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Charise is completing her course work for a Ph.D. in developmental psychology. She does not want to teach and she is not interested in working in a research lab. But she is very creative and loves young children. Her dissertation advisor suggested that she look into working for a toy company. What role do developmental psychologists play in developing the toys that young children play with?
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec00/allplay.html
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Jeff is the director of the local YMCA's family programs. He has an idea for conducting a seminar for parents in how to help their children cope with peer pressure. What things can parents do to help their children resist negative peer pressure?
http://www.tnpc.com/parentalk/adolescence/teens3.html
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Patricia, public affairs director for a national advocacy organization for older adults, .is planning a public education campaign focusing on poverty among the nation's over-65 population. How many of the country's over-65 population live in poverty and how does the picture change with advanced age? What age, race, gender, and marital factors create the greatest risk for poverty after the age of 85?
http://wupa.wustl.edu/record/archive/1999/09-16-99/articles/poverty.html





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