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3D Brain Atlas
Neurotorium offers an excellent three-dimensional brain atlas to help you learn neuroanatomy and functioning. You can search for any brain region using the toolbar, explore the brain by clicking various structures, and dissect the brain on the sagittal, horizontal, and coronal planes. You can also remove outer layers to see inner structures more clearly.
What is Your Temperament?
The goodness-of-fit between a parent and child's temperament can greatly affect the quality of their relationship. This interactive questionnaire lets you assess your temperament and (if applicable) the temperament of your child to evaluate similarities and differences.
Attachment
In this video, psychologist Everett Waters demonstrates the strange situation, a procedure used to asses the quality of attachment between infants and caregivers. Note how the critical part of the strange situation is the infant's response when the caregiver returns to the room. This video illustrates the different responses of infants classified as secure, insecure-avoidant, and insecure-ambivalent.
Learning Theory
You probably learned about classical and operant conditioning in your introductory psychology class. However, it's easy to confuse these two types of learning. This short video provides a quick refresher. It's important to differentiate classical and operant conditioning because they help explain how many mental health problems develop in children and how they might be treated using behavior therapy.
Ecological Systems Theory
Urie Bronfenbrenner believed that development was influenced by several concentric systems, each nested inside the others. These systems range from the child's interactions with his or her immediate surroundings (e.g., family, school) to more distal social and cultural factors. In this short video, Bronfenbrenner describes his theory.
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