Lifes Develonment Project One Template - UPD

Use this template to complete your case study analysis. Answer each question with a minimum of 3 to 5 sentences. Support your answers with credible sources when appropriate. Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. 1. Describe the ways in which Piaget’s research applies to Jamie’s development. Paget's research applies to Jamie's development through constructivism. Constructivism is "an approach to learning that holds that people actively construct or make their knowledge and reality are determined by the learner's experiences" (McLeod, 2019). In other words, a learner builds new knowledge upon the foundation of previous learning. We do not know much about Jamie's upbringing in this scenario, but we know about Judi's. Judi was raised in a highly chaotic environment, and she often found herself in abusive/toxic situations. These bad situations and chaotic environment were all that Judi knew, and she projected that onto Jamie's upbringing. That relates to constructivism because that is more than likely what she used while raising Jamie. She used what she knew from her childhood and young adult, and that influenced Jamie's development. 2. Describe the ways in which Vygotsky’s research applies to Jamie’s development. Vygotsky's sociocultural theory states that "human development is a socially mediated process in which children acquire their cultural values, beliefs, and problem-solving strategies through collaborative dialogues with more knowledgeable members of society" (McLeod, 2020). Essentially social interaction plays a huge role in a child's development. If we look at Jamie's mom, she was raised in a chaotic, non-nurturing environment. Which eventually led to depression, anger issues, and codependency. This, in turn, ultimately reflected in Jamie. She also struggled with maintaining healthy relationships with people her age. Like her mother, Jamie's cognitive stimulus came from adults in her life. Those adults were not making good choices, and that is where the majority of Jamie's social interactions came from. 1 3. Identify factors that could have influenced Jamie’s physical well-being during the prenatal, birth, and early childhood stages of development. Some factors that could have influenced Jamie's physical well-being during prenatal, birth, and early childhood stages of development are Judi's habits. We learned that a mother's habits affect a baby's growth (Griffins, 2012). Judi's stress levels to what she consumed during pregnancy influenced Jamie's development since Judi decided to remain in an abusive and stressful environment that likely negatively impacted Jamie's physical well-being during all of those stages. 4. Identify factors that could have influenced Jamie’s cognitive well-being during the prenatal, birth, and early childhood stages of development. Factors that could have influenced Jamie during prenatal, birth, and early childhood stages of development could be Judi's history of excessive drinking. Children exposed to alcohol during their prenatal stages, but don't develop fetal alcohol syndrome, are still susceptible to the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome, and they can still create an alcoholrelated neurodevelopment disorder. Children affected by this can experience cognitive, behavioral, and physical problems (Sigelman & Rider, 2018). Jamie could not stay on task at school and would also get frustrated with her peers in class. All of which could be a result of her mother's drinking. 5. Identify factors that could have influenced Jamie’s psychosocial well-being during the early and middle childhood stages of development. Factors that could have influenced Jamie's psychosocial well-being during the early and middle childhood stages of development are Jamie's inability to trust Judi as her primary caregiver. In the given scenario, Jamie attended several sessions with the school psychologist due to some issues that she was having. She was experiencing moody outbursts and isolation in social situations from lack of trust—Jamie's problem related to Erikson's first of eight stages of psychosocial deployment. Faith versus mistrust refers to whether or not children 2 can rely on other people or caregivers to be responsible for their well-being (Sigelman & Rider, 2018). Judi gave Jamie plenty of reasons to mistrust her 6. Evaluate the sociocultural factors that could contribute to Jamie’s maladaptive behavior. Sociocultural factors contributing to Jamie's maladaptive behavior are Jamie's upbringing and lack of healthy communication in the home. Vygotsky's theory states that adults use various tools to pass culturally valued modes of thinking and problem solving to their children (Sigelman & Rider, 2018). Judi could not make friends, which then limited her social learning. The lack of social skills was then passed to Jamie. This then led to Jamie turning to aggression when embarrassed or confused. Her mother's lack of social understanding and experience hindered Jamie from being social. Jamie also lacks the emotional intelligence to understand her own emotions. These maladaptive behaviors could have been avoided if Jamie or Judi had had the opportunity to learn from other experiences and perspectives outside of their environment. 7. Explain why it is important to consider the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial factors in combination (versus separately) throughout the life span when evaluating an individual’s well-being. It is essential to consider the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial factors when evaluating an individual's well-being because it allows us to see the change and growth in the individual. Each of these factors contributes to an individual's development, and genuinely understanding these factors concerning the individual can help us better treat them or even diagnose them. Most issues such as anger problems, drinking, and things of that nature could be traced back to childhood experiences. 8. Describe the research or theory that best explains Jamie’s behavior. Explain your response. 3 I think that Bandura's social learning theory best explains Jamie's behavior. This theory emphasizes the importance of observing and modeling behaviors, emotions, and attitudes (Sigelman & Rider, 2018). This suggests that most of Jamie's behavior is learned behaviors from her mother. Jamie displays a lot of the same behaviors as her mom. She has most likely witnessed her mother's inability to handle her own emotions and lack of emotional intelligence. She also could have noticed her mother's tendency to isolate herself during social situations. This observation would then lead to Jamie modeling her mother's behavior. 4