CASE STUDY

Postgraduate Professional Diploma in Teaching

Educational Psychology
Summer Semester 2023-2024

Submitted to: Samer Abdel Hadi

Done by: Ameena Anas 202311886
 INTRODUCTION

● In order to comprehend better the different stages of child

development, it is important to undertake a personal, close
observation to get pertinent information.

● This report focuses on identifying the developmental traits that a

child (female) might display in some of the developmental aspects
(physical, cognitive, social) with respect to Jean Piaget’s Pre-
operational stage of cognitive development and Erik Erikson’s
Autonomy versus Doubt stage of psychosocial development.
 CASE DESCRIPTION

A two-year old girl child from a

middle class family is selected.Her
father is a physician and mother is a
teacher.The couple got divorced when
she was one year old.

TASK 1:
Submitting the Mobile Phones.
(Piaget’s theory)

TASK 2:
Cloth Selection.
(Erikson’s theory)
 CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Physical Development

● The child is physically sound.

● Has no health problems.

 CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Cognitive Development

The child seems to be cognitively healthy:

● Exhibits a high level of intelligence.

● Grasps and learns things so fast.
● Has sharp memory.
 CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Social Development

The child makes independent choice:

● Selects what to wear.

● Selects what to eat.
 CASE ANALYSIS

TASK 1: Submitting the Mobile TASK 2: Cloth Selection.

Phones.
● She shows centration.
● Is able to think about things
symbolically.
● The child expressed self-
confidence.
● Showed great emotions of
autonomy and independence in
making choices.
SUGGESTED INTERVENTION
No intervention is necessary:
● The child is in perfect physical,
cognitive and social health.

CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that the theories have the majority of the stages
accurate.However, if a child who developed somewhat below average had
been chosen, the data might have produced a more vivid image that contrasts
normal and below normal development, making the study more fascinating.
 A study to understand various stages of
child development (physical, cognitive and
social)is done on a two year old female
child from a middle-class family.The child
is physically fit and showcased good
cognitive and social development.The
child’s different developmental stages
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UMM align with Piaget’s theory on cognitive
VE S development and Erikson’s theory on
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psychosocial development.
 REFERENCES

● Ansorge, R. (2010, October 14). Piaget Stages of development. WebMD.

https://www.webmd.com/children/piaget-stages-of-development

● Mcleod, S., PhD. (2023). Piaget’s preoperational stage (Ages 2-7). Simply Psychology.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/preoperational.html

● Drew, V. S. a. P. R. B. C. (2023, September 2). Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt: 10 Examples

(Erikson 2nd Stage) (2023). Helpful Professor.
https://helpfulprofessor.com/autonomy-vs-shame-and-doubt-examples/

● Valentine-French, M. L. a. S. (n.d.). Piaget’s preoperational stage of cognitive development |

Lifespan development.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-lifespandevelopment/chapter/piagets-preoperational-stage-o
f-cognitive-development/

● Autonomy vs. Doubt and shame: Erik Erikson. (n.d.).

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/autonomy-vs-doubt-and-shame-erik-erikson