Unit Outline – Development

2009-2010

Date

Date

Date

Jan 21-26

§  Exams

Wed Jan 27

§  Discuss Exam

§  Discuss theories of development, first ten months, reflexes

§  Read pages Lefton 326-339; Myers 176-188

Thurs Jan 28

§  Discuss Piaget (Piaget Chart)

§  Read pages Lefton 339-351; Myers 188-196

Fri Jan 29

§  Discuss Vygotsky, Kohlberg & Gilligan

§  Read pages Lefton 351-365; Myers 149-166

Mon Feb 1

§  Discuss attachment, social, gender development & Erikson (first four stages)

§  Critical Thinking Activity for development

Tues Feb 2

§  Discuss critical thinking activity and situations

§  Study for Quiz on childhood development

Wed Feb 3

§  Quiz on childhood development

§  Practice FRQ

The Smith-Garcias are planning for their first baby. Both parents-to-be have had a psychology course and are looking forward to applying the principles they learned from theories and research that address child development.

A) Summarize one main idea or finding of each of the following four researchers.

·         Piaget’s cognitive learning theory

·         Bandura’s social learning theory

·         Ainsworth’s attachment research

·         Baumrind’s research on parenting styles

B) Provide a specific example of actions the Smith-Garcias might take to raise their child to produce positive outcomes using each of the theories below to address the corresponding psychological concept.

·         Piaget’s cognitive learning theory: friendship

·         Bandura’s social learning theory: sharing behavior

·         Ainsworth’s attachment research: self-reliance

·         Baumrind’s research on parenting styles: self-esteem

Thurs Feb 4

§  Peer Review FRQ

§  Read Pages Lefton 368-379; Myers 196-212

Fri Feb 5

§  Discuss adolescence  & adulthood

§  Read pages Lefton 379-396; Myers 212-225

Mon Feb 8

§  Review

§  Study for test on Chapters 10 and 11

Tues Feb 9

§  Test: Chapters 10 and 11 (Objective)

Wed Feb 10

§  Test: Chapters 10 and 11 (2 FRQs)

§  Read and critique Alzheimer’s articles [due 2/12]

1.       summary of 3-5 main points of article including any results and/or new information presented

2.       analysis of the science behind the article including methodology (if the methodology is poor, discuss how to make it better)

3.       discuss your personal response or two new things you learned or think are most interesting

4.       what is the importance or application of this article to the field of psychology (make conceptual ties to previous learning or the current chapter)

Thurs Feb 11

§  Introduce final project

§  Library

Fri Feb 12

§  Library

§  Read pages Lefton 399-412; Myers 553-566

Feb 15-19

Winter Break