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• PSYCH 500 Entire Course
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• PSYCH 500 Week 1 Individual Assignment Peer
  reviewed article summaries
• PSYCH 500 Week 1 DQ 1
• PSYCH 500 Week 1 DQ 2
• PSYCH 500 Week 2 Individual Assignment
  Developmental Profile
• PSYCH 500 Week 2 DQ 1
• PSYCH 500 Week 2 DQ 2
• PSYCH 500 Week 3 DQ 1

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• PSYCH 500 Week 1 DQ 1
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• There are five theoretical approaches to human
  development psychoanalytic, cognitive,
  behavioral and social cognitive, ethological, and
  ecological. Which of these life-span theories do
  you think best explains development? What is it
  about this theory that caused you to choose it?

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• PSYCH 500 Week 1 DQ 2
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• Refer back to the article Moral Development by
  Kretchmar.  Discuss some of the effects moral
  development might have on overall development.

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• PSYCH 500 Week 1 Individual Assignment Peer
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• Resources University Library and Journals
• Using the University Library, browse through a
  number of articles from peer-reviewed journals in
  Developmental Psychology.  A few examples of
  appropriate journals are provided below.  Read
  several abstracts (at least 12).  Select three
  articles that address topics that you may want to
  investigate further. You might consider reviewing
  the articles associated with your Team Assignment
  for Week 6.  Write a one paragraph summary of
  each article,

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• PSYCH 500 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Using the Engle and Huffman  article as a base
  discuss the specific effects of  poverty on
  development.

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• PSYCH 500 Week 2 DQ 2
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• Using the Far, Forsell, Patterson  article
  discuss the effects of parental sexual
  orientation on child development

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• PSYCH 500 Week 2 Individual Assignment
  Developmental Profile
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• Write a 1,000 1,500 paper that addresses the
  following in children from early childhood
  through middle childhood
•          Summarize the physical changes that
  occur in children during this age and the factors
  that influence those changes.  Include a
  comparison of males vs. females.
•          Describe the changes that occur in a
  childs brain and nervous system during this time
  frame and the corresponding changes in cognition,
  problem solving and judgment. Give specific
  examples of skills and abilities. Include a
  comparison of males versus females.

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• PSYCH 500 Week 3 DQ 1
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• Autism is a very significant condition that
  affects children and families today.  What is
  autism and what are the developmental effects of
  autism?  As a professional what can you do to
  help children and families living with autism? 
  Please read the two articles posted in the Course
  Materials to start this discussion

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• PSYCH 500 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Using the article by Johnson, discuss the impact
  of  the internet on child development using
  Bronfenbrenners ecological approach.

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• PSYCH 500 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Using the article by Settersten discuss the
  issues that arise in the transition from
  adolescence to adulthood.  Discuss factors
  related to adolescent depression and suicide,
  along with approaches for prevention and
  treatment.

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• PSYCH 500 Week 4 DQ 2
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• Using the Week 5 article by Freund, Nikitan, and
  Ritterer, discuss the effects of longevity on
  later development.  Please find this article in
  the Course Materials tab.

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• PSYCH 500 Week 4 Individual Assignment
  Similarities and Differences in Adolescent
  Development
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• Consider the following
• Is the experience of being an adolescent the same
  for males and females?  Is it the same across
  different historical time periods or eras?  What
  about across different cultures or subpopulations
  within a culture? This assignment involves
  exploring similarities and differences in one of
  these areas. Using the UOPX library, search for
  articles that address gender, historical,
  cultural, or sub-cultural differences in
  adolescence. 

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• PSYCH 500 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Adolescents often have the idea that they cannot
  die.  Using the Week 6 article by Duke, Skay,
  Pettingale, Borowski discuss the transition
  between this idea and a desire to make it through
  adolescence into adulthood.  

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• PSYCH 500 Week 5 DQ 2
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• Using the Kirchberg, Neimeyer, and James article
  from Week 6, discuss how personal anxieties about
  death can affect the effectiveness of beginning
  counselors.  After reading the article, select
  one of the Client video scripts and discuss what
  your response would be.  Is your choice of
  scripts related to your own feelings about
  death?   Be sure to let the class know which
  script you have selected.  

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• PSYCH 500 Week 5 Individual Assignment Interview
  a Elderly Person (Senior Citizen )
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• Identify a senior citizen and schedule an hour to
  talk with him or her face to face.  Be sure to
  tell the person that you are completing the
  interview as part of a class assignment and that
  the content of the interview is completely
  confidential (no names will be used). Conduct an
  informal interview, focusing on the participants
  developmental history. Consider the following
•          Family history and background
•          School environment and educational
  experience

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• PSYCH 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Toy Evaluation
  Field Research Paper and Presentation
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• Step 1 In your Learning Team, read and discuss
  the ERRs located on the course materials page
  under the Week Seven link. 
• The articles found under the Week Seven ERR page
  are as follows
• Bradley, R. H. (1985). Social-cognitive
  development and toys. Topics in Early Childhood
  Special Education, 5(3), 11.
• Caldera, Y. M., Sciarraffa, M. A. (1998).
  Parent-toddler play with feminine toys Are all
  dolls the same?. Sex Roles, 39(9/10), 657.

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