2.04 Social Development in Childhood
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The assignments for Introductory Psychology are ideas and suggestions to use as you see appropriate. Some are larger assignments spanning several weeks, while others are smaller, less-time consuming tasks. You can view them below or throughout the course.
You can view them below or throughout the course.
| —Perspectives in Psychology Explain behavior from 3 perspectives | Watch a TED talk | |
| —Analyzing Research Describe and discuss a PLOS research article | —Psychology in the News Compare a popular news article with research article | |
| —Using Your Brain Describe parts of the brain involved in daily activities | –Brain Part Infographic Create a visual/infographic about a part of the brain
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| —Sleep Stages Describe sleep stages and ways to improve sleep | Track and analyze sleep and dreams. Record sleep habits and dreams a minimum of 3 days.
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| —Cultural Influences on Perception Demonstrate cultural differences in perception. *If used in conjnuction with the “Perception and Illusions” assignment, this post could ask students to bring in examples/evidence from the illusion task | —Applications of the Delbouef Illusion Apply Food Lab research and the Delbouef Illusion to recommend plate size and dinner set-up. Apply an understanding of Martin Doherty’s research on developmental and cross-cultural effects in the Ebbinghaus illusion. Find an illusion, describe it, and explain whether or not it may show cross-cultural effects. | |
| Thinking about Intelligence Choose to respond to two questions from a list | —What Makes Smarts? Describe 3 smart people and analyze what contributes to their intelligence. —The Paradox of ChoiceExamine an experiment about cognitive overload and decision-making when given many options. | |
| —Explaining Memory Create a mnemonic and explain an early childhood memory | —Study Guide Apply knowledge from module on memory, thinking and intelligence, and states of consciousness to help a struggling student. | |
| —What I Learned Write examples of something learned through classical, operant, and observational learning | —Conditioning Project Spend at least 10 days using conditioning principles to break or make a habit.
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| —Stages of Development Pick an age and describe the age along with developmental theories and if you agree or disagree with the theoretical designations | —Developmental Toys Assignment Find toys for a child of 6 months, 4 years, and 8 years, then explain theories for the age and why the toys are appropriate. | |
| —Thinking about Social Psychology Pick one question to respond to out of 4 options | —Designing a Study in Social Psychology Create a shortened research proposal for a study in social psychology (or one that tests common proverbs).
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| —Personality and the Grinch Use two of the theories presented in the text to analyze the Grinch’s personality | —Assessing Personality Take two personality tests then analyze their validity and reliability. —Personality—BlirtatiousnessExamine various types of validity and design a new way to test the validity of the Blirt test. | |
| –What Motivates You? What motivates you to do your schoolwork? | —Theories of Emotion Demonstrate the James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter-Singer, and cognitive-mediational theories of emotion. –Growth Mindsets and the Control ConditionTake a deeper look at the Carol Dweck study on mindset and analyze how the results may appear different if the control benchmark varied. | |
| —Thinking about Industrial/Organizational Psychology Pick a favorite I/O topic or give advice on conducting an interview | — KSAs Assignment Investigate and reflect on KSAs needed for future job. | |
| —Diagnosing Disorders Diagnose a fictional character with a psychological disorder | —Disorder At-a-Glance Research one disorder and create an “At-a-Glance” paper about the main points. | |
| —Thinking about Treatment Choose to respond to one of four questions | —Treating Mental Illness Describe 3 different treatment methods for the fictional character diagnosed for the “Diagnosing Disorders” discussion.
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| —Thoughts on Stress and Happiness Give advice on managing stress or increasing happiness | –Time and Stress Management Pick from three options to do things related to tracking stress and time management.
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Discussion Grading Rubric
The discussions in the course vary in their requirements and design, but this rubric below may be used and modified to facilitate grading.
| Response is superficial, lacking in analysis or critique. Contributes few novel ideas, connections, or applications. | Provides an accurate response to the prompt, but the information delivered is limited or lacking in analysis. | Provides a thoughtful and clear response to the content or question asked. The response includes original thoughts and novel ideas. | __/4 | |
| Includes vague or incomplete supporting evidence or fails to back opinion with facts. | Supports opinions with details, though connections may be unclear, not firmly established, or explicit. | Supports response with evidence; makes connections to the course content and/or other experiences. Cites evidence when appropriate. | __/2 | |
| Provides brief responses or shows little effort to participate in the learning community. | Responds kindly and builds upon the comments from others, but may lack depth, detail, and/or explanation. | Kindly and thoroughly extend discussions already taking place or poses new possibilities or opinions not previously voiced. Responses are substantive and constructive. | __/4 | |
| Total | __/10 |
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OpenStax Psychology 2e Student Solutions Guide This document contains the answers to the oddnumbered review and critical- -thinking exercises from the end of each chapter in OpenStax Psychology. The critical thinking questions are open-ended, and the provided answers offer sample information or representative information.
Psychology 2e meets scope and sequence requirements for a semester introduction to psychology course and comprehensively covers core concepts and research.
Social-Cultural Psychology focuses on how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures, whereas other perspectives would look at biology or personality traits. Nurture is more significant in this perspective because it examines the social influence on a behavior.
The assignments for Introductory Psychology are ideas and suggestions to use as you see appropriate. Some are larger assignments spanning several weeks, while others are smaller, less-time consuming tasks.
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