Nature vs Nuture as it relates to Child Development

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Title : Nature Vs Nurture as It Relates To Child Development

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Nature Vs Nurture as It Relates To Child Development

Introduction

As long as the world history is concerned in the old days many individuals never concentrated on child 's development process as a factor that creates a greater impact on an individual 's social characteristics and relations . Once a baby was born , the changes between adulthood and birth were ignored . Their physical growth and

cognitive abilities were not very important . Currently we find that a child 's development matters are dealt with much emphasis put on abnormal behavior

It is recorded that when a child is born the parents expect him or her to develop normally into a mature human being . Therefore the child is expected to go through infancy , early childhood then middle childhood Development of a child is naturally continuous and gradual . This includes socially , emotionally and physically . Though this is expected a child 's growth and development may sometimes be slower or faster than normal many people know that a child 's development is simply biological . This brings in the idea of nature vs nurture as it relates to child development , under this we find that child development in normally affected by environmental factors . The people around a child will influence the child 's growth and development . Children learn by imitating and they will only imitate the people who are in contact with them early in life (Cullinan and Nieminen , 2001

There are many theories that explain child development . Such theories help in understanding the different approaches to child rearing

The Maturationist Theory

This theory states that child development is all about biological process that is predictable , automatic and sequential . It leads to many assumptions in child growth . Educators and parents assume that children acquire knowledge automatically and naturally during growth . This theory says that so long as the child is healthy , he learns as he grows . This is the advancement of Arnold Gessell 's work . Maturationist says that a child is ready for school when he is able to recite the alphabet . It encourages parents to teach their children recitation on s like alphabet before they join kindergarten . Children who are developmentally unready are held out of school to give them more time to develop (Cullinan and Nieminen , 2001

Environmentalist Theory

This theory was developed by Albert Bandura , B . F . Skinner and John Watson . This theory states that the immediate environment that a child lives in shapes his or her development , learning and behavior . The reaction to surroundings is what fosters the learning of a child . This is where teachers create the teacher initiated learning activities where children learn from teachers and also other adults around them in the school set up . When the child follows the teacher 's instructions the learning is very successful . In the classroom set up , the students just sit and listen to their teacher attentively . Children can be given...