Do NOT miss:

The NYTimes has done two articles this week so far on the hazards of enhanced fertility and multiple births.  There are two links so far.  Look at the pictures too; for instance, there's one of multiple fetuses seen on ultrasound.

The second link: (the first one will come up when you click on "read more...")

http://nytimes.com/2009/10/12/health/12fertility.html?_r=1&em

The New York Times had an extensive article last weekend on the work of Psychologist Jerome Kagan, who has conducted a longitudinal study on shyness and anxiety throughout the lifespan.

 Click on "read more..."

All of you will have had the opportunity to see your grades on the first exam by this week.  As I have mentioned to a number of you, an extra-credit assignment will be assigned in late November should you want to do one.  It is important to take a few minutes to go over your mistakes on the first exam and I am available during office hours or by appointment.

A second, in-class exam will be coming up in a few weeks, so stay alert for any announcements and the study guide.

Child Development students should be finishing studying Chapter 2.

Lifespan Students will do Chapter 3 starting this week.

For those Child Development students who would like to, I have found a way to access the companion website for the first edition of our text.  If you find that it is unavailable, try again later.  Here it is:

http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_cook_childdev_1

Please be sure that you know when your class will have the exam distributed, and when the exam must be returned to me.  I will not accept late papers.

Also, make sure that you download the correct study guide!!  The one for Child Development and the one for Lifespan are slightly different.

Finally, feel free to ask questions, whether in class or via email.

Welcome!  I'm looking forward to getting to know you!

Have a look around the site and see if there is anything that interests you so far.

Get into the habit of checking in here at least once a week.  I will use this announcement area to tell you about exams, documents posted, interesting articles, videos and sites that I find in the course of the semester.

If for some reason you have trouble downloading a document or accessing a site, I would greatly appreciate it if you would let me know so that I can correct any problems.

To avoid confusion, make sure that when you read information about exams, etc, you note which group of students i am referring to!  Child Development students and Lifespan Students may be on different schedules.

Please send me an email from your regular email address so that I can gather all your addresses together in one file per class section.