Merisa Bradley

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What is the relationship between gullibility and open-minded cognition?

There is a lot of thoughts on gullibility being a component of intellectual disability. I have been reading works on open-minded cognition and how it can be situational. What if the actual...

10 May 2016 6,609 1 View

What therapies are there for children who misunderstand 'appropriate' social behaviour: daily they're influenced by multi-cultural social norms?

Are there specific forms of play therapy recommended? How about RDI? Will the therapists incorporate the cultural influences? Do you know of anyone looking at this?

31 July 2015 6,114 16 View

Do you know of any Self-Determination Intervention in Early Childhood?

Are there any interventions to enhance the self-determined behaviour of children between 2 and 5? Can you think of anywhere I can look. All the interventions I am finding are for 'school age...

28 March 2015 514 4 View

Anyone have any references or names for self-determination interventions or studies with groups with low levels of soclal competence?

I expect to find a negative affect on self-determination for children with low levels of social competence as a result of either family circumstances: aggressive parenting, siblings in trouble...

24 March 2015 6,235 3 View

Does anyone know of anyone currently looking at assistive technologies in the classroom? or within an educational context?

I would like to make contact with some people who might be able to guide me, I am looking from a Psychology / Education perspective but would like to make contact with people using assistive...

02 January 2015 4,117 6 View

How can a child age 4 process the frustration they feel from the mathematical probability of winning or not using a dice for a game?

During an intervention a child, well versed in playing boards games seems frustrated after a few games on a custom made board to target behavioral / emotional challenges for the child. If a child...

26 November 2014 1,113 1 View

What is the relationship between independence and risky play or attitudes to risk?

Does anyone know of any body of works in this area? I believe that if teachers / practitioners are comfortable with risk then the children in their charge will be more independent.

05 May 2014 8,600 3 View

What research would you recommend that looks at 'independence' in relation to human flourishing?

I am looking for some works that link independence with optimal functioning. Preferably in the area of special needs but not exclusively as this is relatively untapped area. Although...

23 April 2014 5,800 3 View

What method would you use to gather data when the participant (child) does not like drawing pictures and does not understand the questions?

I am wondering what sort of methods for gathering data people favour. For children with mild learning disabilities where what are often considered simple social concepts do not appear to be...

09 April 2014 7,892 37 View

What ways have you seen or would you like to see technologies assist?

Do we use assistive technologies to their full potential? What ways have we seen, in what ways do we use them? Are there any researchers out there living on the edge of inclusion, independently...

03 April 2014 5,767 2 View

In what fields would you expect to see optimism being researched?

I am looking into research on optimism after completing a systematic review but would like to look a little broader then the immediate field of psychology. Does anyone have ideas / opinions of...

30 March 2014 9,203 4 View

What does tolerance look like? How can we enhance / influence it?

In a classroom, a child annoying others. If this is the way he is how can we influence tolerance and change in the peers? What does this look like and how can this be achieved?

25 March 2014 9,090 2 View

What is the effect of continued use of playing with construction toys in early years?

I am specifically looking to see if the literature says they enhance the development of fine motor skills, specifically pincer grasp for writing or not. I am finding it hard to get anything from...

24 February 2014 3,503 2 View

Can anyone tell me the leading minds in the developmental stages of both non-verbal communication and pragmatics?

I am looking to use / put together a milestone checklist, so any references would be very helpful to understand the developmental stages.

18 February 2014 6,720 6 View

What key words would you use to describe independence?

I am looking into a systematic review of independence of children with special educational needs, but independence seems to be an elusive and subjective term.

15 February 2014 2,840 7 View

Why is there a considerable empirical over lap between optimism and self-esteem?

The study I am reading shows this result. Could it be because self-esteem is a cultural construct and not universal?

14 January 2014 1,121 10 View

Is optimism a sub-dimension of resilience?

In a study I am reading there is considerable overlap between resilience and optimism and the author poses this question. Does anyone know of any studies adressing this?

13 January 2014 5,758 6 View

What are the different measures of optimism?

In the main, LOT-R based on generalisable optimism (Scheier & Carver) but are there others?

13 January 2014 3,190 4 View

Would optimism and hope be defined by different words in children?

I am looking at the relationship between them and coping however I wish to think about it from a developmental perspective. Now I am wondering if the keywords I have will capture enough studies in...

29 December 2013 1,957 6 View

Can anyone help with key words for my systematic review?

I am doing a systematic review relating to hope, optimism and coping but I want to make sure I am not missing any key avenues / words! Can you help? Optimism I have: Optimism; Positive Attitude;...

21 December 2013 4,939 26 View

How can we measure unconditional love between caregivers and dependents?

Parenting styles aside, love has many dimensions and the concept of self often impacted by acceptance from others, conditional or otherwise. Has anyone designed a measure or know of any studies?

01 December 2013 4,457 4 View

What is the difference between optimism and effortful optimism?

During my systematic review I keep coming up against this term 'effortful optimism' yet it is never defined and is often used interchangeably. Does anyone know how it might be constructed? Is it...

01 December 2013 2,070 5 View

Has anyone got any published or unpublished works, showing any aspects of the relationship between either hope, optimism and coping?

This is for a systematic review.

31 October 2013 4,451 8 View

What is the difference between self-esteem and coping or resilience?

Sue Gerhardt speaks of self-esteem as not just being the ability to think well of yourself but also "a capacity to respond to life's challenges."

20 September 2013 8,049 9 View

Anyone looking at flexischooling or homeschooling!?

I am preparing a research project in Ireland related to homschooling and would like the expertise / to lonk in with others who are looking at the same / similar area.

23 July 2013 8,323 4 View