Welcome to Lifespan Growth & Development PSYC 2314!
Welcome to Lifespan Growth & Development PSYC 2314! I am Melanie Allen, and I will be your instructor for PSYC 2314. I am glad to have you in class, and I look forward to getting to know each of you. I am excited to be on this learning journey with you.
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Available but not shown on course pageNot published to studentsPlease use this space to tell us a little about yourself. How long have you been at TC? Where are you in the lifespan? What is your long-term goal for your college career?
Your response should be written in paragraph form, and use proper punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
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Available but not shown on course pageNot published to studentsThis is a pretest designed to assess your existing knowledge of lifespan, growth, and development. This is a completion assignment and will be used for the betterment of the course.
Please do not use any resources or look anything up while taking this assessment.
1. Describe the stages of the developing person at different periods of the life span from birth to death.
2. Discuss the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that affect the development process of the individual.
3. Identify factors of responsible personal behavior with regard to issues such as sexual activity, substance abuse, marriage, and parenting.
4. Explain the biosocial, cognitive, and psychological influences throughout the lifespan as an ongoing set of processes, involving both continuity and change.
5. Describe the different developmental perspectives of the major theories of development (i.e. cognitive, learning, humanistic, and psychodynamic).
6. Identify examples of some of the cultural and ethnic differences that influence development throughout the lifespan.
7. Discuss the various causes or reasons for disturbances in the developmental process
Topic 1: Introduction to Lifespan, Growth, & Development
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- Introduction to Lifespan Growth and Development
- Comparing Lifespan and Life Expectancy
- The Basics of Scientific Research Methods
- Independent and Dependent Variables
- Naturalistic Observation
- The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
- Tuskegee Study Timeline
- Ethics and Psychological Research
- How Ice Cream Kills! Correlation vs. Causation
- Understanding Correlations
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- Young Adulthood
- Emerging Adulthood
- Stereotype Threat: A Conversation with Claude Steele
- Percieved Racial Discrimination and Academic Achievement
- How Stressed are You?
- Breathing Exercises
- College Experience
- Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love
- Body Thoughts
- What is Obesity?
- Big Five Personality Traits
- Attachment in Young Adulthood
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