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Examining Recall Memory in Infancy and Early Childhood Using the Elicited Imitation Paradigm
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2016
The elicited imitation procedure was established to examine the development of recall memory in infancy and early childhood. This procedure has been widely used to establish a solid foundation of the nature of recall memory in infancy and early childhood.
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Motor Skills Development During Early Childhood
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2026
Early childhood is a period of rapid motor development in which children refine gross and fine motor skills. These abilities increase independence and support social interaction, play, and learning.Gross Motor SkillsGross motor skills involve coordinated movements of large muscle groups, including running, jumping, and climbing. By about 2.5 years, most children can jump with both feet. Hopping, which requires greater balance and strength, usually emerges around age 4.Stair climbing also...
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Erikson's Theory on Socioemotional Development during Childhood
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2025
Erik Erikson, a stage theorist, adapted Freud's theory to emphasize social factors in personality development throughout life, a concept known as psychosocial development. Unlike Freud, who focused on early childhood, Erikson believed that personality evolves across eight life stages, each marked by a specific challenge or "crisis." Successful resolution of each stage fosters competence, while failure may lead to feelings of inadequacy. The first four of Erikson's eight psychosocial stages...
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In Situ Visualization of Axon Growth and Growth Cone Dynamics in Acute Ex Vivo Embryonic Brain Slice Cultures
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2021
This protocol demonstrates a straightforward and robust method to study in situ axon growth and growth cone dynamics. It describes how to prepare ex vivo physiologically relevant acute brain slices and provides a user-friendly analysis pipeline.
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Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development from Childhood into Adulthood
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2025
Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development emphasizes the role of thinking in a child's learning process, suggesting that children are naturally curious about their environment. His approach to development is discontinuous, proposing that cognitive abilities progress through distinct stages, each with unique characteristics. Central to Piaget's theory is schemata—mental structures that allow individuals to understand and interpret the world. Schemata: Building Blocks of Knowledge Schemata...
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Biological maturation provides an essential developmental basis, while learning, relationships, and environmental conditions influence how emerging abilities are expressed and strengthened. These influences operate together rather than independently. In psychology, this interaction helps explain differences in children’s language, motor abilities, self-regulation, and understanding, while guiding attention toward both developmental processes and the contexts in which children live.
Play and everyday experiences give children opportunities to build language, motor abilities, self-regulation, and understanding. These activities connect developmental change with ordinary interactions rather than isolating growth from daily life. Examining play therefore helps psychologists understand how children learn through experience and provides a basis for supportive educational, family, and community approaches.
Caregiving relationships and broader environmental conditions are important contexts for developmental progress and well-being. They interact with biological maturation and learning as children develop emotional, social, cognitive, and physical abilities. Psychology studies these influences to identify how context may support development, recognize concerns, and inform interventions designed for families, educational settings, and communities.
Assessment focuses on developmental progress across physical, cognitive, emotional, and social areas, including language, motor abilities, self-regulation, and understanding. Considering several areas helps prevent attention from being limited to a single skill. In practice, this information can help researchers and practitioners recognize developmental needs and connect children with supportive educational, family, or community interventions.
These interventions are used when research or assessment indicates that children may benefit from additional support in their developmental contexts. Educational efforts can address everyday learning, while family and community approaches can strengthen the conditions surrounding development. Together, they apply psychological knowledge about caregiving, relationships, learning, and environment to promote healthier developmental outcomes.
Research identifies how biological maturation, learning, relationships, caregiving, and environmental conditions relate to developmental progress and well-being. This knowledge supports prevention strategies that address influences on development before difficulties become more established. It also helps practitioners design responses across educational, family, and community settings, linking psychological research with efforts to promote healthier outcomes.