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• Child psychology
• The newborn infant
• Infant reflexes
• Early social behaviour
• Social interactions
• The home and family
• Group vs family care
• Maternal employment
• Day care
• Father absent families
• The importance of the family
• Child in care
• Research methods
• Formulation of research questions
• Subjects and samples
• Random sampling
• The experimental method
• Perception
• Communication and language
• Identifying intelligence and nature/nurture debate
• Children’s line of thought
• The acquisition of behaviour
• Gender roles
• Causes of aggression found in children
• The methodological approach to research
• Education