Chapter 4

Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity

Wednesday October 22

• Journal prompts # 1 genetics #2• TIMELINE OF MY LIFE Part 1• Chapter 4 Nature/ Nurture

– Minnesota Twin Studies T-Chart in notes– Evolutionary psychology– Gender typing– True/ False

• Chapter 5 next class!– TEST CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE on WEDNESDAY

NOVEMBER 5 COUNTS in 2nd six weeks– Journal for 4 and 5 due same day.– Vocabulary for 4 & 5 required

7th period Innovation Station

Lauren Wilks Jacob Butler Madison Costley

Jenny Do Jake Erb Makayla Fabian

Madeline Sands

Natalee Dunn Hannah Rose Garner

Clark Gilchrist Meg Green Jenipher Huynh

Kennedy Ketcham

Hannah-Joy Mach

Laura McDonald

Kelly McKay Ryan Miller Devin Nguyen

Chelsea Payton Linh Pham Joshua Rangel Mason Rausch Abby Rodriguez

Anarra Whitcher

Casey Thorsen Jordan Seibert Mauricio Tellez Kathryn Schneider

Jared Tobin

Brandon Wavering

Richard Frazier Jeffrey Brand

TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT

At the beginning of the unit, prior to studying developmental psychology: 1. Create a timeline with what you think are 10 important

developmental milestones of your life so far. 2. Then, create a timeline predicting 10 milestones in

your future. 3. Save this work. As we study developmental psychology,

you will understand these milestones better. 4. You will write an essay comparing your timeline to

what we learn in developmental psychology.

Journal Prompt #1 10/22

• Describe concepts in genetic transmission.

p. 1401) A man with red hair (recessive)

marries a woman with black hair (dominant) whose mother had red hair. What is the chance their child will have red hair? Black hair?

2) A man and a woman both have brown eyes. Their first child has blue eyes. What is the chance their second child will have blue eyes?

3) What psychological traits can be hereditable?

Other recessive traits: straight hair, no dimples, attached earlobes, normal vision

Minnesota Twin Study

• Discuss Handout: Striking Similarities

• Create a T-Chart of arguments about

Bouchard’s study For Against

Journal prompt 10/223rd period 10/24

• Describe the interactive effects of heredity and environment.

p. 140What is hereditability? Why would hereditability increase if all schools were of uniform quality?

Today’s Lessons 10/24

• Journal Prompts– Hereditability– Gender

• Checking Timelines Drafts• Handouts Evolutionary perspective

– Who would you save?– Who would you marry?

• Planning for the test/ Calendar• Activity Last 45 minutes: ERIKSON MISHMASH &

Presentation

Developmental

10/22 Timelines; Begin Ch. 4 N/N10/24 Evolutionary perspective; Erikson

Write charts for P/E/K10/27 Kohlberg; Piaget10/29 Life span Infancy-Childhood11/3 Timeline analysis due

Life span Adolescence-Adulthood11/5 Test, Journal, and Vocab 4 & 5 Due

Erikson Mish-MashGroup Activity: Erikson Mish-MashErik Erikson said that from birth to death we go through a series of social, or psychosocial, crises. He said successful outcomes in these stages make us normal and a faltering in these stages seriously mess us up.With your group, you may do one of the following activities. You will receive ONLY 30 minutes to work – so get to it.

Tee Shirt SloganYour job is to come up with 8 tee shirt slogans that correctly explain the conflict in each of Erikson’s stages.You should also turn in an EXPLANATION of why that tee shirt slogan works.#Hashtag #psychology #eriksonYou must create 8 tweets about Erikson’s stages – including a hashtag in each one. Your tweet must clearly demonstrate the stage. You should also turn in an EXPLANATION of why this tweet “works” to me at the end of the 30 minutes. A scenarioFor each of Erikson’s stages, you must give a scenario of someone who is experiencing conflict IN THAT STAGE with a specific example. You must then clearly explain why that particular conflict falls into the stage.Graphic RepresentationYou can draw a picture or cartoon of EACH stage – clearly showing the conflict. A written explanation must be included.

AP Psychology 10/27

• Journal Prompt: Moral development (15 minutes)

• Handouts: Piaget case studies (15 minutes); True/False Chapter 5

Journal Prompt 10/27 Content Standard 2: Theories of life span developmentStudents are able to2.1 Discuss theories of cognitive development2.2 Discuss theories of moral development2.3 Discuss theories of social development

Prompt: Answer the question about Modern Moral Dilemmas on the next slide.

moral dilemmas

Journal prompt: Moral development

• Professor Higgins has been giving unfair quizzes all semester. You have failed a few and several of your friends are in danger of failing the class due to poor quiz performance. His quiz items simply do not correlate well with what was presented in class or what was in the book. You stop by his office during his office hours to discuss a problem you have understanding a particular theory. He is not there, but the door is wide open, and sitting on his desk is a stack of tomorrow’s quiz. You know that you can improve both your performance on the quiz and perhaps helps several of your friends pass the class if you get a look at it.

• What do you do? • Why? • What is a real-life moral dilemma you have encountered?

AP Psychology 10/29

• Journal prompt: Teratogens “The Mind” VideoTest 11/5 All assignments dueChapter 5 notes: • Prenatal development• The Competent Newborn

Brain Development Motor Development

• Charts for Stage Theories Piaget Erickson Kohlberg

Journal Prompt 10/29

• Describe physical development from conception through birth and identify influences on prenatal development

p. 175 The Mind VideoWhat are teratogens? Describe the physical effects of three known teratogens. Specifically, what are the effects of heavy drinking on the fetus?

Chapter 5 Theories

Development theories. Know characteristics as well as weaknesses of stage theories*. Pages 186, 201, & 223.• Cognitive development: Piaget * • Moral development: Kohlberg *• Social development: Erikson*• Attachment:

– Body contact: Harlow– Strange situation: Ainsworth

• Parenting styles: Baumrind• Autism: Baron-Cohen

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3 Basic Levels of Moral Thinking

1. Preconventional Morality: Before age 9, children show morality to avoid punishment or gain reward.

2. Conventional Morality: By early adolescence, social rules and laws are upheld for their own sake.

3. Postconventional Morality: Affirms people’s agreed-upon rights or follows personally perceived ethical principles.

Moral development

AP PSYCHOLOGY November 2, 2014

• Journal Entry: Midlife Crisis? • Turn in timeline• Adolescence to Adulthood notes• Next class: – Review Chapter 4 & 5 True False– Multiple choice Test– Turn in vocabulary – Turn in journal

AP PSYCHOLOGY November 3, 2014• P. 216-217 1) What is the finding of

Lachman’s research on midlife crises?

2) According to Lykken and Tellegen, how is romantic attraction like a duckling’s imprinting?

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Adulthood’s Ages and Stages

Psychologists doubt that adults pass through an orderly sequence of age-bound stages. Mid-life crises at 40 are less likely to occur than crises triggered by major events (divorce, new marriage).

Neuroticism scores, 10,000 subjects(McCrae & Costa, 1996).

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Middle Adulthood

Muscular strength, reaction time, sensory abilities and cardiac output begin to decline after the mid-twenties. Around age 50, women go through menopause, and men experience decreased levels of hormones and fertility.

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AP PSYCHOLOGY November 4, 2014

• No Journal Prompt• True False Chapters 4 & 5• Multiple choice exam