Possible Class Presentation Topics

Possible topics for your class presentation of 20 minutes are listed below. Please indicate on a separate sheet of paper the topic you wish to present to the class. Please let me know if there is a topic you want to pursue that is not listed or if you need help finding a topic of interest (hint: look through a child or lifespan development text for ideas – I can lend you one if needed).

INFANCY

Relationships between premature birth status (or low birth weight) and infant/child development (e.g., cognitive and/or social and/or physical)

Parental education programs during the prenatal period: Relationship to later infant/child development

Relationships between day care variables and infant/child development

Parental stress, coping and infant development

The effects of postpartum depression upon child development

Variables that predict the development of infant attachment

CHILD

Development of friendships and intimacy over childhood

Media influences and child development

Family conflict and Child Development

Effects of intervention programs with children who have been rejected by their peers

The development of coping skills and adaptation to stress

The effects of intervention programs upon moral development

Family illness and how it affects children's understanding of illness, (non)development of empathy, or both.

ADOLESCENCE

The effects of late or early pubertal timing upon social development

School transitions and adolescent development

Attachment during adolescence

The impact of divorce upon adolescent adjustment

Interventions programs to: prevent teen pregnancy or STDS; decrease victimization of nonhetereosexual adolescents; prevent alcohol or drug use; prevent DUIS

Part time work and adolescent development

Extracurricular participation and adolescent development

Sexual abuse and adolescent development variables

ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING

Educational reentry and adult cognitive and/or social development

Emerging adulthood topic of your choice but approved by me

Abortion decisions and emotional development of mother and father

Job stress and marital relationships

Working models of attachment and their influence on parenting behavior or romantic relationships

Is there a midlife crisis?

The development of autonomy or intimacy or identity over the adulthood

Predicting the adjustment to retirement among younger and older workers

Intervention programs for widows and widowers

Prediction of adjustment to nursing homes

Non-disease influences upon cognitive development during old age