Analyzing A Behavioral Event

Analyzing A Behavioral Event Using Developmental Theory

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Analyzing A Behavioral Event Using Developmental Theory

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Paper # 1 will require you to analyze the behavioral events you have observed and recorded.  Analyzing a behavioral event involves applying your learning about developmental theory and research in order to assess whether a child’s development is progressing in the manner in which theories and research say is typical for a child of that age. That will require that you present and explain the relevant aspects of the theory that help you explain the child’s behavior, and offer direct evidence of the behavior you are referring to.

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• For example, if you were to analyze Behavioral Event # 1 (the example above), and the focus of your analysis were Physical and Motor Development, you would start the analysis sections of your paper identifying what you are going to discuss, for example, by saying that in this paper you are going to discuss the child’s gross and fine motor skills, and also his perceptual-motor development as a way of assessing his overall development in these areas. You would then devote one paragraph to each of these aspects; let’s assume you start with fine motor skills. You would:

Identify what fine motor skills are (from readings, you may quote or paraphrase)

Share information about what kind of fine motor skills are expected of a child at this age (from readings, again you may quote or paraphrase)

Give examples from this specific behavioral event (for example: the way he was holding the spoon, the fact that he is right-handed, the way he held and opened the envelope, the way he held the coupon when showing it to his mother) that illustrate his development of fine motor skills.

End with a sentence that says whether this evidence is enough to conclude whether his fine motor skills are developing as expected of a child his age as described in theories and research. If you have other behaviors you have observed at other times (not included in this specific behavioral event record) that you want to use to further show evidence, you may, as long as you are clear that this behavior was observed at other times and explain both the circumstances in which the behavior was observed and whether it was a formal record or you are describing the behavior from memory (which would indicate something about the objectivity and reliability of the data).

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Then you will follow the same format for gross motor skills and for perceptual motor development, each time giving a definition, information about what is expected at the child’s age, and whether the evidence shows the child is developing as a typical child in his age group.

Your thoughts about the intentions of the focus child and the nature of the emotions the child displays, as well as your ideas about the causes of the behavior within the event, may be included in the analysis –if your thoughts and ideas can be supported by developmental theory and research.

Analyzing A Behavioral Event Using Developmental Theory

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