Posts Tagged: child development

Psychology Update — How Kids Learn Prejudice

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TITLE How Kids Learn Prejudice   DESCRIPTION This is a great article for use with either the child development chapters and most certainly Social Psychology chapters in the text book.  It briefly discusses the “Trump Effect” of the current election but most importantly points out that attitudes are developed early in childhood.   “Developmental psychology research… Read more »

Psychology Website of the Week — APA PARENTING RESOURCES

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PSYCHOLOGY WEBSITE OF THE WEEK — APA PARENTING RESOURCES TITLE URL       http://www.apa.org/topics/parenting/ DESCRIPTION The APA provides a wealth of resources based upon research studies.  This site can be used in conjunction with the three articles in the Psychology Update of October 31, 2016 or in connection with the textbook chapters on child development.

Psychology Update — Six Children’s Books That Use Psychological Techniques to Help Kids

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TITLE Six Children’s Books That Use Psychological Techniques to Help Kids DESCRIPTION Six books are listed in this popular blog.  Each of these children’s books tells a story and embeds a “technique” that is essentially a self-help technique.  The stories cover issues in sleep, anxiety, trauma, tantrums and so on.  The books could be useful… Read more »

CINDERELLA & PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT — 3 ARTICLES

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CINDERELLA & PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT — 3 ARTICLES DESCRIPTION The Smithsonian blog (March 15, 2015) notes that “there is no scarcity of Cinderella tales—folklorists have identified more than 700 different variants around the world. How to explain the popularity of this humble heroine who marries her handsome prince in spite of her treacherous stepsisters and abusive… Read more »