March 3, 2020

Tuesday March 3, 2020

Target: Understanding Human Development

How does life develop before birth?
What are some newborn abilities, and how do researchers explore infants’ mental abilities?
During infancy and childhood, how do the brain and motor skills develop?
From the perspective of Piaget and today’s researchers, how does a child’s mind develop?
How do parent-infant attachment bonds form?
What physical changes mark adolescence?
How did Piaget, Kohlberg, and later researchers describe adolescent cognitive and moral development?
What are the social tasks and challenges of adolescence?
What is emerging adulthood?
What physical changes occur during middle and late adulthood?
How do memory and intelligence change with age?
What themes and influences mark our social journey from early adulthood to death?

Circle: After having your parent fill out the Temperment Survey for you as 2 year old, what are the biggest similarities and differences you talked about?

Homework-Temperament Survey: Take the survey yourself and then give the other copy to your parent(s) and have the fill it out but ask them to fill it out for what your personality was like when you were two years old.  Then have a conversation about what has changed about your personality and what has remained the same.

Homework Due Tuesday: Read and take notes on pages 415-435.

Supplemental Video: Please 
Kohlberg's Six Steps to Morality
The Trolley Problem
Harlow's Monkeys
Harlow's Study on Monkeys' Attachment
The Strange Situation-Mary Ainsworth
Gender Roles
Crash Course: 19 Monkeys and Morality
Crash Course: 18  The Growth of Knowledge
Crash Course: 20 Adolescence
Inside the Teenage Brain

You need to have read to page 455 for class on Thursday.

Pre-Natal Slide Show: 
Infant Slide Show: 
Piaget's Stages of Development
Parenting Styles: What would you do differently as a parent?  What do you think is the best way to parent?  After slideshow: How would you describe your parents style?  Is it effective?
Kohlberg's Moral Development
Activity: Heinz's Dilemma

Note Cards:  Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due the day of the exam.  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  

• Erik Erikson
• Carol Gilligan
• Harry Harlow
• Lawrence Kohlberg
• Jean Piaget
• Lev Vygotsky
• Habituation
• Maturation
• Assimilation
• Accommodation
• Object permanence
• Conservation
• Egocentrism
• Attachment
• Imprinting
• Temperament
• Self-concept
• Gender role
• Gender identity
• Social identity