Child Development
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New research from Northwestern University in Illinois has highlighted just how important it is to talk to babies, even when they are months away from uttering their first words. The study shows that even 3 month olds are able to use language to form categories.
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Friday, 26 February 2010 08:35
Can Sensitive Parenting Protect Against The Effects of Prenatal Stress?
Written by Keiron Walsh
An interesting new study that is relevant to many areas of the A Level Psychology has just been published in the journal, Biological Psychology. The study investigated the relationship between prenatal stress (associated with a number psychological disorders), attachment type and Cognitive Development.
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 16:32
Children of Working Mothers Judged Less Favourably Than Stay At Home Mothers
Written by Keiron Walsh
A Study from Kanzas State University has found that 'people' make more favourable judgements of a mother, her child and their relationship when the mother is not in full time work. Test your evaluation skills by spotting the obvious flaw in the study...
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When preschool children keep asking "Why?", you should give them a proper explanation, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of Michigan.
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Monday, 17 August 2009 15:33
Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Children Copy Parent's Methods of Control
Written by Keiron Walsh
Does using physical punishments to control children make it more likely that they will use physical aggression to control each other? Will children use the same emotional methods of control that their parents use? These are some of the questions asked by Sofie Kuppens and her colleagues in a new study published in the British Journal of
Developmental Psychology.
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Saturday, 15 November 2008 20:11
Is Arguing In Front of Your Children Bad For Them?
Written by Keiron Walsh
Most couples sometimes argue, but does it matter if these arguments take place in front of their children? Previous research has shown that children who become very distressed when their parents fight are at risk of developing a wide range of psychological problems. Now a new study has examined whether these children differ in their biological stress response when their parents take part in simulated arguments. The research by researchers at the University of Rochester, the
University of Minnesota, and the University of Notre Dame, is published in the November/December 2008 issue of the journal Child Development.
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