Cognitive development and biological factors affecting child development stage
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NR.120.522 PUBLIC HEALTH
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Johns Hopkins University School Of Nursing
The stage of early childhood development is critical and influences a child's development either negatively or positively. The process of development can be influenced by either environmental or biological factors. Biological factors are the internal processes that include genetics and can influenc...
The stage of early childhood development is critical and influences a child's development either
negatively or positively. The process of development can be influenced by either environmental
or biological factors. Biological factors are the internal processes that include genetics and can
influence a child's development in the most crucial times such as in early childhood and prenatal
period. During early childhood, the hormones from the mothers and their DNA can influence
development in a big way. According to research by Ramus (2006), the prenatal factors during
the child’s development will affect the linguistic child’s development while the postnatal factors
affect the cognitive child’s development process. For this part, I will analyze adolescence and
infancy as the two development stages regarding the impact of biological factors.
Infancy is a development stage that has a high impact on the process of a child's development.
During infancy, biological factors such as genetics, brain development, and prenatal exposure to
various substances play a critical role in shaping the future character traits of a child. Genetics
plays a clear and key role in shaping the inherited character traits of a child. The traits are
inherited from the parents or from the same lineage where they may include certain health
conditions. The physical characteristics also inherited from the parents may shape their future
appearance and behaviors. The brain development process is crucial in shaping cognitive and
emotional functioning during infancy (Heberle et al., 2020). The internal process of brain
development should be taken seriously by the parents as what the child will develop will shape
and determine the child's behavior. The brain of a child develops rapidly in various neural ways
which contribute to the development of emotional and cognitive functioning. The neural pathway
facilitates the development of social skills and language acquisition which is critical during the
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