psychology Document Preview: DRAFTChildhood DevelopmentPSYCH/500 I will need in-text citations and at least 3 references keep in current format. Each section under the bold heading will need to be...

DRAFT Childhood Development PSYCH/500 I will need in-text citations and at least 3 references keep in current format. Each section under the bold heading will need to be expanded upon and include an in-text citation (two to three sentences). There are 2 bold headings that need complete information for them. Also, please look at each stage from a biopsychosocial and cognitive perspective so my draft will need some tweaking. I will need this back by Friday, February 8 at 9am eastern. Also, please see three questions towards the bottom that is due on Wednesday. Thanks Childhood Development Human development, and growth process is a complex web of interconnecting mechanism that makes up each individual. From conception to old age, each phase goes through a series of changes throughout and individual’s lifetime. The focus of this paper is on childhood that begins at age two through age 12, stopping right before puberty and the adolescent years begin. In discussing childhood development, there are key areas that need to discuss to have a better understanding of how a child progress from one stage to the next. To look at the biological aspect that are the bodily changes, maturation, and growth; the psychological aspect that deals with emotions, personality social interaction and expectation; cognitive aspect that looks closely at the mental process of knowledge, imagining, perceiving, problem-solving, and reasoning. Neurological development is an important aspect in childhood as it contributes significantly to the physical skills in children; social and emotional development are linked as they involves parents and caregivers and how a child expands on the knowledge of the world, recognizing, and understanding of emotions. These are a few but important key changes that occur during childhood. We will also explore how gender and cultural influences affect the child during this period. Biological (see yellow highlight) Within the biological spectrum, bodily...