Title: Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea: Charles Eugster at TEDxZurich
Author: Charles Eugster
Date Published: 2012
Why Relevant & Summary: This video is motivational and gives tips on how to maintain/regain life at any age.
How this influenced my thinking: Speaker, Eugster's advice flys in the face of socially acceptable behaviors, such as retirement. His life examples are provoking.
Credibility of Source: 7/From first-hand experience
Title: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
Author: Santrock
Date Published: 2013
Why Relevant & Summary: This excerpt from a text book gives a broad explanation of what occurs physically and mentally during middle adulthood.
How this influenced my thinking: This text gave detailed information about what is maintained and what diminishes during middle adulthood.
Credibility of Source: 7/All sources cited; appears to be a textbook
Title: Dr. Leaf; Switch on Your Brain
Author: Dr. Caroline Leaf
Date Published: 2013
Why Relevant & Summary: Dr. Leaf discusses a person's thought life and how that relates to biological & cognitive changes.
How this influenced my thinking: This article shows how what one thinks about truly influences health.
Credibility of Source: 7/Qualified neurologist and educator
Title: The 5 Love Languages
Author: Gary Chapman
Date Published: 2010
Why Relevant & Summary: This site offers a quiz to see what your love languages are, helping you to know how you communicate, and a way to find out how is best to communicate love to your significant other.
How this influenced my thinking: I have read through Chapman's book and found it quite helpful. I think this is a great resource for anyone in a relationship.
Credibility of Source: 7- qualified therapist's site.
Title: Intelligence Across Cultures
Author: ETIENNE BENSON
Date Published: 2003
Why Relevant & Summary: This article explores how intelligence is perceived differently across different cultures.
How this influenced my thinking: This gave real world examples of intelligences worldwide
Credibility of Source: 6/ American Psychological Association
Title: The Construction of Intelligence in Terms of Cultural Differences between East and West
Author: Elif Aslan Bulut
Date Published: 2008
Why Relevant and Summary: This article covers the concept of intelligence among different cultures, worldwide.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This article helped to support my belief that intelligence is based on the dominant culture's values.
Credibility of Source: 7/ All sources are cited at the end of the article.
Title: Teaching About Religion
Author: Mynga Futrell, Ph.D
Date Published: 8/18/06
Why Relevant and Summary: This article shows how a worldview is developed and perpetuated.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It breaks down the elements which create one's worldview.
Credibility of Source: 7- in text citations
Title: [Discovery Channel] Body Story - Episode 4 - Teen Dreams
Author: Discovery Channel
Date Published: March 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This film clip gives a great visual description of what occurs both inside and ourside of the body during male & female puberty.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This film bring puberty back to rememberance and makes it personal, again.
Credibility of Source: 7- Discovery Channel endorsed.
Title: Should I Get A Divorce?
Author: Amy Desai
Date Published: 2006-2007
Why Relevant and Summary: This article give the viewpoint from a Christian worldview, in which options other than divorce are evaluated. It warns of the long-lasting effects an emotional judgment may not take the time to contemplate.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This whole Focus on the Family site has great resources and ideas for those in marital distress.
Credibility of Source: 6- Expert in the field but not clear citing of resources.
Title: Understanding Childhood Obesity
Author: Len Saunders
Date Published: October 23, 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This article reflects upon many of the socio-cultural factors which have aided in our childhood obesity epidemic.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I showed me how our problem of obesity cannot be limited to diet and exercise, but is the perfect storm of sendentary/obesity-promoting occurances within our culture.
Credibility of Source: 6 - He has served on many board with education & influence in childhood obesity.
Title: Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus
Author: Keith Devlin
Date Published: July 4, 2009
Why Relevant and Summary: This article exposes the facts behind the BMI and its accuracy, or lack of, in determining body fatness.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This article showed when, how, and why the BMI method was established, and its shortcomings for accurately assesing body fatness.
Credibility of Source: 6- Published by a credible source, but references not cited at end of text.
Title:Diana Baumrind's (1966) Prototypical Descriptions of 3 Parenting Styles
Author: K. H. Grobman
Date Published: 2003-2008
Why Relevant and Summary: This page gives great excerpts from Baumrind's literature, along with helpful explanations and examples.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped to clarify Baumrind's theory.
Credibility of Source: 7- References cited.
Title: Attention Deficit Disorder: An Introduction to ADD/ADHD
Author: Regina Bussing, M.D. and John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
Date Published: Jan. 6, 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This site grants a broad and detailed overview of many factors dealing with ADHD.
How This Influenced My Thinking: The up-to-date research regarding the history, treatments, and causes of ADHD of this site have been illuminating and helpful.
Credibility of Source: 7- Sources are cited at the bottom of articles, from credible sources.
Title: Attachment Theory - John Bowlby
Author: Counseling Resource, http://www.counsellingtutor.com/ (YouTube)
Date Published: 2011
Why Relevant and Summary: This video gives the history and overview of John Bowlby and his impact of attachment theory. Part 2 goes into Mary Ainsworth's addition to Bowlby's work.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped me gain a better understanding of what occurs in development based on the 4 types of attachment.
Credibility of Source: 7; gives credible references
Title: Lev Vygotsky
Author: Saul McLeod
Date Published: 2007
Why Relevant and Summary: This article gives a detailed overview of Vygotsky's theory of social development.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This article relates the similarities and differences between Piaget's theories and Vygotsky's.
Credibility of Source: 7- cites all sources which are credible
Title: Using Toys to Support Infant-Toddler Learning and Development
Author:Gabriel Guyton
Date Published: September 2011
Why Relevant and Summary: This article shares about toys useful to child development, along with presenting a graph showing what toys are most appropriate and beneficial at each age.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This article gave clear and concise information as to what development is occurring and at what age.
Credibility of Source: 7- Published by the credible agency, NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children)
Title: Breastfeeding and cosleeping with baby affects mom's welfare
Author: Rachael Rettner
Date Published: Nov. 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This article states that breastfeeding and co-sleeping aided in the reduction of the stress hormone cortizol in mothers.
How This Influenced My Thinking: The physical effects of natural care taking methods are more pervasive than previously realized
Credibility of Source: 6 - Published by FOX News
Title: Water Birth
Author: American Pregnancy Association
Date Published: 01/2013
Why Relevant and Summary: This page shows the benefits to water birth over traditional vaginal birth outside of water, giving tips on how to prepare for a water birth, and those it would not work well for.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I was unaware of all of the benefits of water births.
Credibility of Source: 8; sources are cited at the base of article
Title: Annie Murphy Paul: What we learn before we're born
Author: Annie Murphy Paul.
Date Published: 2011
Why Relevant and Summary: The journalist and mother expounds upon the different research and studies that give insight into what a fetus experiences and learns in-utero.
How This Influenced My Thinking: The last part of this talk discusses the "Hunger Winter" study and how prenatal exposure to famine effected health in adult life, and how 9/11 fetuses of mother who experienced the trauma, had babies with greater susceptibility to PTSD.
Credibility of Source: Highly credible with verifiable references
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.