Week 8: Effective Programs and Practices: Putting It All Together

BIOSOCIAL

Brief Description of Example

Body Changes

1. Babies growth is high during the first two years after birth, weight of a baby doubles in the first

six months and is triples after a year.

2. The size of a baby’s head decreases significantly in the first two years upon delivery from

a third of the size of the body at birth to a quarter of the body size in two years.

Brain Development

1.The brain of a child develops rapidly between the first two years, at birth the weight of a

child’s brain is a quarter that of an adult while after two years, the child’s brain weighs four-fifths

that of an adult.

2.Parts of the brain that are responsible for basic life functions grow rapidly then trailed by parts

responsible for thinking and planning

Sensation and Movement

1.An infant grasps objects when pressed into their palms but as months pass by object

grasping happens at will.

2.Infants arch their backs in response to loud sounds and straightens when their no alarming sound,

this happens involuntarily

COGNITIVE

Brief Description of Example

Sensorimotor Intelligence

1.Behavioral response develop as physical growth does, a baby in a month may lift his head off

the ground as he keeps his stomach on the ground.

2.Motor skills are polished first from the center and upper parts followed by the lower body, an

example is that swallowing swiftly happens before moving.

Information Processing

1.Infants learn by association where a stimulus is linked to a certain response

(classical conditioning), example is that a baby may associate danger to certain objects and so any

sight of an object similar to the stimulus causes the baby to cry.

2.Learning occur through rewards or punishments (operant conditioning), an example is that

a parent may whip a child to correct a bad behavior or buy a pet to appreciate good behavior.

Language Development

1.Language develops in a child through constant communication with the child such as repeatedly

mentioning of a name when his father enters a room will eventually be installed in the baby’s

language system.

2.Responding to attempts by babies to speak motivates them to speak further, an example is that

if a baby pronounces the name of his father right, a positive cheer will motivate them to say it

the following time.

PSYCHOSOCIAL

Brief Description of Example

Emotional expression

1.Babies have interests that are chiseled to their feelings, an example is that a baby can express

a positive feeling through a smile.

2.At around four months, babies can begin to discern other people’s feelings and emotions,

an example is that a baby will decode a gesture they often see from those around them.

Social Bonds

1.Babies develop relationships with others who interact with them, an example is that a baby will

have an intimate relationship with his mother because of the things she provides to him

every day.

2.Communication is a key aspect that enables children to build a relationship with those around

them, a warm interaction with a baby culminates into a friendly relationship

Name of Developmental Topic:

Description of Interplay Between Domains:

Communication

It combines both language development and information processing, it’s

only possible for a baby to talk if he have processed what they want to talk

about and how they want to communicate it.

Name of Developmental Instance:

Brief description of how to foster healthy development:

Hard work

Babies learn from what they see in those around them, if a mother is

hardworking and the babies sees it happening every day, he will develop

habits that show a commitment to hard work.