According to PIaget, this was attained at substage 6: The Beginings of Thought (Feldman, 2012, p.147). This ability is important for the development of childs play, especially cooperative play Feldman, 2012, p., 255). -
Seath Developes Object Permanence
Object Permanence Video </a>At eight months old, Seth was able to find an object after it was hidden under a blanket. He really seems to enjoy this game. This shows he has attained object permanence, which is the idea that an object continues to exist even though it is out of sight (Feldman, 2012, p.145).There are some limitations to this ability at his age however, if he gets distracted or if the hiding place is changed he has trouble. Piaget labeled this as coordination of secondary circular
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Seth Pronounced First Word
At one year old, Seth said his first word "Dog!". He can understand a few dozen words and can point to things he wants. At this stage most children are using holophrases, or one word that stands for an entire thought or sentence. For example, "Dog." Might mean ,"Look at that dog over there!" (Feldman, 2012, p. 159). -
Seths Play Development
Importance of Play Seth is really interested in palying make-believe right now. He makes his toy figures talk to eachother. And has his toys saying thins he has heard his parents say. There are many kinds of play in childhood that children progressthrough (feldman, p.255). Parallel play is when two children do the same activity, but so not interact. Onlooker play is where a child observes others' play. Cooperative play occurs when chldren interact with one another (Feldman, 2012, p. 255). -
Learning to Read
Seth is begining to take off in his reading ability. He is now reading first and second grade books. According to Feldman, Sth would be in reading stage 1 where he is learning phonological recoding skills, and starts reading (Feldman, 2012, p.306). There are several thigns we can so to promote chidrens gorwth of literacy: Provide a literacy environment, talk to children, procide a place for chidre to work, and Encourage children's problem-solving skills (Feldman, 2012, 305). -
Seth is Spending More Time With Friends
Seth is spending more time with firends hanging out at the movies or the mall. According to Feldman, one of the biggest challenges facing children and theri parents at this stage is the increasing independence that characterizes middle childhood (Feldman, 2012, p.340). Coregulation occurrs when both parents and children jointly control behavior (p.340). During this time chldren spend less time with theri parents although they continue to be an important influence (p.340). -
High School Stress
Seth experiences some stress in highschool as many children do.Some causes of stress are lost homework assignments and arguments with friends. He had developed some good coping mechanisms for dealing with stress by shooting hoops or realxing while watchign his favorite television show. Stress is defined as events that threaten of challenge us (Feldman, p.363).Ways of coping with stress include problem-focused, emotion-focused, social support, and defensive coping (Feldman, p.365). -
Seth Gets His First Job
Seth landed his first job working at a grocery store. He is saving half the earnings for college. Having a job can teach children responsibility, provide them with extra spending money, and give practice handling money, and can help teach workplace skills. However, most of the jobs available are high on drugery and low on transferrabel skills (Feldman, 389). School performance is also negatively correlated to the number of hours worked (Feldman, 2012, p. 389).
