The role of fathers as attachment figures In the past, research into child development tended to ignore the role of fathers in their children’s lives, except as a financial support for mothers, who were viewed as the primary caregivers. Bowlby’s (1969) theory of monotropy stated that infants have to attach to a single (primary) caregiver within a critical period, with … Read More
Study under lockdown, the Sociocultural Approach: Enculturation
Here is my narrated ppt on Enculturation – please ignore any references to my own work situation as this was written specifically for my students. The Basu et al. (2017) study I use is featured in Psychology Sorted Book 2, The Options (Development option). Hope you find it useful. Here is the link:
Book 2 out now! Free Theory of Mind sample studies below.
We’ve done it! Click here to order your copy of Psychology Sorted Book 2. And just to thank you all for your patience, I am writing this blog on one of the most frequently-asked questions: ‘What is Theory of Mind?’ Of course, I am including studies from the new book, so you can see how helpful our text will be … Read More
Research from Psychology Sorted: Poverty and childhood cognitive development – a biological approach.
This is the first in a series of posts using research directly from our new book Psychology Sorted. The study we’re looking at today is Luby et al. (2013) on how children’s brain development and therefore their cognitive development are affected by poverty. The researchers found that exposure to poverty in early childhood impacts cognitive development by school age. However, the effect … Read More