Development and outcomes of the person’s life through childhood

Explain the development and outcomes of the person’s life through childhood in terms of the appropriate constructs, processes, and theories of development. Address as many of the relevant ages and stages as possible.

Part 1

Explain the person’s life from prenatal development through childhood in terms of nature/nurture influences.

Provide an analysis of the role cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development/changes played in the person’s life. Note: You must select two of the three processes to include in your paper.

Include at least one theory that is relevant in describing the individual’s development. 4 pages

Resources:

Berk, L. E. (2014). Development through the lifespan (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Chapter 8, “Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood” (pp. 254–286)

Chapter 10, “Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood” (pp. 328–358)

Deaton, S. (2015). Social learning theory in the age of social media: Implication for educational practitioners. Journal of Educational Technology, 12(1), 1–6.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Green, L., & Brady, D. (2014). Do Australian children trust their parents more than peers when seeking support for online activities? Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 28(1), 112–122. doi:10.1080/10304312.2013.854866
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Martins, N., & Wilson, B. J. (2012). Mean on the screen: Social aggression in programs popular with children. Journal of Communication, 62(6), 991–1009. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01599.x
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.