Spanking

Although learning occurs at all ages, children are most vulunerable to the learning process. Is spanking a form of discipline for children? Are there alternatives to spanking, i.e. time-outs, that are more effective at changing negative behavior?

Multicultural psychology topics are explored.

This posting offers five topics on cross cultural cognition areas.

Relationship between bilingualism, cognitive development and learning

Children who are bilingual present challenges to parents, teachers, and others that may be working with the child. This is especially apparent when a bilingual child reaches school-age and is faced with learning in a classroom setting. This document attempts to provide the reader with a brief understanding of past and present research on bilingual children.

Cultural dynamics, conflicts, ethics, sensitive issues and recommendations to solve these.

Carmen is a 35-year-old Hispanic American woman who is working on a project with Hong, a 25-year-old Asian American graduate student intern. Several months ago, they were assigned to work together on an integral part of the project. They have been working together on a daily basis since the assignment was given. However, there are conflicts between them. Carmen was raised as a Roman Catholic, and Hong practices Buddhism. Hong is complaining that Carmen is "too aggressive and loud and should tone down her act." Hong finds Carmen bossy and unwilling to receive feedback without being defensive. Carmen feels that Hong is too demanding and is trying to change her mind to conform to his ideas abou... click for more

Child development and the Mozart effect are the focal topics.

Help with a speech on the Mozart Effect is given in these areas: 1. What can you tell me about the Mozart Effect? 2. Who did the original research? 3. What did the original research show? 4. What did Haberman’s study show? 5. What did Weinberger have to say about the controversy?