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Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies The myth of the perfect discipline strategy for children: 5 of 23

Is there an optimal style of parenting? When one talks of parenting style' we tend to mean the ways in which parents vary in their styles of child-rearing. Since the 1950's there has been a major thrust of research into social development and in particular, processes that exist within the family. The main aim has been direct...
Health & Fitness > Autism Using the theory of mind to diagnose autism: 1 of 2

Which is the best cognitive theoretical approach to understanding autism? Autism is most often thought of as a behaviourally diagnosed and biologically caused syndrome. Happ (1989) highlights three impaired areas in the development of autism. These three areas include socialisation, communication and imagination. The ability...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Risky Child Behaviors Assessing the negative effects of violent media on children: 10 of 11

Explore the Impact of the Murder of James Bulger on notions of Childhood. The notion of childhood has been the topic of debate for many years, back to when society was only studied subjectively by individuals and when Sociology and Psychology were disciplines of the future. The innocence and weakness in children is a concept...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms How are survival instincts affected by technology?: 3 of 3

The most famous book of all time is commonly thought to be Darwin's The Origin of the Species' in which he describes the theory of survival of the fittest'. Everyday on the television we see reality shows where a group of people struggle to survive, sometimes both physically and emotionally, with a group of strangers. Shows ...