Temperament And Child Development

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Temperament is defined by Martin (1994) as it refers to individual’s behavioural tendencies are existing early in life and are comparatively stable during growth and different situations. As it is also cited in (Bates, 1989; Goldsmith et al., 1987), that temperament is considered to be built in the biology of an organism. The above definition gives a clear explanation that a person’s temperament is the genetic built up, it is an innate component of their lives and it is constant throughout an individual’ life. According to Rothbart & Derryberry (2007) temperament is individual differences emotionally, in motor, and attentional reactivity gauged by the following processes; latency (time interval between the stimulation and response, or, from …show more content…

The dimensions are as follows, activity level, approach/withdrawal, intensity, threshold, adaptability, rhythmicity, mood, attention span persistence, and distractibility. These dimensions are the basis of individual’s behavioural pattern in different environments. Even though the definition of temperament in Bates (1980) states that it emerges in infancy and exhibit some degree of continuity during the child’s development. However, (Rothbart & Derryberry 2007 cited in Bates p.302) argued that there is growing evidence that exhibit a great change in the biobehaviour during a child’s development, they cites Emde et al., (1976) that stability on a temperament dimension can be expected over a short time but not on a longer time of …show more content…

The first one is when the parents’ manifestation of their genotypic make-up and behavioural tendencies had influenced their choice of the environment they construct for their children (Matin, 1994). If the parents are highly intelligent they may create an environment that is filled with books and other learning materials for the child. The environment would be else filled with opportunities for the child if his or her parent are highly active, they might subscribe the just in athletics sport clubs and other sporty activities (Matin, 1994). The cross cultural research from Rothbart, Ahadi & Evan (2000) supports the above statement by looking at the Chines and Canadian parents’ behavioural tendencies towards their children

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