Day Care & Cognitive Development                03/12/09    

Mind map exploring the effects of day care on the cognitive development of young children

‘Genie’                08/11/09

The harrowing case of a young girl subjected criminally to privation - presented in Key Study format

Features

These pages address the application of Integrated SocioPsychology and related models to child development and developmental issues such as intelligence, learning and cognitive development. More immediately-topical observations can be found in the Blog.

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A Downward Spiral...
Posted February 2001
Schematic providing a Spiral understanding of poor and disruptive behaviour in school classrooms.

Potential Spiral Strategies...
Posted February 2001
Schematic offering ideas on resolving some of the issues raised by 'A Downward Spiral...'.

How the Brain develops the Mind...
Posted June 2001
With minor editing by Spiral Dynamics co-developer Chris Cowan and originally published on the Humberside Partnership Connexions web site.

Good Boys gone Bad...?
Posted October 2006
A manifesto on the causes of school-enthusiastic young boys turning delinquent, with ideas on what to do about it.

Evaluating Bowlby

Mind map examining evidence for and against John Bowlby’s key assumptions in his theory of Maternal Deprivation

Maternal Deprivation

Mind map outlining John Bowlby’s concept of Maternal Deprivation and the influence it had on parenting guidance

Caregiver Senstivity Hypothesis vs Temperament Hypothesis       

Mary Ainsworth attributed the quality of attachments to the responsiveness of the mother; Jerome Kagan thought it more to do with the infant’s temperament

Theories of Attachment   

Mind map outlining and considering the principal theories of attachment

Attachment in Infant Monkeys

Harry Harlow's notorious experiment on rhesus monkeys to test whether food or security was the greater motivation to attach - presented in Key Study format

Caregiver-Infant Interactions

Article outlining the key factors in caregiver interaction with very young children

Attachments

The Biological Impetus to Attachment

Feature outlining biological indicators that the impetus to attach is innate

Stages of Infant Attachment

The stages of attachment theories of, respectively, Rudolph Schaffer & Peggy Emerson and John Bowlby

3 Facial Expressions & One Hand Movement

Description of the experiment of Andrew Meltzof & Keith Moore on imitation in very young infants - presented in Key Study format

Glasgow Babes

Rudolph Schaffer & Peggy Emerson classic study into the development of attachment amongst young infants in Glasgow - presented in Key Study format

Strange Situation Study           

The outlining and evaluation of Mary Ainsworth's procedure and the attachment types she identified from it - presented in Key Study format

Attachment Cross-Cultural Variations         

The cross-cultural meta-analysis carried out by Marinus Van IJzendoorn & Pieter Kroonenberg into attachment studies - presented in Key Study format

Separation

Mind Map covering the investigations of John Bowlby and James Robertson into the effects of separation

‘A 2- Year-Old goes to Hospital’

James Robertson's write-up of the classic film he made with John Bowlby

Background to the Separation Project

James Robertson's account of how 'Young Children in Brief Separation' came to be made

‘Young Children in Brief Separation’

James Robertson's brief descriptions of the children's behaviour in his films

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Defining Day Care   

Mind map exploring the concept and types of day care

Day Care & Emotional Development                03/12/09    

Mind map exploring the effects of day care on the emotional development of young children

Day Care & Social Development                03/12/09    

Mind map exploring the effects of day care on the social development of young children

Day Care...or not?            03/12/09   

Mind map outlining research into the pros and cons of day care

44 Juvenile Thieves  

John Bowlby’s seminal study, from which the theory of Maternal Deprivation was developed - presented in Key Study format

Privation

Mind map outlining the nature of privation and the effects it has on the development of very young children

Romanian Orphans Investigation   

Michael Rutter’s assumption-shattering investigation into the effects of adoption on Romanian orphans blighted by privation - presented in Key Study format

Popularity & Rejection
Mind map exploring popularity and unpopularity among children

Development of Friendship
Mind map exploring the nature of friendship and how it changes as children get older

Stages of Friendship
Table and notes comparing the work of William Damon and Robert Selman on how children’s understanding of friendship changes as they get older

Sex Differences in Friendship
Mind map outlining research into sex differences in friendship attitudes and behaviour amongst children