Sentences with phrase «child psychology research»
Methodological issues in using the Child Behavior Checklist and its related instruments in clinical child psychology research.
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Jacqueline Woolley, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, conducted research that discovered believing in Santa «exercises children's deductive reasoning abilities and their use of evidence.»
While there isn't a set recipe for raising successful children, psychology research has pointed to a handful of factors that predict success.
Moreover, recent research by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner has devastated the optimistic assumptions of modern developmental psychology which has set the terms for much modern educational theory (see Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences [Basic Books, 1983] and The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach [Basic Books, 1991]-RRB-.
When children can learn to calm themselves and work towards a reasonable goal, they can improve academically,» says Mary Utne O'Brien, University of Illinois at Chicago research professor of psychology and education and a UIC SEL Research Group collaresearch professor of psychology and education and a UIC SEL Research Group collaResearch Group collaborator.
She is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the International Society for Infant Studies, and the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology.
Research With the premise that science isn't perfect, but it's the best guide we've got, Zero to Five draws on scientific research and studies from experts such as Dimitri Christakis (screen time), Diana Baumrind (parenting styles), Adele Diamond (neuroscience and executive function), Carol Dweck (growth mindset), Alison Gopnik (child psychology), John Gottman (marriage and conflict resolution), Megan McClelland (executive function), Patricia Kuhl (language acquisition and brain development), Ellyn Satter (feeding children), Dan Siegel (emotions), Paul Torrance (creative thinking), Grover Whitehurst (literacy and reading comprehension), aResearch With the premise that science isn't perfect, but it's the best guide we've got, Zero to Five draws on scientific research and studies from experts such as Dimitri Christakis (screen time), Diana Baumrind (parenting styles), Adele Diamond (neuroscience and executive function), Carol Dweck (growth mindset), Alison Gopnik (child psychology), John Gottman (marriage and conflict resolution), Megan McClelland (executive function), Patricia Kuhl (language acquisition and brain development), Ellyn Satter (feeding children), Dan Siegel (emotions), Paul Torrance (creative thinking), Grover Whitehurst (literacy and reading comprehension), aresearch and studies from experts such as Dimitri Christakis (screen time), Diana Baumrind (parenting styles), Adele Diamond (neuroscience and executive function), Carol Dweck (growth mindset), Alison Gopnik (child psychology), John Gottman (marriage and conflict resolution), Megan McClelland (executive function), Patricia Kuhl (language acquisition and brain development), Ellyn Satter (feeding children), Dan Siegel (emotions), Paul Torrance (creative thinking), Grover Whitehurst (literacy and reading comprehension), and more.
a review of 20 years of research on fatherhood, by Charlie Lewis, Professor of Psychology at Lancaster University and published in June 2001 by Fathers Direct, NFPI and other parenting charities: · Involvement of dads with children aged 7 - 11 predicts success in exams at 16 · Where dads are involved before the age of 11, children are less likely to have a criminal record by the age of 21 · Pre-schoolers who spend more time playing with their dads are often more sociable when they enter nursery school · Nine out of ten dads attend the birth
Contemporary research at the interface of developmental psychology, neuroscience and genetics demonstrates that children develop the capacity for emotional regulation, cognitive resourcefulness and overall mental health when caregivers respond to the meaning of behavior rather than the behavior itself.
The concept of «attachment parenting» — a term originally coined by parenting experts William and Martha Sears — has increasingly been validated by research in many fields of study, such as child development, psychology, and neuroscience.
... Newest bits of evidence linking a young child's intelligence with the quality of mothering and the amount of mental stimulation in the home comes from the Journal of Educational of Psychology... Most important elements include the mother's involvement with the child, the verbal and emotional responsiveness of the mother and the provision of appropriate materials, this research shows.
Alan Smoufe, Professor of Child Psychology in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota writes in March / April 2011 Psychotherapy Networker, «Another important implication of attachment research is that it's possible to develop a secure state of mind as an adult, even in the face of a difficult childhood.
I love reading scientific research on emotional intelligence, child well - being, brain science and positive psychology.
(RELATED: Ditch The Handbook: 3 Pieces of Unconventional Parenting Advice) However, some of the best current research in psychology tells us that by engaging in a more positive style of parenting we can empower our children and make them WANT to behave rather than guilt or shame them into doing so.
John Bowlby's research on attachment and child development left a lasting impression on psychology, education, child care, and parenting.
Dr. Kendall - Tackett is a Research Associate at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Amarillo, Texas, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in both the Divisions of Health and Trauma Psychology, Associate Editor of the journal Psychological Trauma, and Editor - in - Chief of Clinical Lactation.
Research by Sebastian Suggate for his doctorate in psychology at Otago University found no difference between the reading ability of early (from age five) and late (from age seven) readers by the time those children reached their last year at primary school....
Her academic training and research has crossed areas of family - community interaction, developmental theory, and educational psychology, all with a focus on how to share information in a manner that supports children's and families» development.
So says Stephen Hinshaw, co-chair of the Scientific Research Council at the Child Mind Institute, professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and author of several books, including «The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls From Today's Pressures and Conflicting Expectations.»
«The children adopted by gay and lesbian parents had more challenges before they were adopted and yet they end up in the same place, which is impressive,» study co-author Letitia Anne Peplau, a research professor of psychology, said in a UCLA news release.
A lecturer in psychology at University College, London, she has a background of research in child development.
Emeritus Professor Peter Moss Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London Professor Margaret O'Brien Co-director, Centre for Research on the Child and Family, University of East Anglia Professor Michael Lamb Professor of psychology, fellow and director of studies, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University Professor Tina Miller Professor of sociology, Oxford Brookes University Adrienne Burgess Joint chief executive, Fatherhood Institute Susanna Abse Chief executive, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships Rebecca Asher Author, Shattered Duncan Fisher Author, Baby's Here: Who Does What?
He squeezes in psychedelic research on weekends because his workdays are filled overseeing a large clinical program that handles 400 to 500 patients a year and supervising the child psychiatry fellows, residents, interns, psychology postdocs, and social workers in training who rotate through his department at UCLA.
For example, research on children's play in extant hunter - gatherer societies, and evolutionary psychology studies of other mammalian young, have identified play as an adaptation that enabled early humans to become powerful learners and problem - solvers.
«Children's free play in this context revealed many similarities, but also some compelling differences among the communities,» said Sandra Waxman, the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern and faculty fellow in the University's Institute for Policy Research.
That is the conclusion of research being presented today, Thursday 8 January 2015, by Dr Simon Gibbs from Newcastle University to the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society's Division of Education and Child Psychology.
«It provides a unique vantage point from which to consider the intricate interface between capacities inherent in the human infant and the shaping force of experience,» said Sandra Waxman, senior author of the study, director of the Project on Child Development, faculty fellow in Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research and the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology at Northwestern.
This research led by Dr Kondel - Laws, Principal Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire revealed that Click classes developed a secure type of attachment between parents and their children.
To better understand the benefits of a new, family - based cognitive behavioral therapy and how it may work to improve sleep in children with ASD, McCrae and Micah Mazurek, associate professor of health psychology, are conducting a sleep treatment study through the Research Core at the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
«This has very important implications for early education policy in the United States, where we are debating how early to start and whether preschool should be provided to all children or exclusively target low - income children,» said Dearing, a professor of applied developmental psychology who is also a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development at the University of Oslo.
«Low - income children are at increased risk for developing cognitive delays, but the specific environmental and biological factors that influence these outcomes are less understood,» explains Melissa L. Sturge - Apple, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, who was part of the research team.
The practice guides may also direct future research, says psychology professor Sharon Carver, a member of the early math panel and director of Carnegie Mellon's Children's School.
Gabrielsen, an assistant professor in BYU's Counseling Psychology & Special Education department, and Miller, who is now at the Center for Autism Research at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, worked on the study with four other researchers.
«Combination pharmacotherapy is becoming common in child and adolescent psychiatry, but there has been little research evaluating it,» said first author Michael Aman, director of clinical trials at Ohio State's Nisonger Center and emeritus professor of psychology.
Finally, the researchers recruited cisgender children from a database of families interested in participating in developmental psychology research studies.
Advances in child psychology and educational research are helping adults these days to better fine - tune their message to meet children's developmental level — which is not only crucial in helping children understand what happened, but also for handling fears and anxieties that are likely to arise.
Professor Mark Dadds, of the UNSW School of Psychology, says previous research suggested that oxytocin — a hormone with powerful effects on brain activity linked to the formation of social bonds — could have benefits for children with the disorder.
The Children's Learning Institute combines data and studies from the fields of psychology, neurodevelopment, education and child development to provide proven learning solutions derived from, and supported by, documented research.
Randy P. Auerbach, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and at McLean Hospital serves as director of Clinical Research for the Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, as well as director of the Child and Adolescent Mood...
«As a research psychologist, I have studied the impact of technology for 30 years among 50,000 children, teens, and adults in the U.S. and 24 other countries,» writes Larry Rosen, a professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills in an article in the Wall Street Journal.
ALISON GOPNIK: So part of the inspiration for this book is a lot of really fascinating recent research in evolutionary biology and developmental psychology — the kind of research I have done for 15 years — about how childhood works and how children learn from adults.
This is a summary of Counting on it: Early numeracy development and the preschool child by Dr Kate Reid, the second in a series of papers, Changing minds: Discussions in neuroscience, psychology and research, published by ACER.
Celina Marie Benavides Human Development and Psychology Current city: Claremont, California Current job: Director of nonprofit, Project Vistas — Family Child Care Higher Education Academy, which provides family child care providers in Los Angeles County access to higher education and professional development training; doctoral student in Positive Developmental Psychology at Claremont Graduate University Career highlights: At Project Vistas, assisting a marginalized, nontraditional student group, while overseeing budget, managing program operations, coordinating staff, and fulfilling targeted outcomes; Basic Research Scientist of the Year award by the AS&F Foundation and Claremont Graduate UniveChild Care Higher Education Academy, which provides family child care providers in Los Angeles County access to higher education and professional development training; doctoral student in Positive Developmental Psychology at Claremont Graduate University Career highlights: At Project Vistas, assisting a marginalized, nontraditional student group, while overseeing budget, managing program operations, coordinating staff, and fulfilling targeted outcomes; Basic Research Scientist of the Year award by the AS&F Foundation and Claremont Graduate Univechild care providers in Los Angeles County access to higher education and professional development training; doctoral student in Positive Developmental Psychology at Claremont Graduate University Career highlights: At Project Vistas, assisting a marginalized, nontraditional student group, while overseeing budget, managing program operations, coordinating staff, and fulfilling targeted outcomes; Basic Research Scientist of the Year award by the AS&F Foundation and Claremont Graduate University
Around 1990, the Administration for Children and Families decided it would commit substantial funds to hold a biennial conference promoting research for the Head Start Program, and it recruited as organizers John Fantuzzo, professor of human relations at University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education; Catherine Tamis - LeMonda, a professor of applied psychology at New York University's Steinhardt School; and Faith Lamb - Parker, an assistant clinical professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia.
As I read, I kept feeling grateful to Paul Tough for having done this work — gathering the stories of kids like Keitha Jones, the traumatized Southside Chicago teen who reminded me so much of a handful of kids I've taught; connecting Keitha's experience to research on neurochemistry and infant psychology, and situating these elements in both a socio - economic context and in the landscape of an education world focused on developing children's cognitive (and testable) skills.
Lesser earned his Ph.D. in child development and psychology from Yale University in 1952 where his research focused on child development, the effects of visual media on children, and the design of education programming.
At ETS — which writes the SAT and Advanced Placement exams, among others, and administers fifty million tests a year — Randy Bennett is field - testing assessments that make use of about thirty years of psychology research on how children learn.
«When children are playing with these creative representations of language, they use and rehearse their understanding of letter - sound correspondence,» Clare Wood, Professor of Psychology at Coventry University's Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, says.
He will continue as professor of pediatrics and neuroscience and professor of psychology in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, as well as the Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research at Children's Hospital Boston, where he directs the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Despite all the emphasis on reading programs and encouraging students to read, many children, especially minority students, still do not read with a high level of comprehension and fluency, independently, or for fun, according to Dr. Sally M. Reis, a professor and the department head of the educational psychology department at the University of Connecticut where she also serves as principal investigator of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.