- •Key Terms
- •2.0 The Life-Span Perspective
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 2 The Science of Life-Span Development
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section II Beginnings Chapter 3 Biological Beginnings Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 4 Prenatal Development and Birth Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section III Infancy Chapter 5 Physical Development in Infancy Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 6 Cognitive Development in Infancy Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Chapter 7 Socioemotional Development in Infancy Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section IV Chapter 8 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 9 Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section V Middle and Late Childhood Chapter 10 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 11 Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section VI Adolescence Chapter 12 Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 13 Socioemotional Development in Adolescence Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section VII Early Adulthood Chapter 14 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Сhapter 15 Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood Summary
- •Key terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section VIII Middle Adulthood Chapter 16 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 17 Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Section IX Late Adulthood Chapter 18 Physical Development in Late Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 19 Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood Summary
- •Key terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 20 Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Chapter 21 Death and Dying Summary
- •Key Terms
- •Essay and Critical Thinking Questions
- •Research Project 2 Journal Article Critique
- •Research Project 2 Genetic Counseling Available to You
- •Research Project 1 Why Do Some Pregnant Women Drink, Smoke, or Use Drugs?
- •Research Project 2 Fatherhood
- •Research Project 1 Cross Motor Activity
- •Research Project 1 Object Permanence
- •Research Project 2 Mother-Infant Language
- •Research Project 1 Attachment Behaviors
- •Research Project 2 Development of Self in Infants
- •Project 1 Memory Span
- •Research Project 2 Language Errors
- •Research Project 1 Parten's Play Styles
- •Research Project 2 Altruism-Empathy Observations
- •Research Project 1 Current Exercise Levels
- •Research Project 2 Conservation Tasks
- •Research Project 1 Children Attitudes Towards School
- •Research Project 2 Gender Roles and Television
- •Research Project 2 Piaget’s Pendulum Problem
- •Research project 1 Interviewing Friends about Dating
- •Research Project 2 Marcia’s Statuses of Identity
- •Research Project 1 College Students and the Use of Alcohol
- •Research Project 2 Motivation – The Values of Adolescents
- •Research Project 1 The Marriage Quiz
- •Research Project 2 Gender and Age Roles in Magazine Advertisements
- •Research Project 1 Song Lyric Values
- •Research Project 2 Archival Research
- •Research Project 1 Adult Stage Theories in Biographies
- •Research Project 2 Your Life Review
- •Research Project 1 Variations in Life-Expectancy
- •Research Project 2 Knowledge of Older Adults
- •Research Project 1 Free Recall among College Students and Older Adults
- •Research Project 2 Physical and Mental Health Care of the Elderly
- •Research Project 1 Collecting a Life Story
- •Research Project 2 Old People at College
- •Research Project 1 Experiencing Others’ Deaths
- •Research Project 2 Hospices in Your Community
Research Project 2 Journal Article Critique
Part of conducting psychological research is reviewing and understanding published research studies. In this research project, you will choose one of the topics that will be covered in this course (e.g., play, gender roles, moral development, effects of television) and find a research report in a journal (e.g., Adolescence, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Family Therapy, Journal of Marriage and the Family) on the chosen topic. Read the article and write a report about the article. Enclose a copy of the first page of the research article (include the abstract which briefly summarizes the entire research study) with your report. In addition to including the main points of the study, give your personal reactions to the research findings.
Questions
Can you use the title of the study to identify the independent and dependent variables? (Many titles are in this format: "The effects of IV on the DV.")
What did you learn from the introduction section? What is the historical background of the research topic? Which earlier research findings are given as most relevant to this study? What theoretical explanations are emphasized in this section? What is the hypothesis of the present study?
What did you learn from the methods section? Who were the subjects? What procedures (e.g., apparatus, directions, assessment tools) were used?
What did you learn from the results section? What kinds of statistical procedures were used? What did you learn from charts, frequency tables, and bar graphs? What results did the authors say were statistically significant?
What did you learn from the discussion section? How did the authors interpret their results? Did they provide alternative explanations? Did they talk about the limitations of the preset research study? What future research studies were suggested?
What kinds of ideas did this article make you think about? Can you design a similar study on this topic?
Chapter 3
Research Project 1 Heritability of Height
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the concept of heritability by using height as the characteristic. You will do a kinship study of two families (one of the families can be your own) to collect the necessary data. Record the height of all family members over 18 years of age and separate them by sex. Calculate the mean and range of heights of both sexes for both families and compare them. This exercise is intended to give you experience both with a kinship study design and with the concept of heritability for a variable with a clear operational definition. Use the following format to record heights. Then answer the questions that follow.
Person/Sex Family 1 Family 2 Data Family 1 Family 2
Self
Mother Average female
Father Average male
Grandmother 1 Tallest female
Grandmother 2 Tallest male
Grandfather 1 Shortest female
Grandfather 2 Shortest male
Sibling
Sibling
Sibling
Aunt
Aunt
Aunt
Uncle
Uncle
Uncle
Cousin
Cousin
Cousin
Other
Other
Other
Questions
Which family in your sample is, on average, taller for both males and females?
Of the taller family, how many females are taller than the females in the shorter family? How many of the males are taller than the males in the shorter family?
From your data, does it appear that height is an inherited trait?
What is the advantage of examining the heritability of a variable like height rather than a variable such as temperament or intelligence?