METHODS IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

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METHODS IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

• CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY COMPARING PEOPLE OF
  DIFFERENT AGES AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME
• 1. COHORT A GROUPS OF PEOPLE BORN DURING THE
  SAME HISTORICAL TIME PERIOD
• LONGITUDINAL STUDY EVALUATING THE SAME GROUP OF
  PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THEIR LIVES
• BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY RECONSTRUCTING PEOPLES PAST
  THROUGH INTERVIRES AND INFERENCE

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PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT

• A. FERTILIZED EGG ENBRYO FETUS
• B. CRITICAL PERIOD WHEN FETUS CAN BE AFFECTED BY
  TERATOGENS
• 1. FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME

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THE NEWBORN BABY

• A. REFLEXES ROOTING, SUCKING, SWALLOWING,
  GRASPING, STEPPING
• B. TEMPERAMENT EASY, DIFFICULT,
  SLOW-TO-WARM-UP, SHY
• 1. INFANT TEMPERAMENT MAY PREDICT LATER
  DISPOSITION
• C. PERCEPTUAL ABILITIES
• 1. VISION NEWBORNS ARE NEARSIGHTED
• 2. DEPTH PERCEPTION
• 3. OTHER SENSES

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INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

• A. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
• B. MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
• 1. DEVELOPMENTAL NORMS
• 2. MATURATION BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT UNFOLD
  AS A PERSON GROWS OLDER
• C. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
• 1. PIAGETS STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
• 2. CRITICISMS OF PIAGETS THEORY
• D. MORAL DEVELOPMENT
• 1. PRECONVENTIONAL, CONVENTIONAL,
  POSTCONVENTIONAL LEVELS OF MORAL REASONING
• E. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT COOING, BABBLING,
  HOLOPHRASES
• 1. THEORIES OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• 2. BILINGUALISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND
  LANGUAGE
• F. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• 1. PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS IN INFANCY
  DEVELOPMENT OF ATTACHMENT
• 2. PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS IN CHILDHOOD
• 3. RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER CHILDREN SOLITRY,
  PARALLEL, AND COOPERATIVE PLAY STYLES
• 4. CHILDREN IN DUAL-CAREER FAMILIES
• G. SEX-ROLE DEVELOPMENT
• 1. DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER
  CONSTANCY, GENDER-ROLE AWARENESS, AND SEX-TYPED
  BEHAVIOR

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ADOLESCENCE

• A. PHYSICAL CHANGES
• 1. SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT PUBERTY AND MENARCHE
• 2. ERLY AND LATE DEVELOPERS
• 3. ADOLESCENT SEXUAL ACTIVITY
• 4. TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND CHILDBEARING
• B. COGNITIVE CHANGES
• 1. IMAGINARY AUDIENCE
• 2. PERSONAL FABLE
• C. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• 1. HOW STORMY AND STRESSFUL IS
  ADOLESCENCE?
• 2. RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS
• 3. RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS
• D. SOME PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENCE
• 1. DECLINES IN SELF-ESTEEM
• 2. DEPESSION AND SUICIDE
• 3. YOUTH VIOLENCE

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ADULTHOOD

• A. LOVE, PRTNERSHIPS, AND PARENTING
• 1. FORMING PARTNERSHIPS
• 2. PARENTHOOD
• 3. ENDING A RELATIONSHIP
• B. THE WORLD OF WORK
• 1. DUAL-CAREER FAMILIES
• 2. CHILDREN IN DUAL-CAREER FAMILIES
• C. COGNITIVE CHANGES
• D. PERSONALITY CHANGES
• 1. MIDLIFE CRISES OR MIDLIFE TRANSITIONS?
• E. THE CHANGE OF LIFE

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LATE ADULTHOOD

• A. PHYSICAL CHANGES
• B. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• 1. RETIREMENT
• 2. SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
• C. COGNITIVE CHANGES
• 1. ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
• D. FACING THE END OF LIFE
• 1. STAGES OF DYING
• A. DENIAL
• B. ANGER
• C. BARGAINING
• D. DEPRESSION
• E. ACCEPTANCE
• 2. WIDOWHOOD