Name: Wavel Walker I.

D# 1500195912 Course: Developmental Psychology My Journal

School: Vocational Training Development Institute

Name: Wavel Walker

Course: Developmental Psychology for Educators

I.D. Number: 1500195912

Date: April 11, 2019

Lecturer: Mrs. Linda Williams

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 Name: Wavel Walker I.D# 1500195912 Course: Developmental Psychology My Journal

January 24, 2019

Our introductory class was a nervous one where ninety per cent of the class were strangers, Mrs

Williamson introduced herself to the class along with her expectations, and she then asked us to

introduce ourselves to the remainder of the class. She then introduces the topic psychology and

did a few explanations with some thinkers, after that she introduces William Wundt as the father

of psychology along with some definitions, we learned about their thoughts and beliefs, and the

persons who did additional researches on psychology.

January 31, 2019

Our first presentation for this course was on behaviourism by John Watson. This assignment was

given to us on January 24, 2019. He iterated that one should not be too concerned with thought,

introspection and cognition or any other forms of internal consciousness. In his mind, it was

foolish to try and interpret the inner mind of individuals and believed that psychologist should

concern themselves with only what they could see. His research on behaviourism was to

understand how certain behaviours develop as a consequence of conditioning. This explains the

concept that you can be assessed by your behaviour.

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February 7, 2019

This day we had an introduction to Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development; it stated that

children move through four different stages of their mental development. These stages are;

sensorimotor which the child is between birth and two years of age where the infant basically

relies on senses or instinct, where it focuses on sucking, grasping and looking and that object

permanence is when object still exist in the minds of children even though it cannot be seen. The

next stage is the preoperational stage which the child is between two and seven years of age and

the child begins to think symbolic. The third stage is concrete where the child is between seven

and eleven years of age, the child starts to think logically and thoughts become more organized.

The final stage is the formal stage that exists from the child is twelve years and older, at this

stage, the adolescent or young adult begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical

problems. This was also well acknowledged.

February 14, 2019

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On February 14, 2019, we were asked to write a poem, song or conduct a role play by

choosing from a set of topics that were given to us by Mrs Linda Williamson. I choose a topic

that I was very comfortable with and this topic was “Confusion”.

Confusion

As I started to think about the girl in my class that I loved and yearned for so much and

dreamt of her becoming my wife, I started to think “when will I ever get the opportunity to get

close to her, kiss her and share my affection.” Surprisingly, there she was coming towards me in

a dress that seemed wedding-like; we held hands together and went to my home. My Parents

weren’t home so we started engaging. A few minutes later I was so happy then I heard a

pounding on the door, so I jumped up, just to realize I was just dreaming, I was wet in places no

one would expect, that started to think what was really happening to me.

February 21, 2019

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 Name: Wavel Walker I.D# 1500195912 Course: Developmental Psychology My Journal

On February 21, 2019, the B.Ed. group was doing a presentation on some psychologist,

namely Piaget. We were placed in groups to discuss particular topics example Piaget’s stages of

development along with the different headings that came under them. Persons were to discuss

these topics and explain them then split up and form new groups. After these new groups were

formed, we were required to explain our ideas and knowledge to our new group members from

which we would be questioned by our lecturer individually. It was a short time to remember all

that information but they were assignments that we were supposed to read up on. The process

was known as Jig-Saw.

February 28, 2019

February 28, 2019 was another interesting day in developmental psychology class where

our main topic was adulthood. We learned about the three (3) main stages of adulthood and how

individuals act and behave through these stages of development. She teaches so well and shared

life experiences which we use as a method of learning and we can relate to these situations, it

also gives us an idea of what you should have possessed at these stages and the negative impact

that these have if you fail to acquire these achievements at the various stages of development.

The class was very informative and all of the class participated and made their contribution to the

education of others. She expressed how the class was mature and she liked us and this helps to

motivate us, her question techniques were excellent and she ensures that most, if not all of the

class have to make their contribution by getting involved.

March 7, 2019

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March 7, 2019 we were exposed to nature/ nurture, longitudinal and cross-sectional. These are

research methods that are used in psychology and the different types of researches which are

qualitative and quantitative which deals with quality research and the amount respectively,

however; the three main types of researches that are used in psychology are ;descriptive research,

relational/ co-relational research and experimental research. These were the main topics that we

were assigned with child development. At the end of the class, an assignment was given to

explain the ethical issues in psychological research which was done and we were tested on them

the following week, which from my perspective, I was forced to learn all nine of them which was

a great thought.

March 14, 2019

This class and presentation was about Erik Erikson and Sigmund Freud and the psycho-social

stages of human development. The psychosexual stages are Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency and

Genital stages, it was explained what children experience at these stage of their development and

the different sensation that they experience that they have to go through. She also explained how

adults respond to these behaviours and try to curtail their actions, it is important that we

understand what is happening to them through the various stages of their development so we can

better understand their reasons for their actions, so this will prevent us from abusing them, and

also helps to support and motivate them.

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March 21, 2019

This morning school get even more interesting where the lecturer wanted to do a personality test

on us to find out what kind of person were are, but there wasn’t sufficient time to execute this

test. So we went on to do the humanistic theory, so she went on to do Maslow’s hierarch of

needs, it was explained that the basic needs has to be addressed in order for one to move on to

the other stage. The pyramid was a design that was used to express the different levels and

explained how one matriculated into the other. I got to understand the reasons why persons

behave a particular way when they are in dire needs. In order for one to be effective and fully

functional, the basic social needs must be met.

March 28, 2019

Piaget’s was the head of discussion where development is concerned; it was expressed about the

declining of the retention of information and the reduce attention span. She also explained the

processing of information in elderly person is much more slower that younger persons and this is

one main reason why younger persons learner quicker and easier, with this, she said that we

should encourage adolescence and young adults for study from an early stage and get qualified

instead of waiting for older age when things become more difficult. The consideration of older

ones working and going to school must be seriously considered as it can or may impact on the

individual negatively. The three stages of adulthood must be seriously considered as the older

you get, the weaker you get, the slower your reaction time will be and this will affect your

learning capability.

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April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019 the class was a short and used we use the time to complete some unfinished work.

We formed our groups and continue to work on our group projects.