Description: Consider this quote from John Watson, one of the founders of Behaviorism: “Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select — doctor, lawyer, artist,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Developmental Outcomes
Emerging Adulthood and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Two “new” ideas smooshed together
Description: Ok, this post is not going to be anywhere near long enough to convey all that it should. That said, I am going to introduce you to two HUGE developmental concepts and then after only a bare “hello” I am going to toss an article at you that smacks them together in an interesting… Read more »
Chronic Happiness and Grades in University: What can be Developed?
Description: Think about your experience in making a transition from high school to university. What sorts of things do you think contributed both to your making a successful transition and to successful academic performance at college or university? What role did your general mood state play in your transition? After you’ve thought about this, read… Read more »
Frances Kelsey: Canadian Who Blocked Thalidomide from Approval for Use in the United States
Source: The Globe and Mail Date: November 24, 2014 Links: Video: http://bcove.me/q1bb3zon Article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-doctor-averted-disaster-by-keeping-thalidomide-out-of-the-us/article21721337/ The drug Thalidomide, which was found to be a powerful teratogen, was approved for use in Canada in the 1960’s largely on the strength of it already having been approved for use in the UK, other commonwealth countries and Germany. It… Read more »
Canada’s Thalidomide Babies are Aging, Struggling and Looking for Support
Description: Read the article describing the long term developmental effects on Canadians whose Mothers were given the drug Thalidomide to treat insomnia and nausea early in their pregnancies (in the 1960’s). Source: The Globe and Mail Date: November 21, 2014 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-aftermath-of-thalidomide/article21689771/ Thalidomide is a textbook teratogen. Prescribed as a sleeping pill or an anti-nausea… Read more »
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