Newspaper writers develop content for the newspaper that a large amount of people want to read, and since there are a lot of parents in the world, new information about child development can always be valued by a parent. These articles can be lacking theoretical models in their content, which can be very important to support their theories. Regardless of the content of the developmental article, a theoretical model can explain the phenomenon that is being discussed. In the article by Pelly (2016) transitional objects, such as blankets and teddy bears, were said to be used by children to provide a sense of security and consistency for a child during a period of childhood where children were starting to separate from their mothers. I think
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It is also mentioned that babies that are fussier and aren’t as good of sleepers are harder babies. I think this could relate to the nature and nurture debate (Shaffer et al., 2013). The nature and nurture debate is about how some developmental psychologists believe that a child is not influenced by their environment, and their development is based on their biological factors, and how others believe that a child is a product of their environment and biological factors do not play a role in development. In this case, I believe that nature and nurture both play a role in a baby’s personality. Biological factors that could make a baby fussier could include being born premature, innate personality traits, and having some sort of illness. Nature, however, could also play a part in having a fussy baby because of different parenting styles, mothers emotional state, and different forms of attachment. Any number of factors from both sides of this debate can play a role in how a baby …show more content…
It was hypothesized that both positive relationship quality and negative family conflict would be significant mediators in finding the association between parental stress and academic involvement. The participants were 428 Mexican parents of ninth or tenth grade students at two different schools in Los Angeles. The parents completed a quantitative interview with the researchers. The results of the study were that higher levels of parental stress could predict lower levels of school
It is also mentioned that babies that are fussier and aren’t as good of sleepers are harder babies. I think this could relate to the nature and nurture debate (Shaffer et al., 2013). The nature and nurture debate is about how some developmental psychologists believe that a child is not influenced by their environment, and their development is based on their biological factors, and how others believe that a child is a product of their environment and biological factors do not play a role in development. In this case, I believe that nature and nurture both play a role in a baby’s personality. Biological factors that could make a baby fussier could include being born premature, innate personality traits, and having some sort of illness. Nature, however, could also play a part in having a fussy baby because of different parenting styles, mothers emotional state, and different forms of attachment. Any number of factors from both sides of this debate can play a role in how a baby …show more content…
It was hypothesized that both positive relationship quality and negative family conflict would be significant mediators in finding the association between parental stress and academic involvement. The participants were 428 Mexican parents of ninth or tenth grade students at two different schools in Los Angeles. The parents completed a quantitative interview with the researchers. The results of the study were that higher levels of parental stress could predict lower levels of school