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John Oates is senior lecturer in developmental psychology in the Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning at The Open University.

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Day 14 - An early start By adwriter via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By John Oates (The Open University)

13 December 2010

Dr John Oates, a senior lecturer at the Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning, asks why do children wake up so early on Christmas morning?    Read more : Day 14 - An early start

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Studying twins, studying personality Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image DC Atty under CC-BY licence

By John Oates (The Open University)

25 May 2010

 John Oates meets twins - and those who study them - to explore if there is anything we can learn about personality and links...  Read more : Studying twins, studying personality

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From plans to action: Executive functionMylaphotography | Dreamstime.com

By John Oates (The Open University)

26 June 2007

A lot of what we do, we do without thinking about it. When we concentrate, that's exercising our executive function, as explained by this extract...  Read more : From plans to action: Executive function

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What is socialization?BBC

By John Oates (The Open University)

01 December 2005

John Oates introduces us to socialization and the different views of child rearing  Read more : What is socialization?

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Best dad, best mumUsed with permission

By John Oates (The Open University)

04 January 2005

John Oates looks at what children want from their mum and dad, drawing conclusions from the 'Best dad, Best mum' survey  Read more : Best dad, best mum

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Am I In Control?Used with permission

By John Oates (The Open University)

04 January 2005

Do you believe that you control your life, or do you feel that it is controlled by other people and events? John Oates invites you...  Read more : Am I In Control?

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Cause and effect in a childProduction team

By John Oates (The Open University)

04 January 2005

John Oates looks at cause-effect links in child development, and examines how much weight we should give to media scare stories  Read more : Cause and effect in a child

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Verbal fluencyProduction team

By John Oates (The Open University)

04 January 2005

John Oates explains verbal fluency. Have fun with our tests to measure how quickly you can think and talk  Read more : Verbal fluency

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Research [10]

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Oates, John; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Johnson, Mark eds. (2012). Developing Brains. Early Childhood in Focus, 7. Milton Keynes: The Open University.

Oates, John and Szekeres, Csaba (2011). Vortex. Hunnia FilmStudio, Budapest.

Oates, John ed. (2010). Supporting Parenting. Early Childhood in Focus, 5. Milton Keynes: The Open University.

Arreckx, F.; Bates, S.; Canning, N. and Oates, J. (2009). Developing through play: A multi-media professional development package. In: British Psychological Society (BPS) Developmental Psychology Section Conference, 9-11 September 2009, Nottingham Trent University.

Milford, Rebecca and Oates, John (2009). Universal screening and early intervention for maternal mental health and attachment difficulties. Community Practitioner, 82(8), pp. 30–33.

Oates, J.; Canning, N.; Arreckx, F. and Bates, S. (2008). Reusable learning objects: a multimedia professional development package. In: CETL, PBPL Annual Conference: Assessment, Experience and Reflection, 15-16 October 2008, The Open Universtiy, Milton Keynes.

Oates, J. and Isaacs, E. (2008). Nutrition and cognition: assessing cognitive abilities in children and young people. European Journal of Nutrition, 47(s3), pp. 4–24.

Moore, D. G.; Goodwin, J. E. and Oates, J. M. (2008). A modified version of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II for cognitive matching of infants with and without Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(6), pp. 554–561.

Oates, John (2008). Early Support Developmental Journal. DCSF Publications.

Moore, Derek G.; Oates, John M.; Goodwin, Julia and Hobson, R. Peter (2008). Behavior of mothers and infants with and without Down Syndrome during the still-face procedure. Infancy, 13(1), pp. 75–89.

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Day 14 - An early start

Comment posted by lj762

15 Dec 2010

They don't. That is simply a perception and expectation some parents have. I have had four children and I am a grandmother and I know from 20 years of experience children will wake up early on... Read more : Day 14 - An early start

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John Oates is senior lecturer in developmental psychology in the Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning at The Open University. He chaired the production of the OU Child Development course and contributes to other psychology courses in the OU and elsewhere. His main research interest is in mother-infant relations and the development of attachment.

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