Development

=Development= This unit looks at physical, cognitive, and social development in three distinct periods; birth and early childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Specific attention is paid to the adolescent period. Below are some highlights for you. Additionally, there are links to most class handouts for this unit.

1. The human life span brings about significant changes as the individual experiences physical, cognitive, social, and moral development. 2. Development is influenced through factors of heredity and the environment.
 * Enduring Understandings:**

1. How do people grow and develop physically, intellectually, and socially throughout the lifespan? 2. What are the leading theories regarding physical, cognitive, and social growth? 3. Why is gaining an identity critical to us as individuals? 4. Are gender differences a product of genetics or society? 5. How do the physical and psychological issues people face during adolescence compare to those faced in adulthood and old age? 6. What role does the research of Kubler-Ross play in understanding the process of death and dying?
 * Essential Questions:**

nature v nurture, critical periods, imprinting, attachment, maturation, thanatology, M. Ainsworth, J. Marcia, L. Kohlberg, E. Erikson, J. Piaget, schemas, assimilation, accommodation, authoritarian, permissive, authoritative, preoperational thought, object permanence, animism, egocentric thought, concrete operational thought, reversibility, formal operational thought, empty-nest, mid-life crisis, gerontology.
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//Intro to Psych// Modules 17 & 18
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