Social-emotional development in children

1)  www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02cp40x
Thought-provoking debate on temperament and whether it is fixed or can change with experience.

2)  www.youtube.com/watch?v=IysBMqaSAC8
An excerpt from a longer documentary ‘The Science of Animal Behaviour’ featuring work on imprinting by Nobel prize winner Konrad Lorenz.

3)  www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTsewNrHUHU
This video demonstrates the procedure used by Mary Ainsworth in the ‘Strange Situation’ assessment of attachment type.

4)  thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-10/looking-back-making-and-breaking-attachment-theory
This article critically reviews the life and work of attachment theorist John Bowlby, giving useful social and historical context to the maternal deprivation hypothesis.

5)  www.youtube.com/watch?v=23p5n_vlJ9M
This TEDx talk extends ideas from this chapter around peer relationships and looks at how the thoughts, feelings and behaviour involved in early interactions impact a child’s development.

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