Birth Order & Its Effect on Cognitive Development and Learning
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A 20 page overview of the impacts, both perceived and assumed, of birth order on cognitive development and learning. Provides an extensive review of the literature and makes suggestions for additional research. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Birthcog.wps

Birth Order and Parental Attachment
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A 6 page overview of parental attachment and its relation to birth order. Discusses the need for additional research on parental attachment. Uses the literature discussing the importance of family structure to individual development and achievement to illuminate the importance of birth order. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Birth Order/Reaction, Critique of a Research Study
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A 7 page research paper that focuses on a study article by Falbo (1981). The writer addresses how the study was conducted and what it tells readers concerning achievement and interpersonal personality characteristics as they relate to birth order. This examination also relates this study to the general topic of birth order, current research and theories of personality development. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khfalbo.rtf

Books, Movies And Child Development
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A 6 page paper. The writer discusses what can be learned about child and adolescent development through the Harry Potter books and two movies, Pokemon and the Iron Giant. The essay also discusses how these venues reflect human development stages according to certain theorists and why these titles are so appealing to children and adolescents. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGbkmov.wps

BPD and OCD: The Case of "Jenny"
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This 7 page paper provides an overview of the case of "Jenny," a girl who has manic depression. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MHJenny.rtf

Bronfenbrenner Ecological Theory and Autism
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the various components that make up Bronfenbrenner's model and how this applies to a child with autism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khbroaut.rtf

Bronfenbrenner/Ecological Theory of Development
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A 4 page research paper that, first of all, looks at Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory of Development, which argues that if human development is to be fully understood, it must take into consideration an individual's interaction with that environment. The levels of interaction in Bronfenbrenner's model are discussed (roughly 3 pages) and then the writer discusses how to apply this model in discussing the student's personal background (roughly 1 page). Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khbroeco.rtf

Bruno Bettleheim’s Concept of Enchantment and the Japanese Fairytale of the Peach-Boy:
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This 4 page report discusses the ideas of Bruno Bettleheim’s 1976 “The Uses of Enchantment” and establishes a thematic connection between it and “Japanese Fairy Tales” edited by Philip Smith (1992). No additional sources.
Filename: BWjfairy.wps

Buffy The Vampire Slayer's "Band Candy" – Lost Childhood
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3 pages in length. There is truth to the saying that people are never satisfied with what they have, and it is not limited to material possessions. Children – seeking to attain freedom, independence and grownup privileges – are forever wishing they were older; adults, on the other hand – seeking to abandon responsibility, rediscover their freedom and remember when life was so much simpler – long to revisit their lost childhood. Clearly, the impact of adulthood, although a highly desirable commodity to those yet to reach it, ultimately becomes a daily quest just to maintain one's social, economic and personal duty, while at the same time finding some peace of mind. Children do not grasp the amount of responsibility required of an adult but rather only see the fun and limitless boundaries grownups have. An obscure way this is related comes from the "Band Candy" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where the adults unwittingly buy and consume fundraising candy that has been hexed with a youth-inducing spell. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCBuffy.rtf