Wednesday, March 11:

Aim: How can psychological research be prone to error?

RBCH13HW1: Read pp. 176-178

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There are three key issues in Developmental Psychology:

• Nature vs Nurture
• Continuity vs Discontinuity
• Stability vs. Change

Based on these 3 issues answer the following questions:

1. How do psychologists view the nature -nurture controversy today as opposed to the past?

2. What role does maturation play in the nature-nurture controversy?

3. Identify the two viewpoints in the continuity vs. discontinuity appraoch in understanding developmental psychology?

4. What is the difference between qualitative vs. quantitative change? Give an example of both that are not mentioned in the reading.

5. Identify the two points of view in the debate over stability vs change in developmental psychology.

6. What tools do psychologists use to study developmental psychology? Be sure to identify strngths and weakness of each.

a. Longitudinal Studies

b. Cross Sectional Studies

c. Cohort-Sequential Studies

d. Retrospective Studies

Thursday, March 12

AIM: What are the three big controversial ideas in developmental psychology?

RBCH13HW2: Read pp. 176-178

1. Define the term critical period in developmental psychology. How does this differ from maturation?
2. Identify Noam Chomsky's views in language aquisition and how his ideas illustrate what is meant by a critical period.
3. Identify the three periods of prenatal development
4. What are the two causes of birth defects?
5. Define the term teratogen and cite three examples
6. Which period of prenatal development is most vulnerable to teratogens?
7. Why is alcohol so dangerous in fetal development?
8. How does cigarette smoking impact on fetal development?
9. Identify the most common reflexes of neonates. Be sure to identify each one and define the behavior
10. What types of behaviors do neonates exhibit that facilitate social interaction?
11. What do psychologist depend on to study infact behavior?

Friday, March 13

AIM: Why is prenatal and neonatal period so important in development?

RBCH13HW3: Read pp. 180-181

1. Identify 3 major changes that occur in an infants first two years of life.
2. What factors play a crucial role in these changes?
3. Adolescence marks the next growth spurt. Identify the major changes that occur for males and females during this period
4. What is the difference between primary and secondary sexual characteristics?
5. What changes occur in neural development in adolescence?
6. How does menapause mark the next major physiological period in ones life? Idenify the physical and neural changes as adults age.
7. What diseases do we associate with aging?