Child Psychology –Spring 2004
Psychology 20651, Section 001, Call# 00133
Instructor: Nicole Nugent, M.A. Office Hours: W 10:30-12:00; F 1:00-2:30
210 Franklin Hall (Or by appointment)
(330)
672-8888 (*80956)
www.personal.kent.edu/~nnugent
Required Textbook: Santrock, J.W. (2004). Child Development, 10th Edition. McGraw Hill.
| COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS will be posted here as necessary. You are still responsible for announcements made in class but are encouraged to use this website to remind yourself of announcements and to use additional child materials available on this page. |
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Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:30-12:00; Fridays 1:00-2:30 ~~ See you there! |
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Don't forget--YOU CANNOT DROP YOUR FINAL EXAM GRADE! What if you missed an exam? You can either use that as your one "drop grade" or you can take an essay exam during finals week. If you chose to take the essay exam, email me with an excuse for the exam that you missed and I will schedule you to take the essay exam. Wondering how to master the material? Check out the study skills website created by Virginia Tech or the Child Development Text has a website specifically developed for the child development materials we are using. |
List of Supplemental Readings (Available through Electronic Reserve provided by the Library; Password: adolescent24)
| Mr. Quimby wiped plate
clean and stacked it in the cupboard. "I'm taking an art course,
because I want to teach art. And I'll study child development--" Ramona interrupted. "What's child development?" "How kids grow," answered her father. Why does anyone have to go to school to study a thing like that? wondered Ramona. All her life she had been told that the way to grow was to eat good food, usually food she did not like, and get plenty of sleep, usually when she had more interesting things to do than go to bed. --Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary |
On-Line Resources
| UNIT I: BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT | |
| Chapter 2: Theories of Child Development | Tutorials for Developmental Theories |
| Classic Theories of Child Development | |
| Psych REF - Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Adolescence | |
| Jean Piaget Society | |
| Chapter 3: Biological Beginnings | Embryology |
| Developmental Biology | |
| Chapter 4: Prenatal Development and Birth | Childbirth.org |
| The National Childbirth Trust | |
| Social Psychology Network | |
| Chapter 5: Physical Development in Infancy | Physical Care of Young Infants |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Alliance | |
| Social Psychology Network | |
| Baby Place | |
| La Leche League | |
| International Society on Infant Studies | |
| Chapter 6: Physical Development in Childhood and Adolescence | Columbia University |
| "Daddy, what are you
studying?" Once again Mr. Quimby threw down his pencil. "I am studying the cognitive processes of children," he answered. Ramona raised her head to look at him. "What does that mean?" she asked. "How kids think," her father told her. Ramona did not like the sound of this subject at all. "Why are you studying that?" she demanded. Some things should be private, and how children thought was one of them. She did not like the idea of grown-ups snooping around in thick books trying to find out. --Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary |
| UNIT II: COGNITION AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT | |
| Chapter 7: Cognitive Developmental Approaches | Cognitive Development Society |
| The "Psi Cafe" | |
| Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education | |
| Cognitive Development E-Books | |
| Chapter 8: Information Processing | The Information Processing Approach |
| Learning & Cognition--Basic Information Processing Model | |
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History of Intelligence |
| Mensa | |
| Chapter 10: Language Development | Communication Disorders |
| Speech and Language Development | |
| UNIT III: SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE SELF | |
| Chapter 11: Emotional Development | The Stages of Social-Emotional Development |
| Chapter 12: The Self and Identity | Identity and Self in Sami Families |
| Self, Ethnic Identity, and Acculturation | |
| Media, Gender and Identity (according to Gauntlett) | |
| The Teenage Diaries | |
| Chapter 13: Gender | Gender Roles in Toy Commercials |
| Children, Television and Gender Roles | |
| A Comparison with Asian Cultures | |
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Teaching Parents to Facilitate Moral Development |
| Gilligan's Theory of Moral Development | |
| Longitudinal Study of Moral Development | |
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My
sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in
sixth grade at the time. ~Linda Sunshine
Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ~Margaret Mead If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: "Give me all the attention and all the toys and send Rebecca to live with Grandma." ~Linda Sunshine |
| UNIT IV: SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF DEVELOPMENT | |
| Chapter 15: Families | Social Psychology Network |
| ABCs of Parenting | |
| National Parenting Center | |
| National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect | |
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The Department of Health and Human Service |
| Development of Friendship | |
| Children without Friends | |
| Friendships: Helping your Child through Early Adolescence | |
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Headstart |
| U.S. Department of Education | |
| Association for Childhood International | |
| EducatorsNet | |
| Mid-Continent Regional Educational Lab | |
| National Dropout Prevention Center | |
| Montessori Education | |
| High/Scope Educational Research Foundation | |
| National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education | |
| Chapter 18: Culture | Socio-cultural theory |
| Television and Children | |
| Children's Television Workshop | |
| ADDITIONAL RESOURCES | |
| Therapy | |
| Adolescents and Youth | |
| Depression | |
| Suicide | |
| Research | Society for Research in Child Development |
| American Psychological Association | |
| American Psychological Society | |
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http://www.coping.org/courses/child/syllabus.htm |
| http://bernard.pitzer.edu/~dmoore/psych199s03syl.html | |
| Miscellaneous | Child Development Resources |
| American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | |
| Resources for Children | |
| Society for Research on Adolescence | |
Want to learn more about Child Psychology?
A few of my favorite books that include Child Psychology/Development topics:
Hersch, P. (1999). A Tribe Apart. Ballantine Books.
Levenkron, S. (1999). Cutting. W.W. Norton & Co.
Pipher, M. (1995). Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Ballantine Books.
Simmons, R. (2003). Odd Girl Out. Harvest Books.
Shonkoff, J.P., & Phillips, D. (2000). Neuron's to Neighborhoods. National Academy Press.
Sapolsky, R.M. (1998). Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. W. H. Freeman & Co.
Worden, J.W. (1996). Children and Grief When a Parent Dies. Guilford Press.