Katie

Paper Summary:

This paper reviews and discusses the case study of Katie, a sixteen year old who is withdrawn, severely underweight but with no appetite, and uninterested in her 3 year old son. The paper applies various psychological theories to try to understand Katie's issues.

Outline:
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Psycho-social Development

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"Keeping one's mind active is important at Corabeth's age, and as a bridge player, she obviously does so. However, that important source of cognitive stimulation may end because members of her bridge club keep dying off with increasing frequency. Corabeth also seems to use her considerable advanced-level cognitive understandings about early childhood development, of which Katie has none, to select music and toys for Drake, and to spend time with him in ways that will stimulate his intelligence, desire for more physical activity, and overall curiosity about and interest in his surroundings, all of which are in currently very short supply as a result of Drake's extremely inadequate parenting up-to-now, about which Erikson and Piaget, with their distinctive theories of childhood development, including their various respective observations on cognitive development in early childhood in particular, would likely generally concur (see for example Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 1999). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bransford, J.D., Brown, Ann L. and Cocking, RR. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Retrieved February 22, 2007, from: http://books.nap.edu/ html/ howpeople1/html.
• Harris, J.R. (2000). Socialization, personality development, and the child's environments. Developmental psychology. 1-32. Retrieved February 22, 2007, from: http://home.att.net/~xchar/tna/devpsyjh.htm.
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