Welcome to the Human Growth and Development page! Check here over the course of the semester for brief lecture outlines.

Class Syllabus (.doc)
Critique Guide (.doc)

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Lecture Outlines

• Week1
  • 1/10
  • 1/12
• Week 2
  • 1/17
    Links of the day:
    Behavior Genetics Association Home Page
    Holt International Children's Services: Specializes in Adoptions
    National Society for Genetic Counselors
    Prenatal Development and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques
    And, for fun: Darwin Awards, honoring "those who improve our gene pool... by removing themselves from it."
  • 1/19
    Links of the day:
    The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
    Childbirth.org
    Postpartum Depression
    Teratology Society: Birth Defects Research | Education | Prevention
    Pregnant Bellies by Week of Pregnancy. Yes, a gallery of bellies.
• Week 3
  • 1/24 - AE # 2 & 5 - Brave New Babies, Fetal Rights
  • 1/26 - At the Library: PsychInfo Tutorial
• Week 4
  • 1/31
    Links of the day
    American SIDS Institute
    La Leche League - information on breastfeeding
    National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center
    American Medical Association Statement on Circumcision
    Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
  • 2/2
    Links of the day
    Jean Piaget - Intellectual Development
    Assessments for Young Children
• Week 5
  • 2/7
    Links of the day
    http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/attachment/
    The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
    Temperament
  • 2/9 - Exam 1
• Week 6
  • 2/14
    Link of the day:
    State of the World's Children, 2005
  • 2/16
    Links of the day:
    Parenting Tools
    Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms
    Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources
    Children Today Do You Know Your Parenting Style?
• Week 7
  • 2/21 - Research Critique I
  • 2/23
    Links of the day:
    Child Development Institute
    Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
    National Association of School Psychologists
• Tues & Thurs 2/28, 3/2 - Mardi Gras Break
• Week 8
  • 3/7
    Links of the day:
    Center for Social Research Methods
    Gender Equity for Mathematics and Science - Maxine Greene
    Gender Equity for Mathematics and Science - Elizabeth Fennema
    Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
    Latchkey Children
    Coping with Stress
  • 3/9 - Exam 2
• Week 9
  • 3/14
    Links of the day:
    National Center for Health Statistics
    Puberty 101
    Teen Health Home Page
    Teenage Pregnancy Prevention
    Alcohol Screening Test
  • 3/16
• Week 10
  • 3/21 - AE# 24 & 26 - Brown vs. Board, Virginity
  • 3/23
    Links of the day:
    Advanced Education and Career Development
    The AIDS Knowledge Base
    Alcohol and Drug Addiction Prevention and Treatment
    Weight Control and Statistics
• Week 11
  • 3/28
    Links of the day:
    Divorce Source: Family Law, Custody, Alimony, Support, and Visitation
    Fatherhood: Improving Data and Research on Male Fertility, Family Formation, and Fatherhood
  • 3/30
    Links of the day:
    Weight Gain in Middle Age
    Stress and Health Psychology
• Week 12
  • 4/4
    Links of the day:
    Research Network on Successful Midlife Development
    Sandwich Generation
    Stress in Midlife
  • 4/6 - Exam 3
• Week 13
  • 4/11
    Links of the day:
    Administration on Aging
    Gerontology Society of America
    Living to 100
    National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
    National Institute of Aging
    Osteoporosis and Other Bone Diseases
    Physical Aging and Exercise
    Society for Research in Adult Development
    Telomeres
  • 4/13 - Easter Break
• Week 14
  • 4/18
    Links of the day:
    AARP: American Association of Retired Persons
    Aging and Dementia
    Aging Quiz
    Alzheimer's Disease
    Elder Abuse Law
    Elderhostel
    Memory and Aging
    The Nun Study
    Parkinson's Disease
  • 4/20
    Links of the day:
    Foundation for Grandparenting
    Nursing Home INFO
    Economics of Aging Program
    The New England Centenarian Study
    Doctors Often Fail to Warn Elderly of AIDS Risk
• Week 15
  • 4/25
    Links of the day:
    Association for Death Education and Counseling
    Crisis, Grief, and Healing
    GriefLink
    Euthanasia (anti)
    Hemlock Organization (pro-Euthanasia)
    Growth House: An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illnesses and end-of-life issues
    Hospice Information
    WidowNet: For information and self-help resources for widows and widowers
  • 4/27 - Research Critique II
• Exam 4
  12:35 class: Wednesday 5/3 @ 12 noon
  2:00 Class: Tuesday 5/2 @ 4 PM

Links of Interest:
Library Database Page Scroll down to PsychInfo
Children's Action Alliance
Children's Defense Fund
The Future of Children
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society