While motor development refers to changes in children’s ability to hold in their body’s movements. This includes waving and kicking movements to the adaptive control of reaching and locomotion. This is where the concept of nurture vs. Nature takes place, we have been learning a great deal about false perception or false belief and after researching and seeing it firsthand children do think differently than adults do for the simple fact that we can determine if something is the truth or not while the children struggle with this. Every day is a new day for children, which means learning something new if you tell a child something more likely than not they will believe you and go along with what you …show more content…
Each child grows at a different rate, however some of these theories suggest where a child should be at a specific age. There are numerous different kinds of theories when it comes to childhood development, however, it all depends on which is the best fit for the individual child. Sigmund Freud stressed the importance of childhood events and experiences, this is a noble aspect when thinking about children and how you should raise them, for the reason that children remember certain effects about their childhood and apply these ideas as adults. Another theory of child development is Erik Erikson, he also projected a stage theory of development, however, his theory incorporated human growth throughout the entire lifespan. Another theory is Jean Piaget, who suggested that children think differently than adults and proposed a stage theory. He believed that children gain knowledge from the world around them. This is just a few that we have learned so far in class, however, I think all three have great benefits to them, I would most like to agree with Piaget for the reason that, children learn a great deal about who they are and where they want to go from the people around them whether it be family members or just a stranger at a store children catch onto