CHAPTER 9 DEVELOPMENT

TEXT BOOK ASSIGNMENTS NOT REVIEW BOOK - USE CH13 FOR CLASS

Aim: What prevents us from making good decisions?

CH9HW1: Read pp. 376 -381

1. What three key ideas distinguish Piaget's approach to cognitive development?

2. Explain what a schema is according to Piaget?

3. Explain how assimilation and accommodation intertwine in cognitive development?

4. What are some criticisms of Piaget's theory?

5. WATCH FISH IS FISH TO SEE ASSIMILATION IN ACTION - Explain using the video the difference between assimilation and accommodation

6. Define the following terms

• Object Permanence
• Egocentrism
• Animistic Thinking
• Centration
• Irreversibility
• Conservation
• Theory of Mind

AIM: Identify and explain the key limitations of childrens' thinking between birth and puberty

CH9HW2- Read pp. 392-395

1. In his well- known "Heinz Dilemma" Lawrence Kohlberg asked children to respond to a difficult moral dilemma. What was Kohlberg looking for in his study?

2. Read Heinz' dilemma with the drug – What would you do if you were Heinz? Where are you in Kohlberg’s stage of moral development? Explain why

3. Identify and explain the three major levels of moral reasoning found in each of Kohlberg’s three stages.

4. How do these results differ according to gender?

WATCH VIDEO 60 MINUTES: Born good? Babies help unlock the origins of morality

5A. What did you learn from this video?

5B. What surprised you?

5C. Were there any confounding variables that may have impacted the outcome of this study? (one page reflection)

Aim: What impact did Mary Ainworth and Harry Harlow play in the understanding of moral development in children?

CH9HW5: Read pp. 369-375

1. Identify and explain the three different parenting styles according to Diane Baumrind.

2. Which style is most effective and why? Which style is least effective and why?

TEST ON WEDNESDAY

CLASS PPTS AND REVIEW NOTES FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON

QUIZLET CHAP 7

QUIZLET CHAP 9

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Monday, April 1

(AP REVIEW FOR EXAM BEGINS THIS FRIDAY)

AIM: EXAM

HW: CH9HW8 PP. 361-369

1. What do we learn from stories of reunited twins according to twin expert Tomas Bouchard?

2. Why are MZ twins not identical?

3. How do nature and nurture play a role?

3. What is the difference between continuity and discontinuity in understanding developmental psychology?

4. REVIEW: Why would longitudinal studies and cross sectional studies be often used to understand changes in developmental psychology?

5. Outline the major stages in the prenatal period

6. Why are teratogens so dangerous during this critical period? Give some examples of teratogens that would impact fetal development.

7. What are some of the sensory abilities of neonates?

8. Identify 4 key reflexes that infants possess that help them survive. See Video below

9. What are the advantages of synaptic pruning?

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING WATCH TED TALK

Tuesday, April 2

Aim: Identify key developmental changes from utero to infancy?

HW: CH9HW9 pp. 385- 387

1. What gender differences are found in socialization development in children?
2. Create a chart using Eric Erikson's psychosocial development stages from the text p. 386 (DO NOT USE EXAMPLES IN TEXT BOOK FOR YOUR ANSWER- LANDSCAPE VIEW)

First Column - Identify the stage

Second Column - Identify the Age

Third Column - What are the key socialization struggles that take place in this age

Forth Column- Give an example for each stage

Wednesday, April 3

Aim: Describe Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development

HW: Based on Erikson's 8 Psycho-social stages pp. 385-387

1. What are the significant relationships in each of the first five stages of a person's life?

2. How do changes in these relationships reflect social and psychological changes in a person's life?

3. Describe an identity crisis you have struggled with in your own life. As you define your own identity, what are the different roles you must integrate? (Examples: daughter, teammate, worker, student, or boyfriend.) Where do you find inspiration? (Examples: specific role models, events, or beliefs.)

4. Identify 3 pressures that can make it difficult to define your own personality and beliefs.

5. Look closely at Erikson's fourth stage. Do you think he correctly identifies the primary struggle for school-aged children? From your own experience, do you think there might be another way to explain the fundamental changes that occur during this stage of life?

6. Discuss the identity crisis of adolescence, which Erikson considered the most significant crisis of human psychosocial development.

7. How does this conflict play a role in your own life?

8. What are some examples of teenagers struggling to define their own identity?

9. Why do they think an identity crisis occurs for most people during their teenage years?

10. What are basic skills and values that are necessary to successfully resolve an identity crisis?

QUIZ - REVIEW PPTS.