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PSY-1171 Child Growth and Development - Lethbridge College

Kid History AssignmentYou've learned a lot in the class about the physical, cognitive, and social development of children. Now is your chance to apply that knowledge, and hopefully have some fun doing it. You will be analyzing a video. These videos are family stories filmed by a group of brothers, as told by their nieces and nephews. You have to watch one to really understand.

Step 1. Go to youtube

Step 2. Enter the words "Kid History" in the search box.

Step 3. This should pull up a list of short videos by BoredShortsTV

Step 4. They are labeled Kid History and followed by an episode number.

Step 5. Choose one. Note: make sure it is a video posted by Bored Shorts, there are imitators out there and these are not acceptable for this assignment.

Step 6. Your task for this assignment is to analyze the video you chose and write a 3 page paper describing how it illustrates the physical, cognitive, and social development of the children narrating the story. The narrators are different ages. Some are preschoolers, some are in early childhood, and some in middle childhood. Do your best to guess the stages of the children based on their appearance.

Step 7. You do not need to cover every aspect of development the video shows, and the specific themes will depend on which video you choose, but some topics to consider are:

a. Moral reasoning, e.g. black and white thinking, moral imperatives vs. social conventions, distributive justice
b. Sex differences, e.g. sex-role stereotypes, gender identity
c. Language development e.g. use of inflections, overregularization, coherence of narrative
d. Logical reasoning, e.g. styles of play, counting and basic math skills
e. Gross motor skills, e.g. standing, walking, running, jumping, throwing, catching
f. Fine motor skills, e.g. drawing, coloring, cutting with scissors, eating
g. Peer relations, e.g. aggression (instrumental vs. hostile, physical vs. relational vs. verbal)
h. Family relations, e.g. sibling relations, parenting style, attachment
i. Psychosocial stages, e.g. trust, autonomy, initiative, industry
j. Self-esteem

Step 8. You will be evaluated on your ability to clearly express the concepts you have learned in class, and to apply them.

Step 9. Your paper must be typed and double-spaced. Please use 12 pt. Times Roman or Helvetica as your font (because my eyes are old). Please clearly indicate in the first paragraph, which episode you are writing about. And please include a title page or a header with your full name and the course section.

Step 10. You are expected to use your textbook and class notes as references. You may use additional sources if you wish. If you do use additional sources, please provide a reference page as well.

Attachment:- Child Growth and Development.rar