Cognitive+Development+Research

​ Cognitive Development:

Preschoolers' search for Explanatory Information Within Adult- Child conversation. []? vid=5&hid=3&sid=111d2976-9c25-4bde-b5b6-cdee36cb4bec%40sessionmgr11

This article was a study done with preschoolers. Researchers thought that only children seven and up would ask questions as to why certain things happend and would try to find the cause. However, this study showed that children as young as two can ask the "why" question and seek the answer. Emily Hokinson

Maternal Thyroid Deficiency during Pregnancy and Subsequent Neuropsychological Development of Children

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This aricle included results from multiple tests, proving that it is important for mothers to get tested for hypothyroidism during pregnancy. It has been proven that children with this have IQ results that are significantly lower then normally developed children. This will effect their thinking process.

Hillary SIetsema

Stay for the Children? Husband Violence, Marital Stability, and Children’s Behavior Problems []

The research journal covered the effects of husband violence and its relationship to martial stability and offspring behavioral problems. Historically, women have been made to feel obligated to stay in an abusive marriage. Studies were conducted to find out whether children were being affected by violence in the home and if they were acting out because of learned abusive behavior. The results showed that boys and girls that had an abusive father were going to exhibit internal and external problems. Studies indicated that children have less likelihood of behavioral problems when their fathers recieved interventional help. The outcomes may depend on the severity of the abuse prior to any intervention. The studies show that violence does affect a child’s behavior.

Ashley Wittrock

 ===Exposure to Media Violence and other Correlated of Aggressive Behavior in Preschool [|Http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v11n2/daly.html] ===

This research article is about the exposure of violent media and the impact it has on young childrens behavior. Children were observed on their behavior and were found that boys were more physically aggressive after exposed to the violent shows.



Emily Skjerping


="Cognitive skill performance among young children living in poverty: Risk, change, and the promotive effects of Early Head Start" = [] This empirical journal article was about poverty and how it affected young children's cognitive development. The study examined different risk factors among a sample of 3001 children and their families to determine the effects on cognitive development at 14, 24, and 36 months of age. One main findings of this article were that from one to three years of age, children's cognitive skill level decreased dramatically when living in poverty compared to those children that are not. Another finding was that children living in poverty who were enrolled in a Early Head Start program had higher cognitive skills by three years old that those that were not in the program. **~Jennifer Prunty**

EPIPAGE Study
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//** In this journal it was a study that was made to compared the frequency of behavioral problems in very preterm and term children at 5 years of age. They use all babies’ that was born between 22 and 32 weeks gestation and a control group of infants born at 39 to 40 weeks gestation in 1997 in 9 French regions. They followed children from birth until 5 years of age. Their hypothesis was that the behavioral problems would be associated with cognitive impairment and environmental factors and that differences between the 2 groups would be reduced but persist after adjusting for cognitive performance and environmental factors. As a result Preterm Children were more likely to have high scores in the total difficulties, hyperactivity, emotional symptoms, and peer problems domains. **//


 * Chantell Simmons**


 * Influences of biological risk at birth and temperament on development at toddler and preschool ages**

This was a study aimed at investigating the effects of temperament and biological risk at birth on various developmental domains at toddler and preschool ages and the interaction effects of the biological risk and temperament on development. They found that the biological risk and temperament affected child development at toddler age but not at preschool age. No interaction of biological risk and temperament effects on the child development at toddler age existed. The effects of biological risk and temperament on child development were temporary for the children with relatively low biological risk.

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Joelle Sampson


 * Fathers’ Influence on Their Children’s Cognitive and Emotional Development: From Toddlers to Pre-K**

My article related both to cognitive and emotional development assessing how a father's involvement affects a child's development. The study was broken into 2 studies to assess 2 different ages ranges, ages 2-3 and pre-K. Essentially, the researchers found that a father's education effects a child's and that their supportiveness matters for children's cognitive and language development across all ages as well as their social and emotional development but less consistently.

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a789680373~db=all~jumptype=rss

^ So, here's the thing. I have absolutely no idea how I got the PDF file to my article, I think it was a freak accident and now I can't find it. So, the above is the link to an awesome abstract, and if you're really desperate to read my article (hehe) e-mail me (mlbutton@iastate.edu) or Amanda. Sorry.

Megan Button

Crowding and Cognitive Development The Mediating Role of Maternal Responsiveness Among 36-Month-Old Children This study analyzed the effects that overcrowding in homes and different types of maternal responsiveness has on young children’s cognitive development. Researches already suspected a close link in between overcrowding and slower cognitive development, but researches connected all three of these variables in this study.

[] Brooke Reinhart

=Arts enrichment and school readiness for children at risk= =This article talks about the use of art in the preschool curriculum and how that is a improvement in the development of young children, helping them develop social skills and helping them develop communication skills that might other wise be hindered with in traditional mainstream education.=

http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.lib.iastate.edu:2048/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W4B-4X0MKC3-1&_user=716796&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2010&_rdoc=9&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info%28%23toc%236538%232010%23999749998%231571252%23FLA%23display%23Volume%29&_cdi=6538&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=10&_acct=C000040078&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=716796&md5=c1132ba35257f4d52a7c240338045da2 Kevin Foster