Web Resources for Developmental Psychology
- The Psychology Department Homepage : http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/
- The Psychology Undergraduate InfoPack : http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/dept/ugrad/infopack.html
- Columbia University Faculties
- Library Reference Tools and Indices
- ERIC. Everything related to education (broadly defined). Most items can be found at the Teachers College Library.
- Medline. Biomedicine, allied health fields, biological and physical
sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to
medicine and health care.
- Want to improve your search skills? see the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Tutorial.
- PsycINFO. Search here for journal articles and book chapters in psychology and related disciplines.
- Periodical Abstracts. Articles from some 1,800 general interest periodicals and academic journals in many disciplines, nearly half of which are full-text.
- LibraryWeb
Ejournals. Recent issues of many journals are now available
online. You'll need your Columbia UNI and password to access them.
- Popular Media
- Psychology Resources
- APA Style Resources.
- The Psychology Jumping Stand [not working 10/8/08]
- Cole and Cole, The Development of Children, website.
- On Nature and Nurture
- John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. See particularly the 2nd paragraph of Book II, Chap.I. You will need your Columbia Uni and password to access these.
- 'Nurture' is not the same as 'Environment.' Chap. 1 of The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris. This requires a free online subscription to the New York Times.
- Peer Pressure, Tavris' review of The Nurture Assumption,
from the Sept. 13 New York Times Book Review. This requires a free online subscription to the New York Times.
- Embryonic Development Websites
- Which Embryo is Human? from the Exploratorium.
- The Visible Embryo
- Basic Embryology Review Program. This award-winning web site provides an Overview of prenatal development that is open to the public.
- Pregnancy Sites from www.childbirth.org
- Ask NOAH about: Pregnancy
- Beckman
ChickScope where you can watch and read about developing chick
embryos
- Teratogenes
- Werler (1977). Teratogen update: Smoking and reproductive outcomes. Teratology, 55, 382-388.
- Among the many interesting pages provided by the Teratology
Society , see:
- Just for Students Homepage
- A fascinating History of Teratology
- Crack's effect on babies is real, experts say, but reversible. To find this N.Y. Times article "For Crack Babies, a Future Less Bleak" by Christopher Wren, 9/22/98, USE LEXIS NEXIS Go to Guided New Search; Keywords: Crack, Babies
- Paul Kenyon's Psychoteratology [not working 10/10/08] lecture support material
- NCEH: Lead Poisoning Fact Sheet
- FDA: How folate can help prevent birth defects.
- March of Dimes: Birth Defects Information
- March of Dimes: Infant Health Statistics
- FAS Prevention Activities
- NIAAA Alcohol Alert #13: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
- National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: 1997 | 1998 |
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- ATSDR: Developmental effects of PCB exposure
- Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database
- Neuron and Brain
- Glossary of Brain Development terms [not working 10/10/08] || Brain Development FAQs [not working 10/10/08] from Zero to Three [excellent review for 2280]
- Building Baby's Brain, from the University of Georgia
- Poverty and brain development in early childhood. A fact sheet from the NCCP, April 1997.
- Paul Kenyon's Biological Bases of Behavior.
- John Krantz's Basic Neural Processes Tutorials
- Dana Brain Web
- Brain Development, from an excellent Neuroscience Tutorial for kids.
- Neuroscience Tutorial (for 1st yr med students)
- Brain Poke. This simulation let's you play the role of a neurosurgeion during brain surgery. Be sure to read the Q & A after you've poked around a bit.
- Discover Magazine's annotated Mind and Brain Links
- From PBS online, The
Secret Life of the Brain series
- Infancy
- Neonatology on the Web
- APGAR Scoring for Newborns
- The Future of Children: Low Birth Weight
- Parents Action for Children
- Babyworld An ejournal for parents
- Early Development
- ZERO TO THREE: Enhancing the healthy development of infants and young children
- International Resources for Early Childhood Care and Development
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
- Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of our Youngest Children
- Research and Policy Reports on the well-being of children
- CDF: Healthy Start
- AAP: Developmental Stages
- The journal Pediatrics.
Browse and search all issues.
- Children and Technology
- The Future of Children: Children and Computer Technology
- Classroom Connect
- Institute for Learning Technologies at C.U. Teacher's College
- WWW
Links on Children and the Media from Children Now
- Heritability of IQ
- The Bell Curve: Two Reviews Psych 2280 students might benefit from the second of these, "Soft science with a neoconservative agenda," by Donald Dorfman, published in the May 1995 issue of Contemporary Psychology.
- The Bell Curve: A perspective from economics, by Arthur Goldberger and Charles Manski, June 1995 (reprinted in Focus, Vol. 17:2, 1995).
- The Bell Curve: A perspective from sociology, by Robert Hauser
and Wendy Carter (Focus Vol. 17:2, 1995)
- Poverty
- Instutitute for Research on Poverty at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madion
- Poverty-related web resources from IRP
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- NCCP Infant and Toddler Project
- Kofi Annan's Astonishing Facts from the 1998
United Nations Human Development Report.
- Substance Abuse and its Prevention
- Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
- Join Together Online: Substance Abuse
- Prevention Online. National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
- Look under FAQ for answers to questions such as "Where can educators find information and curriculum materials?"
- Check out Publications for articles such as "1998 CASA National Survey
of Teens, Parents, and Principals" and "Substance Abuse and
the American Woman."
- Other Biological and Medical Information Sources
- Schools and Education
- Organizations serving and studying Children
- Child Trends Trends in the well-being of America's children & youth
- Children Now specializing in Children and the Media
- Children's Rights Information Network (CRIN)]
- Children's Defense Fund
- Future of Children
- Global ChildNet: "facilitating global access to credible information on child-related issues"
- CYFERNet. The Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network
- I am your child
- National Black Child Development Institute
- National Network for Child Care
- The Council for Exceptional Children
- UNICEF
- Government Agencies
- Your Guide to NYC Government: Services Aimed at Children
- National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- NCEH Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health of the CDC
- Nat'l Inst. of Child Health and Human Devevlopment.
- USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center
- US Dept. of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
- Professional Societies
- Guides to the Web and other Technology Resources
Suggestions welcome.