Title: Activity Theory
Author: Boundless
Date: N.d.
Why Relevant and Summary:This article is relevant to the topic because it defines what the Activity Theory.
How this influenced my thinking: It helped me understand the way this theory works and demonstrates it.
Credibility: I think it is credible because it shows many different sources that were sited.
Title-Middle Adulthood: Physical & Cognitive Development
Author- Robert Feldman
Date- No date
Why relevant and summary: It has a lot of useful information. It covers different information regarding. It also covers information regarding cognitive and physical changes.
How this influenced my thinking now I know more about what mid adults go through.
Credibility of source: It seems credible. It has a lot of useful information.
Title: Intelligence Across Cultures
Author: Etienne Benson
Date Published: February 2003
Why relevant and summary: It is interesting to see what is intellectually important in different cultures. In Some cultures the simple fact of being able to socialize is seen as an intelligent act.
How this influenced my thinking: Its easier to see why people appreciate characteristics in a person.
Credebility of Source: Seems credible it has other source.
Title: Kohlberg's Three Levels and Six Stages of Moral Reasoning
Author:T. M McDevitt| & J. E. Ormrod
Date Published: n.d.
Why Relevant and Summary: It discuss the three and six stages of Moral reasoning.
How this influenced my thinking: it taught me more about morality and what influences and what stages an individual will go through.
Credibility of source: seems credible it sources information and has two different authors.
Title: Primary Physical Changes Associated with Puberty
Author: Angela Oswalt
Date published: Updated June 23, 2010
Why Relevant and Summary: This website gives a lot of information on the primary changes that adolescent goes through. It discusses emotional changes as well as sexual changes.
How this influenced my thinking: It makes me look back and think about the changes that I went through.
Credibility of Source: It seems credible it is a medical website and it was updated.
Title: Children and divorce
Author: No Author
Date Published: Updated March 2011
Why Relevant and summary: It is relevant because it talks about divorce and how it affects children. It also discusses what the best approach is when dealing with children and divorce.
How this influenced my thinking: I am now more conscious and aware that everything that parents do will affect their children.
Title:Obesity Makes Children a Target for Bullying
Author: Pam Harrison
Date Published: May 04, 2010
Summary And Relevance: It talks about obesity and how it affects children.
How this changed my thinking: I knew obesity was a problem but i didn't realize the affect it had on bullying.
Credibility: it seems credible
Title: What is ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)?
Author: Multiple authors
Date: n.d.
Why relevant and summary: This article is relevant because it discusses what ADHD is. It talks about the types of ADHD and the symptoms. It also has a section where it discusses ADHD in adults, and what it is in adults. It also discusses what causes ADHD and how to determine if someone around you has ADHD.
How this influenced my thinking: I know a lot more about ADHD.
Credibility of Source: It seems credible it cites other soruces.
Title: Attachment Theory
Author: Kendra Cherry
Date Published: N.D.
Why Relevant and Summary: It is relevant because it discusses the importance of attachment. It also describes the components of attachment. It also discusses several different characteristics of attachment.
How this influenced my thinking: This influenced my thinking because I hadn't realized how important attachment is to a child.
Title: Zone of Proximal Development
Author: Saul McLeod
Date Published: 2010
Why Relevant and Summary: It defines the zone of proximal development and it also gives several good examples. It gives the example of a girl learning to play tennis.
Credibly of Source: It seems credible it cites other places and was recently updated in 2012.
Title: Goodness of Fit: The Challenge of Parenting Gifted Children
Author: Andrew Mahoney
Date Published: No Date
Why Relevant and Summary: This article is relevant because it talks about how a parent should be prepared according to the child. It also discusses a wide range of what to keep in mind when it comes to a child's temperament.
How this influenced my thinking: This changed the way I think because it goes in detail how truly prepared a parent has to be.
Credibility of source: it seems reliable it has refrences and cites everything.
Title: Crib sleeping Vs. Co- Sleeping
Author: Patty Onderko
Date Published: No Date
Why Relevant: It is relevant because it talks about where the baby can sleep and what are the benefits of sleeping with the parents. It also gives parents opinion.
Credibility of sources: It seems credible it has other sources
Title: Breast vs. Bottle for Feeding Your Baby
Author: Roy Benaroch
Date Published: Last revised July 2012
Why relevant and Summary: It is relevant because it discusses the difference between breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. It gives a detailed list of the advantages of breastfeeding.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This influenced my thinking because now I fully know the advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding and bottle feeding.
Credibility of Source: It seems credible it was revised only a couple of months ago
Title: Birthing Options
Author: Woman's Health
Date Published: 2013
Why Relevant and Summary: The Reason why this is relevant is because it has several different birthing options. It talks about pregnancy, things to consider, possible locations for birth, and methods for birth.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I hadn't realized how many different birth methods there were.
Credibility of Source: It seems credible, the article is very informative and the website has a lot information on women's health
Title: Nature Vs. Nurture: Are we really Born That Way?
Author: Kimberly Powell
Date: February 02, 2013
Why Relevant and Summary: The reason why it is relevant is because it explains what Nature vs. Nurture. The Nature Theory takes states that more traits such as intelligence, personality, aggression, and sexual orientation are also encoded in an individual's DNA. Supporters of the nurture theory believe they ultimately don't matter - that our behavioral aspects originate only from the environmental factors of our upbringing.
How This influenced my thinking: It is interesting to see that some things are really out of our control.
Credibility of source: It seems credible, it has been recently updated and it is very informative.
Title: Ecological Systems
Author: David Nollmeyer
Date Published: N.D.
Why Relevant; The reason why this is relevant is because it goes in depth of the five levels. It also uses examples to help understand.
How this influenced my thinking: I was able to get more in depth with the theory.
Credibility: seems credible there is a lot of information.
Title: Identity Formation
Author: Rice and Dolgin
Date Published: 2009
Why Relevant and summary: On this article it discusses different stages that an individual may be in or is going through regarding their identity. It goes in depth on identity formation stages, regarding politics, religion, a vocational goal and more clearly defined sex roles.
How this influenced my thinking: I can relate to it because I can relate to some of the stages and understand them better. I also became more informed.
Credibility of Source: It seems credible I believe it came from a book perhaps even a textbook.