Life Span Development: Physical, Cognitive,

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Life Span Development: Physical, Cognitive, and Psycho-Social Assessment of A Six Year Old Given the aim to assess a six year old, so as to practically apply developmental theories learned in this course so far, in relation to physical, cognitive, and psycho-social aspects, an actual observational study was conducted. The aforementioned boy, from this point onwards will be referred to as Jimmy. The entire process of observation was conducted at the home of Jimmy, which of course implies that his mother was present as well during and throughout the course of observation, for a period of three hours. Therefore, through the use of core concepts such as epigenetics, as well as Erikson's personality theory, the physical, cognitive, and psycho-social development of Jimmy were all assessed. To further expound, the point of observation was during a study session between Jimmy and his mother. From such, one may immediately notice that Jimmy is not at all bothered by the fact that he is studying, as a matter of fact, it is apparent that Jimmy enjoys the processes incorporated in such a pursuit for learning, that there is no identifiable sign of irritability or lack of focus. In addition, it was rather noticeable as well that Jimmy consistently answered all questions correctly and quickly. Such cognitive capability may be explained through an epigenetics based reasoning. To explain, considering the fact that the concept behind epigenetics pertains to the manifestation of characteristics through both the interplay of genes and the environment (Allis, Jenuwein, and Reinberg, 2007), and also considering the fact that Jimmy's mother is a researcher and is arguably an intellectual, then most likely such capabilities may be in part have been inherited. In addition, given the environmental aspect of teaching that allows for mental growth, then the manifestation of such

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