CHILD_AND_ADOLESCENT_DEVELOPMENT.docx Child and Adolescent Development Grand Canyon University: PSY-355 Child and adolescent psychology are crucial developments throughout life that can affect an individual in later
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CHILD_AND_ADOLESCENT_DEVELOPMENT.docx Child and Adolescent Development Grand Canyon University: PSY-355 Child and adolescent psychology are crucial developments throughout life that can affect an individual in later stages of life. Although certain basic needs have to be met and specific task must be mastered for a normal development to occur, each child has their own distinction when dealing with different characteristic events within each developmental period. In the colonial times children became adults at a young age and given adultlike responsibilities such as jobs and marriage (Ehrenreich & English, 2005).The scientific study of child development began during the late nineteenth century and Adolescences was a new concept of development during the early twentieth century, discovered by G. Stanley Hall, the first president of the American Psychological Association. Adolescence was discovered due to the many social changes at that period of time; With the influence of labor laws and universal education, the youth began to face more adult responsibilities unlike in the past (Brief History of Adolescence & Youth Development, 2019). There are five major theoretical perspectives that influence the research on child development. All five theories create more questions that researchers can ask about a study as well as influence different methods used, and the way data is interpreted. The next five paragraphs will describe the five theoretical perspectives, as well as the major theorists associated with each p. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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