Welcome! This research guide was created for students in Professor Cianci's Developmental Psychology - Lifespan course.
This guide is a customized resource for this particular course and assignment.
You are required to write a 3-5 page paper using professional sources that addresses one of the following topics:
- Discuss the development of gross and fine motor skills from infancy through early childhood.
- Discuss how culture can affect development.
- Discuss Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
- Analyze a children's book (or series), movie or TV show and discuss its impact on child development.
The resources on these pages will help you:
- Find background information about your topic.
- Formulate a search strategy on your topic.
- Find articles in the library databases.
- Find e-Books in the library catalog.
- Evaluate the sources you have found.
- Cite your sources properly to avoid plagiarism.
- Get additional help from the Writing Center and Academic Support.
- Log in from off-campus.
