You Need to Complete the Following by Class On

AP PSYCHOLOGY FEBRURARY VACATION WORK PACKET UNIT 9: DEVELOPMENT

You need to complete the following by class on February 27, 2012:

□ Read and take notes on Unit 9, pp. 411-441, 450-453.

□ Complete the vocabulary chart where you provide definitions and an example for each term.

□ Complete the attached charts on stages of development

□ Read and mark-up the interview with Lise Eliot, neuroscientist and author of the book, Pink Brain. Blue Brain. Use Myer’s pages 435-441 to critique Eliot’s research and assertions. Write your comments on the handout.

□ Find some time to relax and enjoy the vacation! UNIT 9: KEY TERMS

TERM DEFINITION EXAMPLE/CCQ

Zygote

Embryo

Teratogen

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Habituation

Maturation

Cognition

Schema Assimilation

Accommodation

Sensorimotor Stage

Object Permanence

Preoperational Stage

Conservation

Egocentrism

Theory of Mind

Concrete Operational Stage

Formal Operational Stage Autism

Stranger Anxiety

Attachment

Critical Period

Imprinting (not from Twilight!)

Temperament

Basic Trust

Self-concept

Aggression

X Chromosome Y Chromosome

Testosterone

Gender Role

Gender Identity

Gender Typing

On pages 424-425, read the green inset section on Autism and “Mind-Blindness”. Write a summary of that reading here, then do some additional online research about Autism and add to those notes. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development Unit 9, pp. 417-426

0-2 During this first stage, children learn CCQs and Examples: years entirely through the movements they Sensorimotor make and the sensations that result. They Stage learn:  that they exist separately from the objects and people around them  that they can cause things to happen  that things continue to exist even when they can't see them

Preoperational Stage

Concrete Operational Stage

Formal Operational Stage Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages Unit 9, pages 450-453

Age/Period Principal Adequate Resolution Inadequate CCQs (approx.) Challenge/ Resolution Issue Trust v. Basic sense of safety, Insecurity, anxiety 0 to 1 ½ Mistrust security; ability to rely on years forces outside of oneself

1 ½ to 3 years

3 to 6 years

6 years to puberty

Adolescence

Early Adulthood

Middle Adulthood

Late Adulthood