Unit 9 - Developmental Psychology
"If we were all pears, our parents might tell us, it is perfectly normal to be green before you are golden.”  -- Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Crow
Module 45
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Objective 9-1: Explain the primary issue that developmental psychology addresses, and explain the process of conception, gestation (zygote, embryo, fetus), factors that influence fetal development (teratogens, FAS), and describe the abilities of the newborn
Module 46
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Objective 9-2: Discuss motor and neural development of infants and children (maturation), including brain growth, walking stages, and infant memory
Module 47
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Objective 9-3: Discuss and compare the cognitive development of children according to Piaget (schemas, assimilation, accommodation, sensorimotor stage, object permanence, preoperational stage, conservation, egocentricism, theory of mind, concrete operational stage, formal operational stage) and Vygotsky (zone of proximal development)
Module 48
Module 48 Powerpoint
Objective 9-4: Describe attachment theory, parenting styles, and the influences of day car and culture on social development
Module 49
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Objective 9-5: Discuss the similarities and differences (in aggression, social power, connectedness) in genders, as well as identify the theory of gender (gender roles, gender typing, gender identity, social learning theory, transgender​)
Module 50
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Objective 9-6: Describe the influence of early experience, parents, and peers on the development of a child
Module 51
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Objective 9-7: Define adolescence, identify the major physical changes during this period, and describe Kohlberg's model of moral development (moral reasoning, moral intuition, preconventional morality, conventional morality, postconventional morality)
Module 52
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Objective 9-8: Discuss the maturational challenges of adolescence and the formation of identity (social identity, intimacy, emerging adulthood), explain Erikson's social development scale
Module 53
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Objective 9-9: Describe adolescent sexual development and compare/contrast gender, sex, and sexual orentation, paying attention to concepts such as X/Y chromosomes, testosterone, primary and secondary sex characteristics, the sexualization of children, and influences on sexual orientation
Module 54
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Objective 9-10: Predict the physical and cognitive changes that emerge as people age, paying close attention to the changes in strength, stamina, and memory (recall, recognition), the social clock, Erickson's final stages of development, and how we study these changes (longitudinal studies, cross-sectional studies)