Child Psychology : Expectation vs Reality - Book Review

We all always think about child psychology but are we all enough educated about this topic?

If your answer is NO then you should definitely check out this very informative review of the book “CHILD PSYCHOLOGY ” by Ram Nath Sharma and Rachna Sharma that will drive to many topics of child development and parenting.

Review :

1. What actually this book focuses on?

‘Child Psychology' adds a new dimension to the vast knowledge of the subject. It introduces various stages of child development right from conception to adolescence. The major topics covered by the books are Response Mechanism, Motor development, sexual development, moral and aesthetic development, learning, sense training, personality development, etc. The book gives deep insight into What child psychology is and how important it is for the students but also the laymen, parents, the teachers, the social workers but also for a layman and in fact for every individual in society.

2. What you will understand about child psychology?

To understand child psychology a child needs to study as an individual, in the context of his environment and his behavior. Also the book helps us to understand more about understanding his/her student to find a solution to a child’s problem, methods that should be adopted to present teaching materials.

The author has also discussed the scope of this subject by making mention of some important points of environmental influence upon a child’s development, perception, interaction with society, individual differences between children. We learn about studying Child psychology using scientific techniques like observation, life history, interview, projection techniques, etc.

3. What are the experimental methods and techniques in Child Development?

The book has a brief explanation to study child psychology by different methods like naturalistic observations, rating scales, experimental methods, case studies, projective techniques, genetic methods, etc. This book covers the topic, ‘ Speech Defects’ its remedial methods, how to understand such children is very well explained.

Also, we get a deep insight into the ‘ Emotional development of a Child ‘ through various stages right from his birth like infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood. We get more knowledge on how emotions affect the character, culture, prejudice, negativity in the mind of a child. We get a better understanding of understanding to what extent a child’s social development has taken place with the help of certain signs shown by the child on several occasions.

This book is reviewed by Sampada Naik, teacher at Olympia National School Pune and edited by Janhavi Shinde