Autism is a very complicated developmental disorder. However a lot can be done to teach and help people with this disorder. A lovely book you might like to read is called The curious incident of the dog in the night time, by Mark Haddon.
The link to the article is showing you how this disorder is being studied to shed light on its origin.

Physiological psychology 3rd polimodal students specially , do read this article.


This area focuses on the relationship between our biological makeup and our behaviour and experiences. As our knowledge increases as regards how our brain works there are many studies which bring up interesting questions.
This article is related to a study in  our syllabus called Brain abnormalities in murderers indicated by positron emission tomography.This sounds very complicated but you can read the article and get ready to discuss it in class.

Developmental Psychology
This area of psychology deals with discovering the psychological processes of development.
The study of aggression was undertaken by a Doctor called Albert Bandura.
Read the article which will be followed by a video on you tube for you to begin to think about the nature nurture debate.

It´s back to work and as you can see i have improved my skills in an area which you excel at.
Let´s use this blog to further our knowledge of both Child Development and the different areas of Psychology. Please feel free to submit articles related to our studies during the school year. good luck and don´t leave things till the last moment.