Infancy+to+Childhood

** Theories Worksheet ANSWERS **
From The Secret Life of Twins, BBC 1999.
 * "The Jim Twins" ** (10.52 mins)

In the fall of 1970, social workers took custody of a 13-year-old child who had spent much of her life chained to a potty chair in her bedroom. She could not speak, walk, or respond to other people. She was called "Genie." Her case attracted psychologists who were interested in finding out whether she could still learn to speak. At the time, some linguists, led by MIT's Noam Chomsky, believed that human speech is a genetically programmed ability. Eric Lenneberg, a neuropsychologist, agreed with Chomsky and added further that if a person did not learn to speak by adolescence, then the natural ability to learn language might be lost forever. This theory was the so-called "critical period hypothesis."
 * "Genie Wiley - Secrets of the Wild Child" ** (55:01 mins)

Part 1 (9:57 mins) Part 2 (9:39 mins) Part 3 (9:31 mins) Part 4 (9:51 mins) Part 5 (7:23 mins)
 * "Feral Children" ** - A National Geographic program on whether animals could have raised children and providing various case studies and explores whether their disabilities are the result of living in the wild, or a result of their earlier abuse or abandonment due to mental handicap.

**"Primary Reflexes"** (2:29 mins) - A video clip showing the key newborn reflexes.

Part 1 (13:54 mins) Part 2 (13:42 mins)
 * "Psychology - Infant & Child Development"**


 * Harlow's Monkeys** (6:08 mins)


 * A Strange Situation** (7:15 mins) - A clip showing observation of children and their attachments to their mothers.

ABC Website - Life at One, Life at Three, Life at Five videos.

**Links for Developmental Psychology Information**
The John Piaget Society- Interdisciplinary group dedicated to exploring the developmental construction of human knowledge. Attachment Theory & Research at Stony Brook- This is a University of Stony Brook site and it reviews the Bowlby-Ainsworth studies on attachment theory. It also provides links to attachment research, literature, and resources. Child Trauma Academy- Site provides a number of articles concerning many issues related to child abuse, including neglect, brain development, early childhood trauma, etc. Jean Piaget Theory- Article provides a brief biography of Jean Piaget and a summary of the four stages of his developmental theory. The Beginnings of Behaviour- A description of prenatal development (including a figure depicting prenatal development) and early reflexes. Includes self-tests to determine amount of material recalled. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development - Describes Kohlberg's theory of moral development and compares it to Piaget's ideas. It also goes into detail about the whole concept of stages of development, discusses the relationship between moral thought and moral behavior, relates moral thought to other types of cognition, and discusses implications for education. It concludes with a discussion of the limitations of Kohlberg's theory, including Gilligan's ideas. Nelson Education Developmental Psychology - This site has HEAPS of study resources. You can create crosswords to test yourself, answer self test questions, and more. We didn't use this book to study, but the concepts are there, and it could be a useful study site.