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Psyc 2314 Objectives

 

Berger

 

PART I:  THE BEGINNINGS

 

 

Developmental psychology

3

 

 life-span perspective

3-6

 

 cohort

9

 

 cross-sectional and longitudinal research

21-24

 

 systems theory

5-6

 

Freud's Psychosexual Theory

35-36

 

 Erikson's Psychosocial Theory

36-37

 

 learning theory

38-42

 

 Piaget’s theory of cognitive development

43-45

 

Vygotsky's theory (see also Play Years)

46-49

 

 epigenetic systems theory

49-54

 

 nature/nurture controversy

55-57

 

Gene and chromosome

61-63

 

 process of reproduction

63-64

 

 multiple births

69-72

 

 dominant and recessive genes

67-69, 81, 84

 

 genetic research

67

 

 behavior genetics

73-78

 

 genetic counseling

84-87

 

Stages of prenatal development

91-96

 

 teratogens

97-104

 

 prenatal abnormalities

98-108

 

 preterm and low birth weight

113-115

 

Part II:  THE FIRST TWO YEARS:  INFANTS AND TODDLERS

 

 

Brain development (Page Guide to Coverage of Brain Development through the Life Span in Preface (p. xix)

129-135

Page Guide to Coverage of Brain Development through the Life Span in Preface (p. xix)

 SIDS

146-148

 

 role of nutrition

148-151

 

 including breastfeeding in development

148-150

 

Sensorimotor intelligence

136-143, 155-161

 

 object permanence

157-158, 158-159

 

 theories of language development

171-175

 

Temperament

185-188

 

 attachment

192-196

 

secure and insecures

193-194

 

 strange situation

194-195

 

PART III:  THE PLAY YEARS

 

 

 nutrition

208-209

 

Prosocial behavior

260-261

 

 antisocial behavior

260-263

 

 brain development Page Guide to Coverage of Brain Development through the Life Span in Preface (p. xix)

210-218

Page Guide to Coverage of Brain Development through the Life Span in Preface (p. xix)

Preoperational thought

231-234

 

 Vygotsky's theory

234-236

 

 second language learners/bilingualism

243-245

 

 child care concerns (see also The First Two Years)

245-251 (197-199)

 

Parenting styles: Baumrind

264-265

 

 cross-cultural parenting

265-266

 

 disciplining children

266-268

 

 effects of media

268-271

 

 gender development theories

271-277

 

PART IV:  THE SCHOOL YEARS

 

 

 nutrition, exercise and obesity

283-288

 

 school related testing

291-295

 

 mental retardation

293

 

 learning disabilities / ADHD

295-303

 

metacognition / selective attention

290-291, 313

 

 concrete operations

307-309

 

 information processing theory

310-311

 

 moral development

335-337

 

 characteristics of good schools

317-323

 

 second language learners/bilingualism

315-317

 

social problems (including rejection, peer pressure, aggression & bullying)

337-342

 

PART V:  ADOLESCENCE

 

 

role of hormones in development during adolescence

364-366

 

 puberty

364-369

 

 nutrition

370

 

 changes in body image during adolescence

370-371

 

 sexual behavior (STD’s and decisions)

375-378, 380-383

 

 teen pregnancy

380-381

 

 factors that contribute to drug use and addiction

383-388

 

characteristics of good schools

379, 401-412

 

 formal operational thinking

395-397

 

 working outside of school

419

 

  sexual behavior and decisions

427-433

 

identity v. role confusion

415-419

 

 depression and suicide

433-437

 

 challenges of adolescence

437-439

 

PART VI:  EMERGING ADULTHOOD

 

 

  senescence

450

 

  eating disorders / obesity

457-462

 

 substance abuse

463-464

 

 depression

519

 

Psychological impact of attending college

467, 488-496

 

 postformal thought

472-483

 

The role of work in adult development

502-503

 

 intimacy versus isolation

503-504

 

 generativity versus stagnation

596-607

 

 social clock

579-581

 

 marital success

511-512

 

 divorce

593-595

 

 work and family issues in dual-income families / role overload and role buffering

602-605

 

 partner abuse/violent behavior of males (see also Adolescence)

513

 

PART VII: ADULTHOOD

 

 

Primary and secondary aging  (see also, Early & Late Adulthood)

620-621, 659

 

 menopause

534-536

 

 osteoporosis

535, 626

 

 hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

535-536, 667

 

 changes in the sense organs during adulthood

529-530

 

exercise

539, 625-626

 

 obesity

541-542

 

fluid and crystallized intelligence and explain how each is affected by age

561-562

 

 Gardner’s view of multiple intelligences

564

 

role of work in adult development

600-606

 

 midlife crisis

580-581

 

 sandwich generation

599-600

 

 kinkeeper

596

 

PART VIII:  LATE ADULTHOOD

 

 

ageism

615, 660-662

 

gerontology

616

 

 variables affecting life expectancy                                                                 548-552

636-638, 643-645,

 

 theories of aging

635-641

 

dementia

531-532, 662-670

 

 Alzheimer's disease

531-532, 663-665

 

 wisdom

673-675

 

integrity versus despair

578, 680-681

 

 activity theory / disengagement theory

685-686

 

 activities of daily life

706-708

 

 respite care

709

 

Epilogue: DEATH AND DYING

 

 

hospice

Ep. 12-13

 

 palliative care

Ep. 13

 

 living will

Ep. 16-17

 

 euthanasia

Ep. 13-14

 

 assisted suicide

Ep. 14-16

 

 stages of dying

Ep. 10-11

 

 grief and bereavement

Ep. 18-24

 

 

 

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