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Kendra Luckey
Observation Paper #1
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Kendra Luckey
10:30 am. I first entered the building and was informed that I would be
observing the 3s and 4s, later being told that the entire class was of the
age of three to four years old. The class was a mix of male and female
frequency of visitors.
introduced to the assisting teachers in the room. Within five minutes into
introduced herself, her name was Ella. Ella was very interested with what I
was writing and why I was in her class room. Ella spared no information
when telling me about her life. She wanted me to know almost everything
about her and to be interested. When I told Ella I needed to observe the
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rest of the class she did not accept that reasoning. Ella continued to talk
with me and ask me to read her small childrens books. After a while a few
me. Ella was not pleased when this happened. She became jealous of the
other student receiving attention and began to talk louder, shoved her
a child between the ages of four to seven become very curious and
interested in reasoning, also known as intuitive sub stage. With this sub
stage a child is under the impression that they have all of this knowledge,
but is unaware of how they got it. This sub stage is a good reason why
questions. Ella was able to identify many situations, but was unaware of
B.F. Skinners work. Her behavior can be sparked by the term rule
and evokes a variety of behavioral responses. With this being said the
understanding of Ellas behavior can be that she has such a vast variety
these that she finds it important to show everyone her capabilities. With
Ella was not the only child I encountered that day. A boy by the
name of Jake also caught my attention. Jake was a male student in the
same room as Ella, however their paths never crossed. Jake was more
observing. Throughout the day I observed several situations with Jake that
challenges.
The first situation observed involving Jake was in the early morning.
Jake was building a large tower with magnetic shapes. After building the
tower to an almost unmanageable height for his age it collapsed, with this
Jake became enraged. He swiftly stood up, began screaming, and threw
his fist in the air at a young girl. Though she didnt seem alarmed
everyone else began to take notice of Jake. This situation was not the last
through the day. After approximately thirty minutes Jake was in another
play group. He was working with the same magnetic shapes when he was
approached by another young man. This little boy tried to begin playing
with Jake. Jake was uninterested in the young boy playing and told him to
leave. The boy refused to leave. With his refusal Jake became infuriated
again and shoved the boy. The shoving sparked a fight between the two
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boys. The fight was quickly broken up, but with these observation it is
social setting.
mentally in and not a behavioral issue. Jake would fall under Piagets
(Fiore). Jake falls under this category by the justification that he can
understand what pretend play is but lacks the ability to hold logic or see
how or why the other boy wanted to play with him, or the toys. Piagets
studies share that Jake will grow out of this behavior and be able to
Both children are similar in the fact that they share similar social
challenges. While Ella seeks for attention and wants to be the center of
very easily but both childrens conditions can be easily explained using
rather with psychologist reason they are just in a different stages of social
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have the ability to interact socially with other people in a normal manner.
Work Cited
B.F. Skinner |
2015.
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