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Unit 11: Developmental Psychology

The concept that development is a lifelong process is basic to the study of developmental psychology. By development, psychologists mean changes over time in characteristics such as physiology, emotion, perception, cognition, and memory, particularly as the changes relates to periods like infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Thus, students need to consider from a life-span perspective the major dimensions in which development takes place and the role that gender plays within each dimension. These dimensions are physical, cognitive, social, and moral. The questions of greatest current interest to developmental psychologists are whether development is continuous or discontinuous and to what extent genetics, physiology, and external environment influence the course of development. Closely connected to both of these questions are the concepts of critical periods and culture.

Developmental psychology deals with the behavior of organisms from conception to death and examines the processes that contribute to behavioral change throughout the life span. The major areas of emphasis in the course are prenatal development, motor development, socialization, cognitive development, adolescence, and adulthood.

AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:

• Discuss the interaction of nature and nurture (including cultural variations) in the determination of behavior.

• Explain the process of conception and gestation, including factors that influence successful fetal development (e.g., nutrition, illness, substance abuse).

• Discuss maturation of motor skills.

• Describe the influence of temperament and other social factors on attachment and appropriate socialization.

• Explain the maturation of cognitive abilities (e.g., Piaget’s stages, information processing).

• Compare and contrast models of moral development (e.g., Kohlberg, Gilligan).

• Discuss maturational challenges in adolescence, including related family conflicts.

• Characterize the development of decisions related to intimacy as people mature.

• Predict the physical and cognitive changes that emerge as people age, including steps that can be taken to maximize function.

• Describe how sex and gender influence socialization and other aspects of development.

• Identify key contributors in developmental psychology (e.g., Mary Ainsworth, Albert Bandura, Diana Baumrind, Erik Erikson, Sigmund Freud, Carol Gilligan,Harry Harlow, Lawrence Kohlberg, Konrad Lorenz, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky).

Unit Reading Assignments:

Myers- (9th Ed.) *Chapter 4 “Nature, Nurture and Human Diversity”, pages 133 - 171

*Chapter 5 “Developing Through the Life Span”, pages 173 – 227

(Modules) Module 6 “Behavior Genitics and Evolutionary Psychology”, pp. 91-109

Module 7 “Envioronmental Influences on Behavior, pp. 110-131

Module 8 “Prenatal Development and the Newborn”, pp. 133-138

Module 9 “Infancy and Childhood”, pp. 139-159

Module 10 ”Adolescence”, pp. 160-170

Module 11 “Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues”, pp. 171-189

⎝ Return Motivation & Emotions Test

Group Project:

1. The Nature of Behavior (Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology)

2. The Nurture of Behavior (Enviornment Influences & Gender Development)

3. Infancy/Toddlerhood (Prenatal – Age 3 yrs.)

4. Childhood (4 yrs. - 11 yrs.)

5. Adolescence (12 yrs. - 20 yrs.)

6. Adulthood (21 yrs. - Death)

Reading Assign.: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 4, “Nature, Nurture and Human Diversity” pp. 133 – 143

(Modules) Module #6 “Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology”, pages 91 - 101

⎝ Group Work in Classroom or Media Center

Reading Assign.: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 4, “Nature, Nurture and Human Diversity” pp. 143 - 153

(Modules) Module #6 “Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology”, pages 102 - 109

⎝ Group Work in Classroom or Media Center

Reading Assign.: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 4, “Nature, Nurture and Human Diversity” pp. 153 - 163

(Modules) Module #6 “Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology” & Module #7 “Environmental Influences on Behavior” pages 109 -120

⎝ Group Work in Classroom or Media Center

Reading Assign.: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 4, “Nature, Nurture and Human Diversity” pp. 164 - 169

(Modules) Module #7 “Environmental Influences on Behavior”, pages 121 -131

⎝ Group Work in Classroom or Media Center

Reading Assign: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 5 “Developing Through the Life Span” 173 – 181

(Modules) Module #8 “Prenatal Development and the Newborn” & Module #9 “Infancy and Childhood”, pp. 133 – 141

Assignment: 5 Multiple Choice Questions For Your Topic

⎝ Group Presentation #1

Due: 5 Multiple Choice Questions For Your Topic

Reading Assign: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 5 “Developing Through the Life Span” 181 - 190

(Modules) Module #9 “Infancy and Childhood”, pp. 141 – 149

⎝ Group Presentation #2

Reading Assign: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 5 “Developing Through the Life Span” 190 - 199

(Modules) Module #9 “Infancy and Childhood”, pp. 149 - 159

⎝ Group Presentation #3

Reading Assign: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 5 “Developing Through the Life Span” 199 - 208

(Modules) Module #10 “Adolescence”, pp. 160 - 170

⎝ Group Presentation #4

Reading Assign: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 5 “Developing Through the Life Span” 208 - 216

(Modules) Module #11 “Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues”, pp. 171 -181

⎝ Group Presentation #5

Reading Assign: Myers:

(9th Ed.) Chap. 5 “Developing Through the Life Span” 216 - 227

(Modules) Module #11 “Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues”, pp. 181 - 189

⎝ Preview Exam For Developmental Psychology Unit

⎝ Unit Exam for Developmental Psychology (Chapters 4 & 5)

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