Title: Advance Medical Directives Author: S. Nabili Date Published: 5.10.11 Summary and Why Relenent: This article covers power of attorney, living wills, and healthcare proxies. It expalins what all of these documents are for. How This Influenced My Thinking: It was very helpful to me as I am going through this with my father. I am going to call him tomorrow so we can get these documents in order. Credibility of Source: Good. Written by a MD

Title: Colour Vision and its Disorders Author: Dr. Colin Tidy Date Published: 2011 Why Relevent and Summary: Overview of diseases effecting rods and cones How This Influences My Thinking: It never connected the decrease in cones to loss for color vision Credibility of Source: Moderate, written by a doctor, but doctor of what?

Title: Premarital Course for Florida Author: Dawn Lipthrott Date Published: 2012 Why Relevent and Summary: A list of course content How This Influenced My Thinking: Having never been married myself, I had no idea what a premarital class entailed. This was a helpful list of class content. Credibility of Source: Written and conducted by a licensed social worker

Title: Gay Marriage is a Question of Love: Everyone Deserves the Same Chance at Permanence and Happiness. Author: Keith Olbermann Date Published: November 10, 2008 Why Relevent and Summary: When talking about gay marriage, I think this speech sums up my views on the pro side and my confusion with those opposed. This is a must read!! How This Influenced Me: I felt like someone was in my head when I first heard Keith Olbermann deliver this "Special Comment". He so eloquently spoke directly from my heart. Credibility: Opinion piece from a News Anchor, doesn't need to be credible.

Title: Gay Male and Lesbian Youth Suicide Author: Paul Gibson Why Relevant and Summary: Talks about the causes and incidence of suicide in gay youth as well as ways to prevent it. How This Influenced My Thinking: I had no idea that the rates were so much higher than in heterosexuality. Credibility of Source: High. Therapist in San Francisco

Title: Female Sex Hormones Author: Dawn Tamarkin PhD Date Published: 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: Overview of female sex hormones and how they are made. How this influenced my thinking: I didn't know that fat had anything to do with hormones. Credibility of Source: High, writen by a PhD

Title: Children and Divorce Authors: Jocelyn Block, Gina Kemp, Melinda Smith, and Jeanne Segal Date Published: Nov, 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: This article was a wealth of information and advice about helping children through divorce. It was put in a clear concise way with explainations How This Influenced My Thinking: I was a child of divorce, but at an age where it wasn't as impactful. It was interesting to see what my parents did right and wrong. Credibility of Source: Written by MA's and a PhD-High

Title: Childhood Obesity Facts Author: unknown Date Published: Feb, 19 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: This is a short and sweet overview of some of the health problems that can be faced by children who are obese. How This Changed My Thinking: I never realized the short term versus long term challenges faced by these children Credibility of Source: Very credible, CDC with lots of references

Author: Kendra Cherry Title: Parenting Styles Date: n.d. Why Relevent and Summary: A brief overview of the four parenting styles and the criteria involved in determining the style How This Changed My Thinking: I did not know the criteria Credibility of Source: OK, no date

Title: Nature, Nurture and Attention Deficit Author: ALIYAH BARUCHIN Date Published: 3/12/08 Why Relevant and Summary: I was curious about whether nature or nurture is responsible for ADHD. This article was an interview with Susan Smalley, Ph.D., is a professor in the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and director of its Mindful Awareness Research Center. How this influenced my thinking: I was fascinated to find out about some of the environmental factors that show increased lecels of ADHD. Credibility: I'm on the fence. The doctor seems credible, but I am not sure about the writer.

Title: Attachment Theory Author: Saul McLeod Published: 2009 Why Relevant: It's a pretty thorough overview of attachment theory and its theorists. How It Influenced My Thinking: It cleared up some concepts that our text book didn't get deep enough into. Credibility of Source:Simply Psychology, author used plenty of references

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: Understanding Temperament in Infants and Toddlers Author: Lindsey T. Allard and Amy Hunter Date Published: October 2010 Why Relevant and Summary: This is a great one stop shop for everything temperment, well probably not everything. It covers the categories of temperment and goodness of fit. How This Influenced My Thinking: There were some fantastic parenting techniques that I wish I had known when I was raising my child Credibilty of Source: Very credible. Vanderbilt University site

Title: Cosleeping Around The World Author: James J. McKenna, Ph.D. Date Published: 2007 Why Relevant and Summary: This is a wonderful article about some of the cultures that practice co-sleeping. One mark down for brevity. How This Influenced My Thinking: I had no idea that what I did naturally was a thing of controversy. I am glad that other cultures, including our own, practice co-sleeping. Credibility of Source: Very high

Title: The Cultural Art of Breastfeeding Author: Cynthia Good Mojab, MS Date Published: October-November 2000 Why Relevant and Summary: While this article is from a pro-breastfeeding site, there is a ton of info about the culture of breastfeeding. It covers both biological and cultural aspects. How This Influenced My Thinking: I never thought about how the lack of breastfeeding in the family would influence a new mom. Credibility of Source: The La Leche League is the Pro-Breastfeeding place to go. I find this source extremely credible.

Author: David B Chamberlain Date Published: Unknown Why Relevent: This article was a wealth of information full of examples of in utero learning. How This Influenced My Thinking: I had no idea you could train your baby to kick on command! I am astonished by the capabilities of human infants. Credibility of Source: The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health

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

Author: Dede Paquette - John Ryan Date Published: July 12th 2001 Why Relevent: This was a quick and to the point overview of the theory. It simplified the levels so I could wrap my head around it. The only drawback was that it was a little too short anf sweet. How This Influenced My Thinking- It just cleared up some of the levels for me. Credibility: From USD website

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