Posted in Extra Credit on Mar 30th, 2011 1 Comment »
This video was shown on TV this morning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTOPXoDjhng In this video, twin babies look like they are engaging in a serious conversation using conversational acts, laughter, and everything else that normal people do when conversing with each other. One might think that this is just infant-directed speech, or baby talk, but I somewhat disagree. […]
Posted in Class Notes on Mar 30th, 2011 Comments Off on
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Posted in Class Notes on Mar 23rd, 2011 Comments Off on Vygotsky, Piaget links
Vygotsky Archive: http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/ Piaget Bio Sketch and Some Writing (Scroll Down to see section on Piaget) http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/words/index.htm
Posted in Extra Credit on Mar 22nd, 2011 Comments Off on Tutoring Elementary School Children
For the first job I ever had, I was a tutor for elementary school students at a public school in Brooklyn. I was the assistant counselor and it was a class of some twenty-seven or twenty-eight students. They ranged from mostly Kindergartners to two third-graders. I realized that students from a family with less income […]
Posted in Nature/Nurture: Genes and Culture on Mar 20th, 2011 2 Comments »
Nature vs. Nurture has been a topic of debate for quite some time amongst developmentalists. Is the development of humans purely mapped out, or rather, predetermined for us by our genetic coding, DNA. Or is the development of humans based on the experiences happening around them, forming and molding them into shape like clay. This […]
Posted in Construction of Childhood and Adolescence on Mar 20th, 2011 Comments Off on Childhood in Limbo
In the modern day world I believe that we are seeing childhood in limbo. Now what I mean by “in limbo” is that the line between childhood and becoming an adult is slowly blurring. While there is still evidence that childhood does indeed exist separately from adulthood, we ourselves are blurring the line by taking […]
Posted in Class Notes on Mar 15th, 2011 Comments Off on Attachment Theory
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2011 Comments Off on Please note…
The essay questions for the midterm have been posted on the “Schedule” page (under “midterm”). You will have to answer both of these questions during the exam. You will not be able to refer to any material during the exam. Also – the powerpoint presentations that I referenced during the last two classes are posted […]
Posted in Class Notes on Mar 14th, 2011 Comments Off on Dr. Renee Baillargeon
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Posted in Extra Credit on Mar 13th, 2011 Comments Off on Extra Credit
One particular volunteering experience I’d like to touch light upon was when my brothers and I (Alpha Phi Delta) went to a park in Brooklyn near the end of November, and planted trees and various plants after the devastating storms that hit NY left it severely damaged. When we arrived at the park, the scene […]
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