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Summary of Child Development

Summary of Child Development (Infancy to Age Ten)

The development of children differs from individual to individual, depending on their unique temperament, learning style, family upbringing (Kagan, 1999, p. 164). Nonetheless, many research theorists such as Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson have endeavored to organize child development into universal predictable sequences of growth that typically occurs for most children. In this summary of child development from infancy to age ten, the belief of research theorists that child development is a predictable phenomenon will be assessed. In order to provide a clear summary of child development, the paper will be divided into the following age groups.

From the psychological point of view, the bond that is forged between the infants and their parents lies at the heart of the infants' initiation into society. According to Erikson's (1993) model of the eight ages of man, infants learn to develop trust towards their primary caretakers in the first stage called "Basic trust vs. basic mistrust." Through the regularity and predictability of the interaction between babies and their mother figures, they come to expect that their needs will be met. Furthermore, they believe that any separation from their mother figures will lead to a reunion. Failure to develop this trust will lead to mistrust (pp. 247-51).

Similarly, Field's (1996) review of the research done on infant attachment demonstrates the importance of the relationship between parents and their babies. For example, Bowlby's (1969) experiment that involves the separation of infants from their mothers demonstrates that the infants go through three stages: "protest, despair and detachment" (in Field, 1996, p. 543). In the final stage, the babies appeared to have recovered from their distress because they exhibited friendliness and interest in their environment. However, when their mothers returned, they failed to respond with enthusiasm (Bo...

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