Essays and Research Papers on Child Psychology

This 8 page paper responds to four specific questions that ask for the writer's opinions. These are provided along with citations for some. The questions address: how early childhood experiences affect adult development; intelligence testing; are stage theories universal; and who has the most influence over children and adolescents, parents or peers? The theorists ...

6 pages in length. Children are a product of their environments and, as such, develop much of themselves as a mirror of what they see. Parents who smoke yet forbid their children to smoke are sending mixed messages that do not validate their words; by the same token, mothers and fathers who instill ...

This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of the impacts of divorce on children. Evidence for psychologically-damaging impacts is explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 15 page paper examines parenting issues and supports spanking as an alternative under certain conditions. There is an extensive literature review and annotated bibliography included. The bibliography lists 10 sources.

8 pages in length. The extent to which ethics and legality play pivotal roles within the framework of counseling children is the difference between the ability to help a child overcome his psychological pain and the capacity to exacerbate it. These implications are not only critical to the holistic nature of therapy but ...

A 3 page research paper that discusses the various components that make up Bronfenbrenner's model and how this applies to a child with autism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper provides an overview of three therapuetic activities that are used for children: 1.Sand box play 2. Play-Doh 3. Coloring in/Drawing. These activites are related in terms of creating therapeutic trust. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page research paper that discusses the effect of TV viewing on early language development. The writer agues that this depends on the child's cognitive development, the media content and the environmental situation. Final page includes a short appendix on how the articles were found. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

3 pages in length. Developmental milestones are important indicators of appropriate mental, emotional and physical growth taking place within their respective developmental stages, such as the first smile at three months, first step at one year and the use of simple phrases at age two (CDC, 2010). There are a number of biological and ...

An 8 page paper that identifies three similarities and three differences between and among these theories. Key concepts for each theory are presented. The writer comments on the importance of knowing these theories and on the inter-relationships between them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page research paper that briefly describes what attachment theory is and how it can negatively affect childhood development when it is dysfunctional. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of informal assessments of autism. The role of family therapy in such assessments is also explored, from the standpoint of private therapeutic practice. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 15 page summation of a child observation and parent interview, with a discussion of child development theory and how these principles apply to this particular case. The child observation and parent interview summations are each 3 pages long and the remainder of the report is the discussion and analysis. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of ADHD. The role of ADHD as a predictor in the development of social and emotional disorders is explored. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 7 page paper provides an overview of methods used in therapeutic play with young children. This paper outlines three specific methods and their impacts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of the relationship between working memory and language learning. To those ends, it looks at a number of studies measuring working memory and language skills in children with Specific Language Impairment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of the childhood development theories of Jean Piaget. It broadly examines the social, cognitive, and emotional/moral dimensions of human development. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper that offers up a summary of The Hurried Child by David Elkind. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which argues that violence in video games is not a problem. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 6 page paper relates naturalistic observations of children at play to the theories of Jean Piaget. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page research paper that examines issues involving the treatment of childhood depression, focusing on appropriate use of antidepressants. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page essay offers analytical summaries on three articles: Ennew (2000), Kusserow (1999), and MacDougall (2006). The writer comments on issues raised in each article. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the life and work of John Bowlby, the British psychoanalytic theorist who developed attachment theory with Mary Ainsworth. The paper starts by looking at his early life and how this may have impacted on his work before moving onto his main contributions looking at the context in which they ...

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of behavior reinforcement. Differential strategies are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper. This essay discusses the impact of divorce on children by reporting numerous studies. Some of the studies are longitudinal, exploring how the children made out during the years that followed. These studies consider how the adult is doing 20 years after the divorce. Bibliography lists 6 sources.