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Special Assignments |
Week 1
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Begins Monday August 25
Graded work is due August 31 at midnight
- 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 1
Graded work is due September 7 at midnight
- 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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Week 3 |
Begins Monday September 8
Graded work is due September 14 at midnight
- Lesson 7: Self Awareness
- Lesson 8: Early Cognitive Development: Genetic Epistemology
- Lesson 9: Early Cognitive Development: Information Processing
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Cultural Dimensions of Pregnancy Special Assignment Due |
Week 4 |
Begins Monday September 15
Graded work is due September 21 at midnight
- Lesson 10: Early Cognitive Development: Mind, Culture, and Language
- Lesson 11: Erikson: Developing Trust, Autonomy, and Initiative
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Week 5 |
Begins Monday September 22
Graded work is due September 28 at midnight
- 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 6 |
Begins Monday September 29
Graded work is due October 5 at midnight
- Lesson 16: Family Systems Theory
- 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
- Lesson 21: The Development of Moral Reasoning
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Week 7 |
Begins Monday October 6
Graded work is due October 12 at midnight
- Lesson 22: Adolescence and Identity
- 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 13
Graded work is due October 19 at midnight
- Lesson 26: Post Formal Operational Thinking
- Lesson 27: Possible Selves
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Identity Status Special Assignment is Due |
Week 9 |
Begins Monday October 20
Graded work is due October 26 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
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Week 10 |
Begins Monday October 27
Graded work is due November 2 at midnight
- Lesson 32: Learning to Relax
- Lesson 33: Midlife and the Midlife Event
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Week 11 |
Begins Monday November 3
Graded work is due November 9 at midnight
- 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 10
Graded work is due November 16 at midnight
- Lesson 36: Aging and Late Life Demographics
- Lesson 37: Late Life Cognition and Memory
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Week 13 |
Begins Monday November 17
Graded work is due November 23 at midnight
- Lesson 38: Mental Health and Aging
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Week 14 |
Begins Monday November 24
Graded work is due November 30 at midnight
- Lesson 39: Work, Friends, and Family in Late Life
- Lesson 40: Successful Aging
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Week 15 |
Begins Monday December 1
Graded work is due December 7 at midnight
- Lesson 41: Death and Dying
- Lesson 42: Grieving Across the Lifespan
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Reflection on the Biography Special Assignment is Due
Biography is due |
Week 16 |
Begins Monday December 8
Graded work is due December 13 at midnight
Wrap Up in needed... |
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