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Development across the Lifespan




















































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Class Lecture and Exam Schedule

This schedule is the planned schedule.
If University Center or the Interstate is closed due to bad weather on the day of a scheduled exam, the exam will be given on the next class meeting day. 
Modifications to this schedule may be made during the semester.

Class #

Month

Date

Topic

 

Reference

1

Aug

27

Intro to Professor, Explanation of Syllabus, &
Answer student questions

 

 

 

 

 

Change across the lifespan:  Intro to Developmental Psych

 

Chapter 1

 

 

 

What does change mean and how do we measure it?                    

 

Chapter 1 

2

Sept

3

No class

 

 

 

 

5

Fall 2013 Last day to Drop/Add-Full Refund

 

 

 

 

6

Tuition Due

 

 

3

 

10

In the beginning:  Conception & the prenatal environment

 

Chapter 2  

 

 

 

 Neonatal Development & threats to prenatal environment    

 

Chapter 3

4

 

17

First Steps:  Physical Development of Infants  

 

Chapter 4

 

 

 

Origins in Human Thought & Development of  Language     

 

Chapter 5 

5

 

24

Personality & Social Dev of infants  & Toddlers

 

Chap5 Language
Chapter 6

 

 

 

Catch up and Review for Exam 1            

 

Chapt. 1-6    

6

Oct

1

**EXAM 1: Section I, Chapters 1-6       One Hour                   

 

 

 

 

 

Go over Exam I and start next section: Preschool Years:

 

Chapter 7  

7

 

8

Preschool years continued and personality/social dev.

 

Chapter 7/8  

 

 

 

Pre-school years:  Personality & Social Dev.

 

Chapter 8  

8

 

15

Middle Childhood:  Physical, Cognitive, Moral Dev. & IQ

 

Chapter 9  

 

 

                                               


 

 

9

 

22

Middle Childhood:  Personality and social development  

 

Chapter 10

 

 

 


 

 

10

 

29

Lecture Catch up

 

 Chapter 10

 

 

 

+

 

Chapter 11

 

 

30

Last Day to Withdraw From ALL Classes

 

 

11

Nov

5

 ** Exam 2, Section II, Chapters 7-10

Adolescence:  Personality & social dev.

 

Chapter 12  

12

 

12


PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY ADULTHOOD

 

 Chapter 13




Early adulthood: Contrasting models of development
  Chapter 14

13

 

19

 Middle Adulthood : Contrasting models of Development & Mid Life Crisis  

 

  Chapter 15

Chapter 16

14

 

26

Late Adulthood years:  Theories of Aging,
Physical, & Cognitive Changes 
Late Adulthood years: Social Challenges & Personality

 

Chapter 17 

Chapter 18
Part 1

15

 Dec

3


Late Adulthood years: Social Challenges & Personality continued...

Death, Preparation for Death & Bereavement

 

Chapter 18 part 2

Chapter 19

 

 

 


 

  

16


10

** EXAM 3: Section III, Adult Life, Chapters 13-18 Combined with Chapters 1-12 as Final Exam

 


 

 

 

All homework & makeup work due Today!

 

 

18

 

17

Official Final Exam Date - No class

 

 

Revision 2






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