Tma01 Child Psychology

For TMA01 I will discuss the concept of childhood studies and child psychology and how this has changed over time and over different societies. I will also be looking at the different sociological and anthropological perspectives of childhood. I will use these to understand children’s experiences to gain more knowledge of childhood. I will also look at how limits off childhood have emerged over time and how these have influenced our knowledge and understanding of children’s lives.

Childhood studies focus on children’s lives from the ages of 0-18 years of age. Childhood is something that is universal as everyone start off as a child. Childhood studies claims its main focus is to understand childhood. Sociology and anthropology are two areas

Starting with child psychology. Psychologists focus on an individual child's abilities and how they can assess changes, some of these abilities will include physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Child psychologists look at how different changes occur in children and why these are happening. Some of these changes are obvious, e.g. changes in height, language ability and physical dexterity. There can be some changes that are less obvious and need more time to be assessed. Child psychology is used to assess how changes should be implemented in the future.

There are different fields in child psychology, two off the main fields are ‘Educational Psychologists’ and ‘Clinical Child Psychologists’. Educational psychologists work with children and young people experience problems in an education setting. They work with the child’s parents and SENCO (A special educational needs coordinator) to come up with solutions to help the child. Educational psychologists use standardized tests to assess a child, this then lets them compare how an individual child’s development is progressing compared to other children their

Everyone’s childhood is different and depends on time, place and social context, as well as on the child’s age, gender or ethnicity. A main aspect of childhood studies is that children have the right to Protection, Provision and Participation. These rights are often referred to as the ‘3Ps’. Children should be protected from things like exploitation and abuse. They should have the right to provisions, for example, food, housing and education. And finally, participation - the right to take part in decisions made on their behalf and to express their