Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Concept Mapping: Developmental Milestones of Emotional Development


Above is my concept map.

Explanation:
. I am an early childhood education major. And in my classes i learn alot about cognitive, physical and emotional attributes and qualities that are apart of life even at this very young age.One of my favorite topics that i learned in class was the development of emotions in babies from the time their born till they are 2 yrs. Emotions are innate, discrete from one another from a very early age and each emotion is believed to be linked with a specific and distinctive set of bodily and facial reactions. So even from this early age- the emotions that continue to grow within us until we are old start. And from this it is believed that emotions have 3 internally interacting dimensions: 1.)the conscious feeling or emotional experience, 2.)The process in the brain and nervous system (this is where cognitive and emotional link up. 3.) the observable expressive patterns or reactions. It is amazing that even from that age out emotions are already forming and can be observed by parents, teachers and others around. These milestones dont apply to all babies of course because every baby nd child is unique and different in their own way. The emotional level of one is not the same as the other. Yet these milestones are a set of functional skills or age-specific tasks that most children can do at a certain age range. milestones are used by parents, doctors and teachers to help check how the child is developing. In my concept map my main topic was Developmental Milestones of Emotional Development(early childhood). The categories were the age ranges and the subcategories were the milestones that also serve as observable examples of the emotional development.

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