PSY 210: Child Psychology and Development

Provides review of various methods in research, including correlational design and experimental method. Site provides valuable links to other issues related to psychological research.

The website of the American Psychological Association related to ethical principles. Provides information about such topics as respecting others, nondiscrimination, sexual harassment, evaluation, assessment, intervention, teaching, training, supervision, and research.

The Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative is home to a number of projects that focus on educating and raising young children. ECAP hosts research, technical assistance, and service projects.

Provides a biography of Bandura and information about his views on observational learning, television and violence, and personality development.

Provides biographical information, a summary chart and detailed explanation of his eight stages, and other information related to Erikson.

Provides a biography of Sigmund Freud, the pioneering architect of psychoanalytic theory.

Provides a biography of Jean Piaget and an overview of his cognitive developmental theory.

A link to The Convention on the Rights of the Child web site.

UNICEF maintains a Web site that includes the history of the Convention on Children's Rights, the principles, and the 41 articles (see http://www.unicef.org/crc/).

UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.

This link takes you to the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.

Leda Cosmides and John Tooby examine in-depth the idea of evolutionary psychology, including evolutionary psychology's past and present, adaptive problems, nature and nurture, and many other evolutionary psychology topics.

Examines pain, diabetes, low-birthweight, viruses, genetics, preterm labor, and other high-risk situations.

Information from the Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Children grow and develop at different rates. While their pathways through childhood differ, most pass a set of predictable milestones along the way.

KidsHealth is the #1 most-trusted source for physician-reviewed information and advice on children's health and parenting issues.

P21's mission is to serve as a catalyst to position 21st century readiness at the center of US K12 education by building collaborative partnerships among education, business, community and government leaders.

Read about Dr. Baillargeon's research on infant cognition.

Read about leading expert Patricia Bauer's research on infant memory.