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ASSESMENT OF CHILD’S BEHAVIOR

Argosy University

For purposes of this assignment case study, two shall be used to complete this assignment

Brandon who is an African – American eight-year-old who is in third grade has shown disinterest in academics. His tendencies of always complaining that he is hungry and bored in class will other kids are reading and even draws pictures, not only does it show that the child is not interested in school, but he is mentally traumatized and that there are other factors that are making him not to focus. The incident of wetting his bed occasionally also has to deal with psychological effects and the surroundings that Brandon is subjected to. The paper will dwell on the issues that majorly affect the behaviors of a child and how the surrounding environment in which a child is subjected to can affect how they behave.

To give to explanations on the behavior of a child bearing in mind the ecological factors that the child is subjected to the following are some of the inference that can be drawn. A child behavior is determined by the environment which he or she grows in. In a child grows in a family that domestic violence is prevalent then the chances of that child being a bully and violent are very high. Most children learn through hearing and seeing. Whatever they will hear be it at home or from their neighbors then the likelihood of the child repeating this is very high. In Brandon’s situation of complaining to be bored can be assumed to have been taken from his father’s action of sleeping after losing his job. Parents are supposed to set an example to the kids, and thus they create an atmosphere in which their kids can grow to become great men and women in the society.

When the father fails to get out and go to look for a job, then it shows that he has completely lost hope in life and finds everything boring and this can be easily reciprocated to the children since they will get to hear what their father is saying and doing. The parental behavior plays a major role in transforming the behavior of the child. The psychological effect that this bears is that the child will become more aggressive from this situation since the father is frustrated and he may decide to vent his anger to the kids this will, in turn, make the child rebellious in trying to show that he can be bale to defend himself or herself.

The social environment also plays a key role in that the kid can associate with his neighbors; they will, in turn, tend to borrow and exchange behaviors that will affect how they relate. In Brandon’s scenario it will be assumed that he is not from a well of family and thus they are struggling to make ends meet and settling the bill, this, therefore, leads us to the inclination that the neighbors are also not well of. This, therefore, gives you a neighborhood with frustrated families, the end product then is kids who come to play and interact together but all of them have some sought of frustration that can be traced to the family problems. When these kids interact and play together each of them portrays different behaviors that will, in turn, affect the behavior of each of them as each will want to grasp the unique behavior that they have seen their friends practicing or rather portraying.

Education plays an important role in defining the behavior of a kid, the level of education affects the thinking of children in that what they say and do will depend on the level of knowledge that they have. The surrounding of a child who is exposed to proper education will differ to that of a child who comes from an environment where education is not prioritized. The exposure to proper education will affects how a child behaves and disciplined. The child will have courtesy, and he or she will be able to interact with people in a proper manner. Education does not only depend on the child alone. The level of education of the parent also plays a major role; this is to the sense that the educated parents have different ways of addressing issues compared with parents who have been exposed to education. This gives the kids a more different perspective on how they view life this is due to the environment that has been created by the family as a result of being exposed to education. In looking at Brandon’s situation the father seems not to be exposed too much education and therefore he is likely to curse life on the misfortune that he is facing. This will, on the other hand make the son have the same perspective of life. It will also be important to note that communication is key when education fails. It is important to note that parents who did not have the privilege of going to school but they would not want their kids not to miss the opportunity of not going to school. They therefore, encourage the kids to get enough of education; this is well illustrated by Ben Carson in his book think big, where he acknowledges the effort of her mother who did not have so much exposure in education.

The economical circumstance also plays a very major role in determining the behavior of a child, for instance, Brandon always complains to be hungry, and he consequently goes to the principal’s office to eat, this shows that the family does not provide him with sufficient food. The fact that the mother complains that he steals food and carry them to his room it evident shows that the child does not get enough food and thus he feels that he can be full by stealing food to go and it them in his room. It is important to note that the rate of concentration of any adult cannot be fully achieved on an empty stomach, this will, therefore, be used to state that the obvious that Brandon could not effectively concentrate since he had not eaten enough food. Therefore the economical aspect plays an important role in that what the family can get is not enough but the kids have not been told to appreciate the little that the family can be able to get.

To summarize the factors that affect the behavior of the kids’ it’s will be important to note the importance of the family. The family can be used as the S.I unit of the child’s behavior, especially when he has elder brothers and sisters who will he be able to emulate. The time which parents spend with their kids is also important in shaping the behavior of the child. The parents will be able to nurture the behavior of their kids and also impact in them good principles in life. Using Brandon’s scenario where the father was coming late during dinner time, this showed that the kids did not effectively have a father figure or father and kids bonding session and thus their behavior could not be the same with a family in which the kids get proper time to spend with both parents.

The ecology, family, and socialization plays a big role in determining the behavior of the kid and the role that the child plays in the society. As illustrated above the child will borrow something from the above factors and in which they will be able to design and shape their behavior and how they relate to other children and how they interact with other family members and teachers at school. The important aspect of it all is the ecology; this is the determinant factor in which the behavior of a child can be realized. A perfect example that can be used this which has been proved by a scientist is having two identical twins separated and taken in two different ecologies (Forrest, 2012). At birth, these twins have the same intelligence quotient, but when they are separated in that one is taken to a posh environment and the other one to a struggling environment the kids will have different behaviors.

The likelihood of having different intelligence quotient is very high. Therefore the intelligence quotient may differ distinctively; this therefore, illustrate that the ecology plays a very vital role in shaping the behavior of a kid and also the thinking capacity of the same child.

The role of a child in the family with regards to the expressed behavior is that the child is supposed to portray total respect and show the family that he or she can follow instructions that will enable them to grow into good kids. The joy of any parent is to see that their kids are following instructions that they will be able to love their fellow siblings; this, therefore, gives the parents an ample and peaceful at a time. A disciplined child is one who listens to instruction and can do as instructed. The role of a child in a family can, therefore, be summarized as showing respect, obedience, and following instruction.

Theories of child development, mainly focus on the approach that the family should take in perspective of the child, it involves nature versus nurture, plasticity, and flexibility of the child at different stages. The development of a child has often been viewed as a probabilistic epigenetic course - this is with regards to biology which has remained to be a prime mover but then again the developmental results relay on reciprocal relations between the social context and biology (Rothbaum, 2012). This, therefore, suggests that the environmental resources and social build around the child will come together to produce a certain outcome.

The Bronfenbrenner model was used to develop an ecological perspective; he came up with a perspective that combined some aspects of developmental psychology and sociology. In this, he was able to prove that the identity of an individual and the environment is correlated. In that, the environment can shape and determine the behavior of an individual in a particular environment. This, therefore, was used to make a conclusion that the parents set an atmosphere in which their kids grow in, the environment created will affect how the child will grow and how they will interact with other fellow children.

The micro-system, the family, qualifies to be subjected to Brofenbrenner’s works; this is to the interpersonal activities and interactions with the child. At this stage, the child is bale to experience interaction with other people. It begins from home where the child will start to interact with two or three members of the family. The complexity of the child grows as the child ages, which involves more people like for instance day care. It was noted that as long the number increases in a child’s micro system it simply means that reciprocal relationships, therefore an increase in size, increases the child’s development.

Macro- system they are considered to be blueprints for the interlocking of social forces. At this stage, they can blend interactions at home and those that come from a quality relationship from setting that are influenced by forces (Corcoran, 2010). This stage tends to provide a broad organizational and development patterns in which the ecology of a human being is reflected upon. It should be noted that Macro system is not static and therefore can be subjected to change through revolution and evolution.

School plays an important role in a child’s life; this is where his or her cognitive ability is shaped and nurtured. Also where they will be given a chance to interact with other kids where in the process they will be able to grow and learn new things and in the process, their behavior will change for the better or worse. The school is a central point where children from diverse background come together and interact in the long run change exchange a couple of traits. In summary, the ecology plays an important role in shaping and determines the behavior and role of a child in the society; there are also other surrounding factors.

In summary, the behavior of any child cannot be defined as being aggressive or shy. While stating this, it will be important to note the factors that have been surrounding the child and how they have affected the behavior of the child. Children may not be psychologically affected at sometimes since this may only be a matter of the surrounding that is dictating how the child is behaving. It will depend therefore on the parents and teachers to meet and discuss the behaviors of the child on a regular basis. This will, in turn, lead to easy monitoring of the child’s behavior.

Reference

Corcoran, J. (2010). Ecological factors associated with parenting. Oxford journals.

Forrest, L. (2012). Individual ecological conceptualization. Psychological training.

Rothbaum, F. (2012). Developmental systems perspective on parenting.