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Title: Nature Vs. Nurture: Are we Really Born That Way? Author: Kimberly Powell Date published: N.D. Why Relevant and Summary: In this article she clearly explains the topic of nature vs. nurture and goes into how it is still undetermined if our genes play a role in our personality. How it influenced my thinking: It made me wonder if my personality trait that are similar to my parents came from them genetically or if it is similar because that is what i grew up around. Credibility of source: This article seems somewhat credible, though i didn't see any references.

Title: Nature vs. Nurture Are We Really Born That Way? Author: Kimberly Powell Date Published: February 2, 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: This article is relevant because it explains clearly what the difference between nature and nurture. This article talks about how scientist fight over how much of who we are is shaped by genes and how much by the environment. How This Influenced My Thinking: It influenced me thinking by explaining to me how nature and nurture do play a big role in human development Credibility of Source: This source seems credible

Title: Nature vs. Nurture: Are we really born that way? Author: Kimberly Powell Date Published: 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: This article gives a great overview of this debate and gives historical information as well. How This Influenced My Thinking: This influenced my thinking regarding certain controversial attributes that are involved in this debate such as morality and sexual orientation. Credibility of Source: medium. informational website but not a credible author.

Title: Habituation in infant cognition Author:Nicholas Turk-Browne, Brian Scholl, and Marvin Chun Date Published: Dec. 2, 2008 Why Relevant and Summary:This research article goes over the basic principles of habituation and dishabituation. It also covers experiments performed and breaks them down to show how infants react to stimuli for periods of time. How This Influenced My Thinking: This reinforced my beliefs on habituation and dishabituation and increased my knowledge on the subject. Credibility of Source:Uses references and research so it is pretty reliable

Title: Infant looking time habituation. Activity 2 from "what babies can do?" DVD Author: power-babies-youtube video Date: March 24, 2011 Why relevant and summary:The process of habituation is very crucial to our cognitive development and ability to function in the world. This clip shows the activity how it is performed and how the data is collected and the graph plotted. I think it is very interesting watching what we learn how it is actually done in practice and also how it occurs naturally. How this influenced my thinking: It has made my belief stronger on the ability our children have to perform cognitive tasks at a much earlier age than previously thought. Credibility of source: This DVD is put together by a psychologist with a PhD in experimental psychology and cognitive science.

Title:Suggested Toys for Infants to Encourage Cognitive Development Author:Cheryl Gabbert Date Published:updated: 2/23/2012 Why Relevant and Summary: It provides useful information for young parents as it explains what type of changes your infant goes through as he grows and how parents can help his cognition with a variety of activities and toys build for specific milestones. How This Influenced My Thinking: As a parent of two boys, I heavily relied on newspaper and magazine articles about new toys and activities to engage your child, and I found them to be helpful Credibility of Source: It was published in a website that it is devoted to education, its references were legitimate and it was also updated last year which makes it current

Title: Suggested Toys for Infants to Encourage Cognitive Development Author: Cheryl Gabbert Date Published: 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: It gives examples on toys for infants and how they help infants cognitive development. How This Influenced My Thinking: This influenced my thinking on the best different kinds of toys for infants. Credibility of Source: They have sources and it is pretty resent.

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: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Author: John Mersch, MD Date Published: 7/2/2012 Why Relevant and Summary:This article is relevant because it provides a definition for ADHD/ADD. As well, the article breaks down what it is, the symptoms and signs, and a lot more detail information. How This Influenced My Thinking: this article gave a lot of detailed information and influenced me by giving me a more detailed out look on how those diagnosed with ADHD are effected. Credibility of Source: very credible written my a MD.

Title: Obesity Author: Coursy Date Published: 3/21/2013 Why Relevant and Summary: This article detailed the the diagnosis of obesity and its main causes How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped me realize that there are more causes than just physical exercise. Now I know there are close to 10 possible causes for it. Credibility of Source: WebMd.....you can decide ;)

Title:Middle Childhood to Middle Adolescence: Development from Ages 8 to 18 Author:Blume & Zembar Date Published:2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This source is all about middle childhood and adolescence and gives you a good sense how the progression from childhood into adolescence including social interactions How This Influenced My Thinking:This source gave me a good understanding about peer relationships in particular in what makes middle age children socially acceptable and popular Credibility of Source:high

Title: Puberty, Periods and Girls' Bodies Author: Avert Date Published: n.d Why Relevant: Talks about the puberty stages of a girl. What to expect emotionally, mentally and physically. Shows things you can use when you get your period and what to use for acne. How this influenced thinking: It doesn't because I already knew these things. But, it does help with my approach if I have a daughter. Credibility: Article has references as well.

Title: Puberty, Periods and Girls' Bodies Author: Avert Date Published: n.d Why Relevant:Goes into great detail about puberty for females what to expect and the symptoms you can expect. If also gives many information about the female body. How this influenced thinking: Didn't influence my thinking, because these were all things that I have already learned but it did give me give me many ideas of how I might go about talking to my 2 daughters when they reach puberty. Credibility: This article has great logical information as well as references.

Title: Intellectual, Psychosocial and Moral Development in College: Four Major Theories Author: Joanne Kurfiss Date Published: 1983 Why Relevant and Summary: This is an excerpt from a book that gives a great break down in William Perry's reflective judgement theory How This Influenced My Thinking: It gave me a detailled description of each stage of thinking, particularly a great explanation of relativism and relativism/ commitment Credibility of Source: high

Title:Pros and Cons of Assisted Living Communitites Author: Katrina Wells Date Published: May 30, 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This gives pros and cons of assisted living communities/facilities from perspectives of the adult who needs care. How This Influenced my thinking: Backed up what i already believed to be true of assisted living communities, as my granparent lived in a senior community. Credibility: "Katrena Wells is a RN in NC with 17 1/2 years of experience in oncology, an educator since 1995, and has taught exercise classes since 1999"

Title:Disengagement Theory Author:No Author-Boundless Date Published:N.D Why Relevant and Summary:It clearly explains the theory of disengagement in older adults. How This Influenced My Thinking:It helped me to understand where older people are coming from more personally. Credibility of Source:Fairly credible

Author: Creative Commons Title:Activity Theory Date Published:n.d. Summary and Why Relevant: this article discusses the difference between activity theory and disengagement theory. I discusses in depth what activity theory is and how it influences a healthier, happier aging process for the elderly. How this Influenced My Thinking: It gave me a better understanding as to why it is important for the elderly to stay in contact with the outside and how it can add years to their life just by talking and interacting with other people. Credibility: credible

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: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: Changes in Mechanical Control of Movement During the First 5 Months of Independent Walking: A Longitudinal Study. Author: Ann Hallemans Date Published: May 2007 Why Relevant and Summary: This article is relevant to the study because it demonstrate a longitudinal study done on infant of the earlier stages of walking. It also provides research done and the methods that were included as well. How This Influenced My Thinking: This had influence my way of thinking by now knowing that earlier development is in walking is not only with our nervous system but as well with our mental capability. Credibility of Source: Scholarly article found on EBSCOhost.

Title: Applications and Utility of Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory Author: Brian Lewthwaite (ed.) Date Published: Spring 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: This journal from the Manitoba Education Research Network, summarizes several research studies that apply Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory. One of the studies, The Importance of Local Environment for Promoting Student Engagement in Learning by Janet McVittie and Danette Senterre, is particularly interesting and relevant. This is a direct application of how the microsystems outside the classroom affect the microsystem of the classroom, and how the mesosystems and exosystems affect classroom engagement. When children come into the classroom, they bring with them the values and habits of their exosystem and participate in their classroom based on how they are situated in their other microsystems. (McVittie & Senterre) How This Influenced My Thinking: Based on personal experiences, I can understand how our circumstances in our mesosystems and Microsystems can affect our performance in school. At the age of 14, I became and orphan when my only parent died. In retrospect, this event and the subsequent events that resulted from it deeply affected my academic progress. In other words, the tragic events in my family microsystem had a major impact on my school microsystem, as well as on my various mesosystems. Credibility of Source: The University of Manitoba Centre for Research in Youth, Science Teaching and Learning seems like a highly credible source.

Title: Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model of Child Development Author: Eastman Date Published: 2004 Why Relevant and Summary: The pdf file speaks about Bronfenbrenners theory and gives many relevant examples on how each system has an influence on the development of the child. How this influenced my thinking: I was able to get a more in depth understanding of Bronfenbrenners theory on influential factors that determines a child developmental outcomes. Credibility: it was a UW-Extension ABC project

Title: Bronfenbrenner's Theory- youtube (video) Author: kleinen2012 Date Published: April 8, 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This video was produced by a Human Development student, and gives a great summary of Brofenbrenner's model, along with sharing clear and relevant diagrams and definitions. For the audio-visual learner, this is a great resource for gaining basic understanding of Brofenbrenner's Ecological Model. How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped me, as an auditory learner to better absorb the information. Credibility of Source: 8; It lists her references at the end of the video.