Real World Observation

            I am observing a one year old boy who is sitting at the center of the living room. The living room seems to be comfortable as it is well furnished so as to suit his comfort with his safety precautions in mind.  I will be observing him for twenty five minutes as I will be sitting at the corner of the living room. The boy is sitting on the floor with his playing toys all over around him. His caregiver who happens to be his mother who is thirty years of age is sitting on the floor next to him. The boy seems to be interested in the reaction of his mother as he hands her his toys one by one. He thus leans back and forth picking up each one of his toys and hands them o his mother. He drops his mouth as he eagerly waits to see the reaction of his mother on the face whenever he hands her the toys. His mother on the other hand tells him the color and letter of the various blocks that he hands over to her.  he nods his head as he leans forward so as to reach out for a car toy where he pushes it for some five minutes. He later looks up to see what his mother is doing and he pushes the toy towards her. He seems to be happy with her mother’s reaction and as he plays he regularly looks up at his mother to see if she is paying attention to him. He thus smiles at his mother as his mother smiles back to him. As his mother wakes up from the floor to pick up these toys so as to organize the living room, he leaves the toys and he periodically goes to his mother as he is interested in doing what his mother is doing. He seems very dependent on the mood of his mother and this is evident from the way he reacts to his mother’s reaction towards any form of distraction as he wants to have all his mothers’ attention. They thus seem to have a close relationship with his mother. His expected behaviors are in aligning with his behaviors as per the observation. This is because of the fact that infants at this age tends to be more social and they tend to do things at their own for instance crawling around. They also enjoy helping out their parents in the various chores that they are doing. They also like more of attention from their parents and those around them (Ponitz et al 2009). These boy behaviors are hence determined by his age as other infants of his age, are likely to have the same conducts. The expected behavior for a one year boy is that they tend to be more social and they try to understand the things that are told to them.

            I being at the room is not a big deal for the baby as he seems comfortable with me being there. At times when I fail to pay attention as I am busy writing something down, he crawl over to me and sit near me with his toy and looks at me. On my reaction towards him through smiling or even talking to him, he smiles back and seems satisfied with that and crawls back to go and play with the rest of his toys. While playing with him using his toys, it is quite evident that he uses his tools in a convectional way. He pushes and pulls his toys back and forth. He seems to stand at ease and he seems balanced and confident, he however cannot seem to stand straight. He crawls on the floor making some noises as he plays with his toys such as while pushing his car toy around. This is a representative behavior for a one year old infant. At first when he was left by his mother in the room together with me, he wanted to cry but first watched me. He wants to see my reaction as well and with a smile he also smiles. The boy clings onto his mother as she is trying to leave but this anxiety passes as I reacted on him.  He is social and enjoys relating with others and also enjoys playing alone for short durations. This is clear that the boy’s behavior is representative of his age. He also seems to have good speed skills which are fine as well as coarse for his age (Ponitz et al 2009). All these behaviors of this boy are in accordance to his age. At this age, they use their new found language so as to get the attention of their caregivers or even those that are around her. They tend to be shy and anxious to strangers and especially when they are left by their caregivers. It is thus clear that the boy is acting in relation to his age.

 

 

References

            Ponitz, C. C., McClelland, M. M., Matthews, J. S., & Morrison, F. J. (2009). A structured observation of behavioral self-regulation and its contribution to kindergarten outcomes. Developmental psychology, 45(3), 605.