Freud identified three parts to the personality, starting with a †̃symbioticâ€TM relationship between a mother and child in the first months. Here an infant sees him or herself as part of his or her mother.
This is one reason why a child of about 18 months becomes †̃egocentricâ€TM, or aware of himself as separate, and able to say †̃noâ€TM and to be in control. As we go through childhood into adulthood we develop moral views and the †̃idâ€TM (I want it now!) starts to be denied by the †̃super egoâ€TM (No, itâ As the †̃egoâ€TM develops it helps to deal with internal arguments to produce an acceptable result. Skinner – operant conditioning
Skinner believed that children learn through experience or conditioning. A child will learn if …show more content…
The basic principles of child observation are: confidentiality, being objective, equal opportunities, being positive, using a holistic approach, considering the childâ€TMs feelings, minimising distractions, practice.
There are five key child observation methods:
Narrative reports – simply watching a child or group of children and writing down in note form what has been seen. The observer must try and remain as unnoticed as possible. These reports must be written in the present tense without the use of jargon.
Time sampling – this involves recording at regular intervals what a child is doing.
Event sampling – observations focus on particular events to build up a pattern of a childâ€TMs behaviour over a period of days of weeks.
Checklists – an observation checklist is a list of things that an observer is going to look at when observing a class or child or young person.
Verbatim reporting – this involves the observer recording exactly what is being said in a conversation taking place involving the child. This method allows much insight to be gained into the childâ€TMs language