Sequence Child Psychology and Related Issues Objectives of Education Corporal Punishment and I ts Effects on Child’s Personality
Part I – Child Psychology & Related Issues
Personality ???
Personality For psychologists, personality is a set of relatively enduring behavioral characteristics and internal predispositions that describe how a personality reacts to the environment. Psychologists recognize that an individual’s behavior is not consistent all the time or in every situation.
Heredity Gender Physical Conditions Environment Cultural Factors Social Factors Situational Factors Personality
Environment Family Education Religion Health System Political & Economic System Legal System Adaptability to new Technologies Sports Facilities
Perception is the process by which people interpret the input from their senses to give meaning and order to the world around them. Accurate perceptions are necessary to make good decisions and to motivate workers to perform at a high level, to be fair and equitable, and to be ethical. Perception 9
The process of combining, integrating and interpreting information about others to gain an accurate understanding of them. Personal identity Social Identity Social Perception
Cognitive frameworks that represent organized knowledge about a given concept or stimulus developed through experience. Schemas effect : Information Interpretation Decision Making Attitude BEHAVIORS Schemas 11
Attitude An attitude is a mental stage of readiness, learned and organized through experience, exerting a specific influence on a person’s response to people, objects, and situations with which it is related. Attitudes are evaluative statements that are either favorable or unfavorable concerning objects, people, or events. 12
Relationship with Behavior 13 Behavior Attitude Personality Perception
The Unconscious The conscious. The small amount of mental activity we know about. The preconscious . Things we could be aware of if we wanted or tried. The unconscious . Things we are unaware of and can not become aware of. Thoughts Perceptions Memories Stored knowledge Fears Unacceptable sexual desires Violent motives Irrational wishes Immoral urges Selfish needs Shameful experiences Traumatic experiences Bad Worse Really Bad www.psychlotron.org.uk
Part II- What are the objectives of education?
To create law abiding and patriotic citizens
To produce a workforce which could think globally and act locally.
Personality Development Increase the need for achievement of a child Improve the perception of a child about the society. Improved perception will create a better attitude which will result in cultured behavior. Provide sports and extra curricular activities where a child can polish his/her hidden talents. Allow the child an open culture where he/she can develop their creativity.
Social Change in the Society
CYCLE OF POVERTY
Parenting Styles
Responsibility of Teachers Learn Empathy. Provide a Model to the child to improve his/her social identity. Improve your communication style. Be an active listener. Understand the motivation process of a child. Provide encouragement to improve his/her self confidence. Provide counseling to difficult parents and children.
Motivation Process Negative Reinforcement. Positive Reinforcement Extinction Punishment
Part III – Corporal Punishment and its effects
What is Corporal Punishment ??
Effects of Corporal Punishment It lowers their self-esteem. It interferes with the learning process and with their intellectual, sensory and emotional development. It discourages the use of reasoning. It makes children feel lonely, sad and abandoned. Impede teacher-child communication.
Effects of Corporal Punishment Lowers the need for achievement. Violence begets violence. Children become critical of authority.
Student with a Low Academic Concept of the Self Is lonesome and afraid of bringing others’ laughs. Avoids problems, rejects new experiences for fear of failure. Is insecure and indecisive. Feels vulnerable and is influenced by the opinion of others. Does not share easily with others.
Student with a Low Academic Concept of the Self Is usually fearful and worried. Tends to be passive and limits contact with others. Adopts inflexible and stubborn positions. Strongly communicates his/her abilities and positions. Is extremely competitive and attacks others if possible.
How can we develop a motivation system for a mischievous child ?