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Week 1
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Begins Tuesday September 5
Graded work is due Sunday September 10
- Introduction to the Course, Syllabus, and Expectations
- Lesson 1: The Developmental Perspective and Developmental Clocks
- Lesson 2: Developmental Theories
- Lesson 3: Research in Human Development: Biography as Research
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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 September 11
Graded work is due Sunday September 17
- Lesson 4: Prenatal Development, Genetics, and Critical Periods
- Lesson 5: Multicultural Perspectives on Childbirth
- Lesson 6: Early Physical and Motor Development
- Lesson 7: Self Awareness
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| Week 3 |
Begins Monday September 18
Graded work is due Sunday September 24
- Lesson 8: Early Cognitive Development: Genetic Epistemology
- Lesson 9: Early Cognitive Development: Information Processing
- Lesson 10: Early Cognitive Development: Mind, Culture, and Language
- Lesson 11: Erikson: Developing Trust, Autonomy, and Initiative
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Cultural Dimensions of Pregnancy Special Assignment Due |
| Week 4 |
Begins Monday Septmeber 25
Graded work is due Sunday October 1
- 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 5 |
Begins Monday October 2
Graded work is due Sunday October 8
- Lesson 16: Family Systems Theory
- Lesson 17: Social Groups and Social Control: Family, Friends, and Media
- Lesson 18: Perspective Taking
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| Week 6 |
Begins Monday October 9
Graded work is due Sunday October 15
- OCTOBER 9 - COLUMBUS DAY
- Lesson 19: Puberty
- Lesson 20: Concrete and Formal Operational Thinking/Information Processing
- Lesson 21: The Development of Moral Reasoning
- Lesson 22: Adolescence and Identity
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| Week 7 |
Begins Monday October 16
Graded work is due Sunday October 22
- OCTOBER 21 - MID TERM GRADES DUE
- Lesson 23: Erikson: Developing Identity and Intimacy
- Lesson 24: The Myths and Realities of Storm and Stress
- Lesson 25: What is Adulthood?
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| Week 8 |
Begins Monday October 23
Graded work is due Sunday October 29
- Lesson 26: Post Formal Operational Thinking
- Lesson 27: Possible Selves
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| Week 9 |
Begins Monday October 30
Graded work is due Sunday November 5
- Lesson 28: Love, Intimacy, Puzzle Pieces
- Lesson 29: Divorce and Remarriage
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| Week 10 |
Begins Monday November 6
Graded work is due Sunday November 12
- NOVEMBER 10 - VETERANS DAY OBSERVED
- NOVEMBER 11 - VETERANS DAY
- 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 11 |
Begins Monday November 13
Graded work is due Sunday November 19
- 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
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| Week 12 |
Begins Monday November 20
Graded work is due Sunday November 26
- NOVEMBER 22 - NO CLASSES AFTER 4 PM
- NOVEMBER 23-25 - THANKSGIVING RECESS
- Project Work Week
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| Week 13 |
Begins Monday November 27
Graded work is due Sunday December 3
- Lesson 36: Aging and Late Life Demographics
- Lesson 37: Late Life Cognition and Memory
Lesson 38: Mental Health and Aging
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Biography is due |
| Week 14 |
Begins Monday December 4
Graded work is due Sunday December 10
- Lesson 39: Work, Friends, and Family in Late Life
- Lesson 40: Successful Aging
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Reflection on the Biography Special Assignment is Due |
| Week 15 |
Begins Monday December 11
Graded work is due Saturday December 16
- Lesson 41: Death and Dying
- Lesson 42: Grieving Across the Lifespan
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