Sentences with phrase «studying human development»

Monkey is a sophomore at Northwestern University studying Human Development and Psychological Services following the pre-medicine track.

One of the most interesting and important things I have discovered in studying human development is that parenting practices are cultural.

«The Proclamation for Transforming the Lives of Children» is a synthesis of volumes of research by many experts who have devoted their lives to studying human development and human potential.

I am a sophomore at the University of Alabama where I am studying Human Development and Spanish.

I'm not really in the carnival of breastfeeding toddlers (particularly my dd3 weaned last year at 3 years), but I did post a toddler nursing picture while studying a human development textbook with my nursing story at http://raisingsmartgirls.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/my-breastfeeding-story-and-this-is-what-nursing-a-toddler-looks-like-while-studying/ (scroll down to see the pic).

Most of all, it means that the scientists who study human development are increasingly looking at deep time, at events that shape the human embryo well before fertilization.

This groundbreaking research allows researchers to directly study human development genes, says developmental biologist Dieter Egli of Columbia University.

Researchers Nissim Benvenisty, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and principal co-author of the study, and Ido Sagi, a PhD student, said in a statement that their work also provides a novel way to study human development and may help solve mysteries like why we reproduce sexually, while some other creatures can create offspring by themselves.

Schneider, who studied human development at HGSE, is spending her summer working part time in the cognitive development lab at Harvard.

In particular, I was drawn to how psychologists study human development and cognition.

By the time she got to college, Epps related to the stories she read about as she studied human development.

She attended Cornell University, where she studied Human Development and Policy Analysis & Management.

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Burkhardt holds a PhD in Child Development from Erikson Institute and Loyola University Chicago and a master's degree from the University of Chicago, where she studied human development and social services administration.

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«Yes, we must protect the environment — it is our number one resource — but at the end of the day, studies have pointed to global warming, human contact, coastal development» as other significant threats to coral.

SMALL business managers need to focus more on the development of formal human resource management systems, a new study has found.

Studies in the field of human development bear out what Scripture and our own experience make clear: God intends for us to attach.

Some modern theologians, relying on insights and suggestions from human development studies, have tried to describe a kind of total human process that goes on in and during the experience of death.

They range from study of the evolutionary phases of a functional cosmology to the various phases of human cultural development, the emerging ecological age, and the identification of values.

Vestigial features, study of ebryonic development, biogeography, DNA sequencing, examining pseudogenes, study of endogenous retroviruses, labratory direct examination of natural selection in action in E-Coli bacteria, lactose intolerance in humans, the peppered moth's colour change in reaction to industrial pollution, radiotrophic fungi at Chernobyl all add to the modern evolutionary synthesis.

The main objectives of this Consultation were to analyze globalization and its impact on human rights; to study ethical and theological considerations with regard to globalization; to search for alternative development paradigms; to study the policies of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context of globalization; to gain inputs on the experiences of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization; to consider the response of the Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian context.

The April 1989 Scientific American contains a report on the principal findings of a long - term study of the effects of adversity in early childhood on human development.

Tangible proof can be found by studying vestigial features, ebryonic development, biogeography, DNA sequencing, pseudogenes, endogenous retroviruses, labratory direct examination of natural selection in action in E-Coli bacteria, lactose intolerance in humans, the peppered moth's colour change in reaction to industrial pollution, radiotrophic fungi at Chernobyl... all of these things add to the modern evolutionary synthesis.

It is a key aspect of the study of human development from the moment of conception.

Loren Coleman, a researcher at the Human Services Development Institute at the University of Southern Maine and the author of Suicide Clusters, a 1987 book that examines suicide patterns, is finishing up a study of suicide among major league baseball players.

The most comprehensive child care study conducted to date to determine how variations in child care are related to children's development, supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), found that the more hours children spend in child care, the higher the incidence of problem behavior and the greater itdevelopment, supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), found that the more hours children spend in child care, the higher the incidence of problem behavior and the greater itDevelopment (NICHD), found that the more hours children spend in child care, the higher the incidence of problem behavior and the greater its severity.

Neuroscientists have over the past decade uncovered evidence, both in rodent and human studies, that parental caregiving, especially in moments of stress, affects children's development not only on the level of hormones and brain chemicals, but even more deeply, on the level of gene expression.

Lysa Parker (Lisa) received both her bachelor's in education and her master's degree in Human Environmental Sciences specializing in human development and family stuHuman Environmental Sciences specializing in human development and family stuhuman development and family studies.

Studies have shown that the rocking movement can help in the development of the vestibular system in human infants.

Research Projects Art in Human Development Attention Related Disorders Research Project Exploring the Four Polarities in Child Development Evaluation of the Urban Waldorf School in Milwaukee Waldorf High School Research Project Learning Expectations and Assessment Project Waldorf Graduates Survey Colloquia and Conferences Towards Wholeness in Knowing; Pathways of Healthy Child Development Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 1 Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 2 Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 3 Research on Consequences of High Stakes Testing Study of Parent Volunteerism

While not a lot of research can tell us the effects of BPA on humans, studies on animals suggest it may be dangerous to brain development, the reproductive system, and the immune system.

«A lot of family - risk agencies are trying get the dad more involved, but these are some of the things they could be missing,» said Harewood, a researcher in MSU's Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

BS Special Educational Studies; MA Human Development, BS Speech Pathology and Audiology.

Tamesha Harewood, a researcher in MSU's Department of Human Development and Family Studies, was lead author on a paper published in the journal Infant and Child Development that looked at fathers» influence on their children.

That image isn't quite accurate, or so say Oregon State University professor Richard A. Settersten Jr. and assistant professor Doris Cancel - Tirado in their comprehensive study, «Fatherhood as a Hidden Variable in Men's Development and Life Courses, Research in Human Development.»

Studies on Human Lactation: The Development of the Computerized Breast Measurement System.

In 2007, researchers published the first randomized, controlled study of the effect of being raised in an orphanage; that study, and subsequent research on the same sample of Romanian orphans, found that compared with babies placed with a foster family, those who were sent to institutions had lower IQs, slower physical growth, problems with human attachment and differences in functioning in brain areas related to emotional development.

She was formerly a professor of family and human development at Arizona State University, where she developed and evaluated social - emotional learning curricula for early childhood classrooms and instructed courses in early intervention, child development, and gender studies.

Dr. Nina Kraus, a groundbreaking neuroscientist at Northwestern University, has been studying the effects of music training on brain development — with the use of non-invasive approaches in humans — and on the development of language skills.

Using studies of twins who had been separated at birth, yet displayed remarkably similar characteristics of personality despite differences in environment, Harris demonstrated the importance of genetic predisposition as a factor in human development.

A longitudinal study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development concluded in 2007 that «although parenting was a stronger and more consistent predictor of children's development than early child ‐ care experience, higher quality care predicted higher vocabulary scores and more exposure to center care predicted more teacher ‐ reported externalizinDevelopment concluded in 2007 that «although parenting was a stronger and more consistent predictor of children's development than early child ‐ care experience, higher quality care predicted higher vocabulary scores and more exposure to center care predicted more teacher ‐ reported externalizindevelopment than early child ‐ care experience, higher quality care predicted higher vocabulary scores and more exposure to center care predicted more teacher ‐ reported externalizing problems.

A study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in the US looked at the influence of both child care and the home environment on over 1,000 typically - developing children They found that parent and family characteristics were more strongly linked to child development than were child care featuDevelopment (NICHD) in the US looked at the influence of both child care and the home environment on over 1,000 typically - developing children They found that parent and family characteristics were more strongly linked to child development than were child care featudevelopment than were child care features.»

Babies who have no human interaction, according to a study done many years ago in Europe, have retarded development and in some cases, even die.

Mak worked with Gregory Fosco, associate professor of human development and family studies, and Mark Feinberg, research professor of health and human development, at Penn State's Prevention Research Center.

The study — conducted by Hio Wa Mak, doctoral student of human development and family studies — examined how parental rejection, as well as the overall well - being of the family unit, were related to changes in adolescents» social anxiety, friendships and feelings of loneliness over time.

Furthermore, a 2001 international study from Early Human Development concluded that the practice of bed - sharing may vary in different cultures around the world, and that it was difficult to ascribe the cause of SIDS to any one childcare practice.

Additional support for the Fragile Families and Child Well - Being Study was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and a consortium of private foundations.

About Lysa Lysa Parker, MS, CFLE, CEIM, received her bachelor's in education and her master's degree in human development and family studies from the University of Alabama.

Studies have shown that sleep time and sleep quality have a profound effect on the development of human intelligence; especially, -LSB-...]

Robert Larzelere, associate professor of human development and family science at Oklahoma State University, conducted a meta - analysis of 26 studies on the subject, and found that, overall, spanking seemed more effective than 10 of 13 alternative disciplinary methods for getting a child to behave or do as asked.