Developmental+Psychology+Mini-Unit

Hello! This will be a very short unit on the psychological development of human beings throughout their lives.

1. Describe the theories of developmental stages made by Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson and explain what some criticisms can be made to their theories. 2. Explain the significance of the environment in which children are raised in terms of their personality development. (topics to consider for this: attachment, parenting patterns, and assimilation and accommodation) 3. Explain what adolescence is, how culture influences the development of adolescence and how we gain our sense of morality. 4. How do identity, intimacy and independence develop and why are they important for adolescents to go through? 5. How do people change as they go through adolescence to adulthood? 6. What does society expect of people based on their age? How do you feel about these expectations?
 * Goals for the unit:**

1. How did you go through stages of development as a child. What did you learn from your conversation with a parent/family member? 2. Describe the theories of Piaget based on what you learned from the reading and the yale lecture (if you watched it). What are some criticisms of his theories? 3. What should people keep in mind when they are comparing the development of their own children to the "standards" developed by psychologists like Piaget?
 * Day 1: Prenatal and Childhood Development**
 * Do Now:**

Based on what you know about child development try to place the following abilities according to their developmental sequence, beginning with 1, which indicates the first ability to develop, and ending with 12, the last ability to develop.
 * Intro to today's Activities:**


 * - Walks alone; says several words**
 * - Describes the difference between a bird and a dog**
 * - Turns head to follow moving object**
 * - Names penny, nickel, and dime**
 * - Climbs stairs; says many words**
 * - Laces shoes**
 * - Sits alone for one minute; says "da-da"**
 * - Tells how a baseball and an orange or an airplane and a kite are all alike**
 * - Puts on shoes**
 * - Tells time to quarter-hour**
 * - Runs; uses simple word combinations**
 * - Walks while holding onto something**

Answers

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Piaget's Experiments: (if we don't have time to see the kindergarteners) media type="youtube" key="TRF27F2bn-A" height="315" width="420"

Intelligence: the ability to adjust to one's environment. If this is the definition of intelligence, how does influencing a child's environment affect intelligence? Does environment affect intelligence? Discuss.

Follow-up Activity:

Now that you have an idea of what skills kids are supposed to be able to do by age 8, make an intelligence test for children that are 5 years old. We will use some of the test items you create to test kindergarteners. IF POSSIBLE!

2. Answer the following question based on what you know about child development: **To what extent do parents influence the development of their children?** Some things to consider: what stages do children go through? What expectations should we have for children's abilities at certain ages? Does parenting influence this? What about personality? Can the environment created by parents influence a child's personality? Social skills? IQ?........

What about altruism? Do we have to teach children to help? media type="youtube" key="RK8rKKp-vP0" height="315" width="560"

Any potential problems with this demonstration? Let's watch one more! media type="youtube" key="BqBz2aRa0qE" height="315" width="420"

So what does this say about the role of parents in teaching morality and cooperation? What DO parents have an impact on for their children?

Read [|How to Help Your Child's Brain Grow Up Strong] OR Listen to the 15 minute interview and: - discuss thoughts. What does this story say about the nature and nurture issue? - How do the findings in this story differ from the developmental theories of Piaget and Erikson? -Find another article online that discusses parenting and child development. To what extent does the article support or dispute the ideas about the impact of parenting on child development as discussed by Piaget,Erikson, and the interview that you read initially? Why do you think this is the case? Why are there so many parenting books and magazines out there?

-Explain the significance of the environment in which children are raised in terms of their personality development. (topics to consider for this: attachment, parenting patterns, and assimilation and accommodation) -What makes a good parent?
 * Exit Slip:**
 * -** Describe the theories of developmental stages made by Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson and explain what some criticisms can be made to their theories.
 * -To what extent do parents influence the development of their children?** Some things to consider: what stages do children go through? What expectations should we have for children's abilities at certain ages? Does parenting influence this? What about personality? Can the environment created by parents influence a child's personality? Social skills? IQ?........

HW: Read pp283-298 and answer the following: 1. How does culture influence adolescence? Use examples from your own life. 2. Explain the theories of Kohlberg and Piaget and discuss your thoughts on them. 3. What does healthy social development look like? What are the 3 stages? Do you feel like you are going through these stages? Explain.

1. Explain what adolescence is, how culture influences the development of adolescence and how we gain our sense of morality. 2. How do identity, intimacy and independence develop and why are they important for adolescents to go through? 3. How do people change as they go through adolescence to adulthood?
 * Day 2: Adolescence and Adulthood**
 * Goals for today:**


 * Do Now**: Think of a situation where it is ok to steal. Be prepared to share with the class. Do you think you would be able to justify stealing to a 4 year old? Explain.

Formal Operations in work. Hypothetical situations, deduction skills etc. Kohlberg's Moral Dilemma: Heinz and the druggist: media type="youtube" key="YxJ07klMhr0" height="315" width="560"

Others: Is it ever ok to go over the speed limit? What about cheating in school?

Generate every reason you can think of to justify each of the above behaviors.

In groups, classify the level of morality of each reason according to its level of morality for Kohlberg's theory (p289-290).

Which of these would be an appropriate reason to justify these activities to an adolescent? Why?

How would you try to reason with a 3rd grader vs. a high school senior?

-Problems with Kohlberg's theory........


 * Closing Activity**: How has your sense of morality developed throughout your life? Think about you attitudes in the past and how they have changed. How were your viewpoints, sense of moral responsibility, and perception of yourself when you were 12 different from how they are today?

Why might adolescents be more vulnerable to ideological groups like political extremists, religious cults, gangs etc?

Watch Videos Below: **Social Development According to Erikson** (See p 293 for more detail) Acronym: Try Another Ice-Cream If I Get Impatient [|Another Memory Method can be found at this link] 1. Trust vs. Mistrust (T) 2. Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt (A) 3. Initiative vs. guilt (I) 4. Competence vs. Inferiority (C) 5. Identity vs. Role Confusion (I) 6. Intimacy vs. Isolation (I) 7. Generativity vs. Stagnations (G) 8. Integrity vs. Despair (I) media type="youtube" key="PxwWr6T_O6s" height="315" width="420"

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 * Developing Identity:**

Do you think that you have developed your own identity?

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 * Developing Intimacy: How can problems with relationships early in life influence intimacy later?**

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Emerging Adulthood: Adolescents are taking longer to become adults media type="youtube" key="Y_f8DmU-gQQ" height="315" width="560"

Thoughts about Erikson's stages..... Have you successfully completed the first 5 stages of psychosocial development according to Erikson? Thinking about adults in your life, can you verify to existence of the other stages of development through adulthood?

1. Explain what adolescence is, how culture influences the development of adolescence and how we gain our sense of morality. 2. How do identity, intimacy and independence develop and why are they important for adolescents to go through? Have you fully developed your sense of identity, intimacy and independence? How do you know? 3. How do people change as they go through adolescence to adulthood?
 * Review:**

also read the following [|article about the teenage brain]

The Teenage Brain media type="youtube" key="_V4k18W3DD8" height="315" width="420"

What does society expect of people based on their age? How do you feel about these expectations? To what extent does our completion of the life stages dictated by society influence our happiness? What do you want to have accomplished by the time you're 25? 30? 35? 80? and so on......... why do you want to do these things?
 * Adulthood and Aging**
 * Do Now:**

1. Describe the theories of developmental stages made by Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson and explain what some criticisms can be made to their theories. 2. Explain the significance of the environment in which children are raised in terms of their personality development. (topics to consider for this: attachment, parenting patterns, and assimilation and accommodation) 3. Explain what adolescence is, how culture influences the development of adolescence and how we gain our sense of morality. 4. How do identity, intimacy and independence develop and why are they important for adolescents to go through? 5. How do people change as they go through adolescence to adulthood? 6. What does society expect of people based on their age? How do you feel about these expectations?
 * Day 3 OR Day 2 if time allows: Wrap-up**
 * Unit Review**
 * Test! Choose 3 of the following to answer in as much detail as possible. You will be graded based on [|the rubric attached].** (score out of 4x2=8 for each question. Total possible score: 24)

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**Homework: Watch the yale lecture below on B.F. Skinner**

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