Child Development

The field of behavioral genetics aims at under- standing the observable differences in a wide variety of human characteristics, ...

tertwined and influence most aspects of human emo- tion, behavior, and cognition in some ways. Given the prevailing views in cur ...

are often believed to be exaggerated. Identical twins are genetically predisposed to a great deal of similari- ties, and, throug ...

Beyond Heritability As illustrated so far, most psychology researchers are in agreement that heredity and environment both play ...

Bibliography American Psychiatric Association. The Diagnostic and Statistical Man- ual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV. Washington, ...

velopmental disability. They are also at risk for chron- ic lung disease, deafness, and brain hemorrhages, which add to their de ...

Hospital workers tend to a premature infant in a neonatal unit. High risk infants can include babies who are born prematurely or ...

economic status, age, history, and ethnicity. Accord- ing to U.S. Bureau of the Census estimates for the year 2000, about 12 per ...

new values and characteristics into already existing family beliefs. For children born in the United States to Hispan- ic parent ...

Hispanic families celebrate a variety of cultural holidays and events, and children often play a large role in these events. The ...

It is estimated that between 700,000 and 1.3 mil- lion children in the United States are home schooled. In 2001 this represented ...

Academic and achievement results are similar. For example, almost 25 percent of home-schooled students are enrolled one or more ...

Policy Analysis Archives [web site]. Available from http:// epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v7n8/; INTERNET. Russo, Charles, and William Gordo ...

HYPERACTIVITY See: ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISOR- DER HYPOTHESIS A hypothesis may be thought of as a well-informed guess ...

I IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT The process of developing an identity begins with the infant’s discovery of self, continues throughout ch ...

The act of playing ‘‘dress-up’’ is common during the childhood years. Girls may wear their mother’s dresses, jewelry, and high-h ...

identity (Kail and Cavanaugh 2000). Although young children often say things like ‘‘I want to be a doctor,’’ it is not until ado ...

would do in social situations that are potentially em- barrassing (e.g., you arrive at what you thought was a costume party but ...

Vostrosky, C. ‘‘A Study of Imaginary Play Companions.’’ Education 15 (1895):383–397. Rebecca B. McCathren M. Gutierrez G. Hollid ...

TABLE 1 Universal Immunizations A combination vaccine against diphtheria, teta- nus, and pertussis (DTP) was first licensed in t ...