Belsky

The Downside of Resilience is an academic journal written by Jay Belsky. In the journal Belsky mentions how some children come out of developmental programs more intellectually capable and with satisfactory behavior. However, others come out of the same developmental programs completely opposite of the ideal child. Belsky mentions how there is no single contributing factor to this division, but genetics may seem to play a part. Belsky then mentions the biology of the genes and two alleles. He explains how people who carry certain variations of the two alleles may lead to the person developing a particular disorder in the future. Belsky then mentions a controlled trial led by Gene H. Brody and Steven R. H. Beach affiliated with the University…

Jay Belsky wrote the article that I am summarizing in 2013, at the University of California, Davis & King Abdulaziz University. It remains the case that most work still focuses on effects of environmental exposures and developmental experiences that apply equally to all children—so-called main effects of parenti7ng or poverty or being reared by a depressed mother—thus failing to consider interaction effects, which reflect the fact that whether, how, and how much these contextual conditions…

If a mother is unmedicated, it will allow her to be more in control of herself and give her a sense of empowerment(“Natural Childbirth”, 2015). Although some may choose to have a natural birth unmedicated, using medication to decrease pain is another option with different advantages and disadvantages(Belsky, 2013). One mediation option is a an epidural, a type of anesthesia that is injected outside the spinal cord(Belsky, 2013). An epidural shot numbs the mother’s body from the waist…

Middle Adulthood is the time from ages forty to sixty-four, when individuals know that aging is unavoidable and new challenges are awaiting them (Belsky, 2013, 363). Many older adults are facing life milestones such as marriage, parenting, advancing in their careers, grand-parenting, and eventually retiring (Belsky, 2013, 366). As they age they are also experiencing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes that they have never had to deal with before. In order to understand what these…

In Professor Victor Davis Hanson and Professor John Heath’s joint essay: Who Killed Homer: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom, The Professors lament that; "the Greeks who started it all are so little known in modern America" (Hanson and Heath, 1998). However, as Belsky pointed out in his essay; The Poet Who Sings Through Us: Homer's Influence in Contemporary Western Culture, the criticism of Hanson and Heath mainly concern the method used to teach…

qualitatively different stages of intellectual growth” (Belsky, 2012, p. 22) The four stages (occurring during childhood) developed by Piaget are: Sensorimotor, Preoperations, Concrete Operations, and Formal Operations. Each stage has subsequent stages, which further details Piaget’s beliefs around the development of a growing mind. Since its inception, Piaget’s cognitive development theory has been widely accepted in the field,…

Due to the vast diversity in the lifestyles, middle adulthood is ill-defined and frequently varies from person to person (Belsky, 2013). In order to understand the various life developments experienced during this life stage, I interviewed fifty-one-year-old Lilly. Lilly is a former cosmetologist and mother of three currently living in Murfreesboro. After the birth of her second child, Lilly left the workforce to become a stay at home mother. However, Lilly recently began a part-time job as a…

Genie was able to learn how to say words and how to add up to three words together in a reasonably short time (Cherry, 2016, August 20). This shows that Genie had the skill to learn language, which other species do not have. Therefore, the case study demonstrates that she has the necessary genetic material that allows her to develop language, which is the concept of the LAD theory (Belsky, 2013, p. 105). However, the article states that Genie was able to develop language only while she was being…

“good” eye was not patched following the surgery, Holly’s weaker eye would be continually battling with the “good” eye for brain space and to form the necessary cortical connections to function properly. With the “good” eye patched, Holly’s weaker eye has the opportunity to form the necessary neural connection without negatively impacting the “good” eye. The textbook supports this standpoint. It relates that if a child is born blind at birth, brain space that would ordinarily be utilized to form…

In the article “Logical Choice” Gary Belsky writes about decisions and how hard they can be no matter what the circumstance is. He wrote this article to show people that it is not easy making a decisions without feeling a little guilt about the choice they made. Belsky gives a few real common life examples of choices people have to make and some they make in their daily life. A few years ago I lived with my mom and was going through some tough situations while I was there. We had financial,…