For this assignment, view the "The Love Lab" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oB6zNcLIH0Write a 1,000-1,500-word reaction essay that addresses the following questions:Do you agree with Gottman's assessment of what it takes to sustain a relationship?How do you feel about "The Love Lab" video? Why?Do you feel there is a "formula" to successful relationships?How do ideas from "The Love Lab" video compare with those presented by other scholarly psychologists?

The role of the microsystem in shaping children’s effortful control is important and parents play a critical role. After reading the text and viewing the “Life at 3: Bad Behavior” video, address the following: What would you recommend to a parent who asks you what he or she can do to promote his or her preschool child’s self-regulation skills? Now turning to the mesosystem, identify examples of influences on the child's effortful control you can share with the parent.  Provide examples of influences on children’s effortful control that you have observed in your own family and other families who are close to you.  Guided Response:   Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length.

Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Strategies Read the articles “10 Effective DAP Teaching Strategies” and “Culturally Responsive Classroom Strategies.” In addition, view the Culture in the Classroom website and the Lisa Delpit Interview article.  After reviewing the required resources, identify and discuss three challenges involved with ensuring that teaching strategies are appropriate for culturally diverse children. Then, discuss these cultural challenges in the classroom using one sociological perspective (i.e., functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, etc.) and another relevant perspective, such as Piaget’s preoperational stage of development. Finally, identify and discuss how the challenges related to differences in culture may be addressed by a teacher in a way that increases the child’s cognitive advancement and academic success.  You must use at least three scholarly sources other than the textbook and required resources for this assignment. The paper must include a summary of each of the challenges identified and each of the remedies to those challenges. In addition, you must include an explanation of the cultural challenges in the classroom using one of the sociological perspectives and Piaget’s theory of the preoperational stage of cognitive development. Criteria: Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length, not including title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.Must include at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook and required resources.Must include, on the final page, a reference list that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.Must be well organized and reflect college-level writing.