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Content Information |
Special Assignments |
Week 1
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Begins Tuesday May 28
Graded work is due June 2 at midnight
- Introduction to the Course, Syllabus, and Expectations
- Introductory Discussion (click on the Discussions link in the menu and select the discussion of this title)
- Lesson 1: The Developmental Perspective and Developmental Clocks
- Lesson 1 Discussion
- Lesson 1 Quiz
- Lesson 2: Developmental Theories
- Lesson 3: Research in Human Development: Biography as Research
- Lesson 4: Prenatal Development, Genetics, and Critical Periods
- Lesson 5: Multicultural Perspectives on Childbirth
- Lesson 6: Early Physical and Motor Development
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Review the Biography description in the Biography folder on the main page of Blackboard
Submit your Biography Proposal as soon as possible. |
| Week 2 |
Begins Monday June 3
Graded work is due June 9 at midnight
- Lesson 7: Self Awareness
- Lesson 7 Quiz
- Lesson 7 Discussion
- Lesson 8: Early Cognitive Development: Genetic Epistemology
- Lesson 9: Early Cognitive Development: Information Processing
- Lesson 10: Early Cognitive Development: Mind, Culture, and Language
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Cultural Dimensions of Pregnancy Special Assignment Due |
| Week 3 |
Begins Monday June 10
Graded work is due June 16 at midnight
- Lesson 11: Erikson: Developing Trust, Autonomy, and Initiative
- Lesson 12: Attachment
- Lesson 13: Gender Role Identity
- Lesson 14: Aptitude for School: Intelligence and Exceptionality
Lesson 15: Erikson: Developing Industry
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| Week 4 |
Begins Monday June 17
Graded work is due June 23 at midnight
- Lesson 16: Family Systems Theory
- Lesson 16 Quiz
- Lesson 16 Discussion
- Lesson 17: Social Groups and Social Control: Family, Friends, and Media
- Lesson 18: Perspective Taking
- Lesson 19: Puberty
- Lesson 20: Concrete and Formal Operational Thinking/Information Processing
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| Week 5 |
Begins Monday June 24
Graded work is due June 30 at midnight
- Lesson 21: The Development of Moral Reasoning
- Lesson 22: Adolescence and Identity
- Lesson 23: Erikson: Developing Identity and Intimacy
- Lesson 24: The Myths and Realities of Storm and Stress
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| Week 6 |
Begins Monday July 1
Graded work is due July 7 at midnight
- Lesson 25: What is Adulthood?
- Lesson 25 Quiz
- Lesson 25 Discussion
- Lesson 26: Post Formal Operational Thinking
- Lesson 27: Possible Selves
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| Week 7 |
Begins Monday July 8
Graded work is due July 14 at midnight
- Lesson 28: Love, Intimacy, Puzzle Pieces
- Lesson 29: Divorce and Remarriage
- Lesson 30: Finding Occupation and Finding Vocation
- Lesson 31: Working in a Changing World
- Lesson 32: Learning to Relax
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Identity Status Special Assignment is Due |
| Week 8 |
Begins Monday July 15
Graded work is due July 21 at midnight
- Lesson 33: Midlife and the Midlife Event
- Lesson 34: Introduction to Marcia’s Theory of Identity Status
- Lesson 35: Middle Age: Their Kids and Their Parents
- Lesson 35 Quiz
- Lesson 35 Discussion
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| Week 9 |
Begins Monday July 22
Graded work is due July 28 at midnight
- Lesson 36: Aging and Late Life Demographics
- Lesson 37: Late Life Cognition and Memory
- Lesson 38: Mental Health and Aging
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At this time your interviews of your subject should be completed and you should be starting to pull together the paper to do the final write up. |
| Week 10 |
Begins Monday July 29
Graded work is due August 4 at midnight
- Lesson 39: Work, Friends, and Family in Late Life
- Lesson 40: Successful Aging
- Lesson 41: Death and Dying
- Lesson 42: Grieving Across the Lifespan
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Biography is due |
| Week 11 |
Begins Monday August 5
Graded work is due August 8 at midnight
- Wrap Up
- Course Evaluation Discussion Board
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Please note the VERY short week to get this work done.
Reflection on the Biography Special Assignment is Due |