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Title:IQ scores not accurate marker of intelligence, study shows Author: Michelle Castillo Date Published:2012 Why Relevant and Summary: This is a good article that disputes the standard measures of intelligence. How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me good insight on how cognitive abilities is truly measured and that there is not one sure way approach to do this. Credibility of Source: medium good sources within the article

Title:BULLYING, Bullycide and Childhood Obesity Author: JoAnn Stevelos Date Published: no date Why Relevant and Summary: Has good information about the connection between being bullied and obesity. There are good statistics and information on how to get help for a child that has been bullied How This Influenced My Thinking: It was good to look at the numbers and see how many children said they had been bullied because of their weight Credibility of Source: Taken from a website that is fighting obesity.

Title:  Identity Development Throughout the Lifetime: An Examination of Eriksonian Theory Author: Justin T. Sokol Date Published: March 1, 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: Erikson's theories are relevant to almost all types of research on identity development. Identity development is a life-span process, as Eriksonian theories suggest. This particular publication is an in depth examination of Erikson's theories on identity development: identification in early childhood, Identity formation in adolescence, identity development in adulthood. How This Influenced My Thinking: I agree with the research: Identity development is an ongoing process that continues through adulthood. I see examples of this looking over my childhood, adolescence and adulthood so far. At 32 years old, I can honestly agree with Erikson's theories on identity development - I feel as though my identity (though does not change drastically anymore) certainly continues to develop. Credibility of Source:  This publication is from Graduate Journal of Counseling Psychology at Marquette University, so is likely highly credible

Author: John Matson Date Published: June 16, 2011 Why Relevent: This is a fascinating article about the reasons evolutionarily that we resemble or parents. It makes sense and explains how hte theory was tested. How It Influenced My Thinking: I remember watching a TV show a while ago that showed this phenomenon in monkeys of some kind. I recall that this was new information to me, however I was not surprised. It makes total sense. Nature is brilliant. Credibility of Source: Very credible. The source is from an article in Scientific American

Title: Stages of Prenatal Development Date published: N.D. Why Relevant and summary: This article nicely broke down the different stages of development. How this influenced my thinking: This just really clarified all the stages for me. Credibility of source: This was an article from about.com i think it is pretty credible.

Author: W.C. Crain Date Published: 1985 Why Relevant: Very in depth information on Kohlberg's theory of moral development and how he built on the theories of Piaget How This Influenced My Thinking: I was extremely rusty in my knowledge of growth and development stages. This article brought back all of my Kohlberg training from nursing school, and then some. Credibility of Source: Retreived from Cambridge Journals

Title: Theories of Development Author: W.C Crain Date Published:1985 Why Relevant and Summary: This gives us a great breakdown of Kohlbergs six stages giving great historical examples of moral behavior. How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me a great understanding of post conventional reasoning and made the difference between stage 5 and 6 very clear Credibility of Source: old source but still a goody

Title: Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory of Human Development Author: Samantha Van Vleet Date Published: January 30, 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: the reason as to why this is relevant is because it clearly explains in great detail what bronfenbrenner's ecological theory is and why it is used by many psychologist and how it helps human development. Credibility of Source: I believe it to be moderately credible since it is under the yahoo mental health tab bar. It was written by a yahoo network contributor.

Title:Prenatal care fact sheet Author:Womens health revised by John Schmitt MD Date Published:2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This is a list of the most commonyl asked questions regarding prenatal care and containes etensive answers for each question. it is relevant because it answers all of the most important questions surrounding pregnancy and it is also revised by a licensed physician. How This Influenced My Thinking: This influenced my thinking because of its high credibility and target audience. It is in a womenshealth website reviews by healthcare professionals so it is taken into account for many women who are about to have a child or are thinking of having a child. It really shined a light for me in regards to consumig folic acid during pregnancy and how important it is for preventing birth defects. Credibility of Source: High its a .gov

Title:Language Development in Children Author:Language Child Development Institute, LLC Date Published:1999 Why Relevant and Summary:This article is a very informative and gives all stages of language development How This Influenced My Thinking:It has made me more clearly understand the process by which language is developed. credibility of Source:Source appears credible as there is a panel of experts who write on their specialties.

Title: VS Ramachandran: 3 clues to understanding your brain Author: Vilayanur Ramachandran - neurologist Date Published: March 2007 Why Relevant and Summary: The debate of nature vs. nurture is considered when neurologist Ramachandran share his findings from rehabilitating those with brain injuries or brain wiring issues such as phantom limbs. This video argues that stroke paralysis, and phantom pains could be "learned" behaviors and not innately biological. How This Influenced My Thinking: In writing my paper I discuss traumatic brain injury in the developing children and how it influences processes. This video delves deeper into neurological development and behaviors which may be more of a product of environment than biology alone. Credibility of Source: Extremely credible - Lecture given by practicing neurologist.

Title: Texas Mom Delivers Two Sets of Identical Twins Author:Katie Moisse Date: 2-18-2013 Why relevant to summary: This is a story of a woman giving birth to two sets of identical twin boys. It is a very rare occurrence and it mostly happen if IVF is involved; in this particular case was all natural. The pregnancy and delivery had no complications and the 4 baby boys were delivered at 31 weeks via c-section. How has this influenced my thinking: This was a good happy story that it doesn't happen very often.

Title:Pregnancy, Birth, and Medicine Author: Rebecca Kukla, Catherine Wayne Date:February 17, 2011 Why Relevant to Summary: This is relevant to my summary because it talks about the ways of birth as well as pregnancy per and postnatal and it talks about medicine which ones are good and which ones are not. How this Influenced My Thinking: This made me realize that there is more about being pregnant and giving birth than just flowers and chocolates. It made me realize that I still have a lot to learn: credibility:it from the encyclopedia of philosophy in Standford University.

Title: Breastfeeding Across Cultures Author: Keith Goetzman Date: 8/11/2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This just gives an example of the difference between cultures on the topic of breastfeeding in public, or just breastfeeding in general. This gives an example of Mongolian cultural differences. How This Influenced my Thinking: It showed me how different cultures vary, and how something labeled as "taboo" in our culture is completely normal for another.

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Title: Breastfeeding Around the World Author: Teri Brown Date Published: N/D Why Relevant and Summary: Because it shows how breastfeeding is different depending on culture. How This Influenced My Thinking: I learned many things I didn't know about how different cultures do things. Credibility of Source: There is different sources.

Title:Benefits of Natural Childbirth Author: Lilian Presti Date Published: June 30, 2008 Why Relevant and Summary: This article gives benefits of natural childbirth. It compares these benefits to pregnancies using technology and drugs which I thought was helpful. How This Influenced My Thinking: I always thought I would do pregnancy with drugs, but after researching and reading this article I am considering natural childbirth! Credibility of Source: The article has an author and date so it shoudl be pretty reliable. It also has references to ferer back to.

Title: What is Nature Versus Nurture? Author: Kendra Cherry Date: n.d Why Relevant to Summary: This is relevant to summary because it really looks at the differences between genetics and enviornment. This website gave examples as well, which helps to understand this concept better How Influenced my Thinking: This has influenced my thinking by viewing how my life has been influenced by either genetics or enviornment. Before, i did not know that our enviornment could play a role in our development. Credibility: This website is credible because you can see who the author is and their backgrounds

Title: The Evolution of Human Genetic and Phenotypic Variation in Africa Author: Michael C. Campbell Sarah A. Tshoff Date Published: September 27, 2010 Why Relevant and Summary: Talk about genetic diversity within Africa, including information on Lactase persistence in adults. How This Influenced My Thinking: Interested article that helps gives concrete examples of genetic variances. Credibility of Source: Very Credible

Title: Zone of Proxiaml Development Author: Heather Coffey Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: Talks about teaching techniques from a vygotskian perspective How this influenced my thinking: I was confused as to how to translate the theory into a teaching method but this article cleared it up. Credibility of source: UNC School of Education

Title:Visual Habituation and Dishabituation in Preterm Infants: A Review and Meta-analysis Author:Michael Kavšekand Marc H. Bornstein Date Published:2010 Why Relevant and Summary: Gives great detail regard habituation and dishaituation through a cognitive perspective and neurological perspective. Scientific. How This Influenced My Thinking: This gave a very in depth description of these terms and even compares these techniques across the life span. Credibility of Source: high