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2019

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Evidence For Viability-Vulnerability: Early Stress Predicts Inhibition In Girls, But Not Boys At 24 Months, Marissa M. Dawson May 2019

Evidence For Viability-Vulnerability: Early Stress Predicts Inhibition In Girls, But Not Boys At 24 Months, Marissa M. Dawson

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Current literature within the field of child cognitive development lacks the understanding of the effects of child sex on cognitive development. . It is previously known that children’s social and cognitive development can be affected, positively or negatively, by outside factors, such as low socioeconomic status, but additional factors need to be examined. This study aims to fill these gaps. This study examined the associations between early cognitive development, child sex, and contextual stress through use of data from an overarching longitudinal study. Mothers completed self-report paper questionnaires, gathering basic background information and levels of anxiety and depression, at 4 …


Art & Psychology: How The Brain Revolutionizes And Transforms The Arts, Emma G. Beck Apr 2019

Art & Psychology: How The Brain Revolutionizes And Transforms The Arts, Emma G. Beck

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Art and Psychology: How the Brain Revolutionizes and Transforms the Arts, a high school art curriculum, explores how the theories of psychology can be applied and adapted to an art class and create a critical educational experience for students. Students will explore this curriculum through 3 units, Biopsychology and Art, Motivation and Art, and Social Psychology and Art. Each unit explores a variety of medium and theme all based around applying personal reference to real world issues.