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Showing 1 to 20 of 663 for “"Developmental psychology."”.
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Toward a holistic view of parents' discourse: Indirect communication as an emotion socialization strategy
… shared discussions about emotions. Research in developmental psychology indicates that parental emotion socialization strategies through discourse such as elaboration and labels and explanations are related to children's emotion understanding and social competence. In the current study, I apply …
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The Psychology of Urban Play: Designing Play Modules based on the effects Of Child/Parent relationships
… for designers to have research insights into developmental psychology of children and the safety and visibility psychology of parents when designing all scales of play areas – play modules, surfacing, siting, organization, and location in terms of typical urban conditions. This research …
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The Multi-Scale Dynamics of Executive Function
<p>Cognitive control is a central issue in developmental psychology. Traditional theories of psychology solve this problem by positing a top-down central executive, which coordinates cognitive resources in pursuit of goals. We propose an alternative explanation: cognitive control arises from …
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Examining Alcohol Dependence and Its Correlates From A Genetically Informative Perspective
… taken work from multiple disciplines, including developmental psychology, genetic epidemiology, and molecular genetics, to achieve our current understanding of environmental and genetic risk factors for AD as well as its variable developmental trajectories. Nevertheless, there is still much to be …
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Social interactions and the prisoner's dilemma game: new measures of cognitive and behavioral phenotypes
… in two key disciplines with different emphases: Developmental psychology focuses on individual thoughts, motivations and traits; and behavioral economics and game theory focuses on behavioral tasks. This project integrated these approaches by validating a game-theoretic task for children, the …
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A pre-R year is it worth it, and what would it cost? An applied policy analysis
… investment in young children cite neuroscience, developmental psychology and health. It is hazardous, however, to make a direct leap from neuroscience to policy recommendations. Simply because early childhood provides opportunities for more economically efficient interventions which have dramatic …
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Sibling relationships
… for submission to the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. The Public Domain Briefing Paper is also submitted in this volume.
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Governing mother-child communication about sex in HIV/AIDS epidemic : positioning Lovelines
… epidemiological science of risk in populations, developmental psychology-inscribed micro-practices of childrearing in families - and self-responsibilization of disciplinary power. This finds mothers governmentally positioned as relay points between 'public' (health, economy) and 'private' …
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What functional magnetic resonance imaging can tell us about theory of mind
… theory of mind, based on proposals derived from developmental psychology and philosophy.
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Internet use among Maltese adolescents : an exploratory study
… This study is carried out from a social and developmental psychology perspective and a quantitative approach is adopted using a questionnaire that could be accessed via a website designed specifically for the scope of the study. A snowball sample was used composed of 164 males and 81 females …
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The association between grandparental involvement and adolescent psychological well-being independent of parental involvement
… to play in South African society. Traditionally, developmental psychology has not focussed much attention on the role grandparents have to play in the adjustment of children and adolescents. The current study aimed to determine: (a) whether there is an association between grandparental involvement …
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The mental demands of marine Ecosystem -based Management: A constructive developmental lens
… the mental demands of EBM. A constructive developmental framework (from the field of developmental psychology) is used to illuminate how decision-makers reason or make sense of the ideals and values underlying EBM, the mutual relationships that must be built among management sectors, and …
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The foundations of affective development : proactive involvement of the educational psychologist
… infant and caregiver. The theoretical bases of developmental psychology and the practice of clinical psychology have been drawn on and applied to a model of promotive and preventive work. Affective development may be enhanced by psychologists, and it is therefore important for them to consider …
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Vaikų psichologinis prisitaikymas ir jo kaita vaikų išsiskyrimo su tėvais kontekste /
… psychological adjustment. The approach of developmental psychopathology was employed for the problem analysis. One of the ideas raised in the developmental psychology studies is that a successful psychological adjustment of children, which manifests itself through a low level of behavioural …
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An exploration of transformation theory and the western tradition: a critical evaluation of a graduate studies class
… and impede large group discussions. Jungian psychology of personality type and archetype and developmental psychology is used to analyze the group experience. The pragmatic problem solving model, developed by Knoop, is used to guide thinking about the Western tradition. It is used to guide …
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Adolescent experience of intergroup contact in South Africa and its impact on identity development : a qualitative study
… and home environments. Literature from both developmental psychology and social psychology was accessed to shed light on the research area, and an attempt was made to integrate the various bodies of literature, using a social constructionist perspective. A conceptual framework was developed …
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Parallel Progressivist Orientations: Exploring the Meanings of Progressive Education in Two Ontario Journals, The School and The Canadian School Journal, 1919-1942
… was primarily concerned with child study and developmental psychology; the second concerned social efficiency and industrial order; the third concerned social meliorism and cooperation. Hence, I draw not only on three different domains of progressivist rhetoric, but also on three distinct …
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A Perfect Escape: Fantasy, Place and Narrative in Adolescence
… with special places, I consider the work of developmental psychologists David Sobel and Edith Cobb as they pin-point the role of secret forts, nature, and imagination in middle childhood development. Moving into storytelling, narrative is defined through the perspective of Greek philosopher …
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A light in the dark; an investigation of fetal visual perception
… a fetus engage with their visual world? Prenatal developmental trajectories are primarily unexplored, with fetal visual perception the most poorly understood of all sensory systems. In the third trimester, fetuses not only possess the ability to process perceptual information, but recent research …
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Hitting the "wall" : the role of leadership and organizational process in the successful growth of SMEs
… this thesis proposes a new organizational developmental model to better understand and predict what makes a growing company successful in getting over the "wall" and to its next phase of development. The first part of the study examines the leadership and organizational needs of small- and …
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