Developmental Potential EA Prompts: Paper 2 (Options)
General Development Prompts:
Ø Assess the extent to which biological, cognitive, and sociocultural factors influence human development.
Ø Evaluate psychological research (through theories and/or studies) relevant to development psychology.
Cognitive Development:
Ø Discuss one theory of cognitive development.
Ø Evaluate theories of cognitive development.
Ø Discuss how social and environmental variables may affect cognitive development. /Examine how social variables may affect cognitive development.
Social Development:
Ø Examine attachment in childhood and its role in subsequent formation of relationships. /To what extent does attachment in childhood play a role in the subsequent formation of relationships?
Ø Define attachment. Discuss how childhood attachment may affect the formation of relationships later in life.
Ø Discuss potential effects of deprivation or trauma in childhood on later development. /Discuss psychological research (theories and/or studies) related to the potential effects of deprivation or trauma in childhood on later development.
Ø Define resilience. Discuss strategies to build resilience.
Identity Development:
Ø Discuss the formation and development of gender roles/Discuss two factors relevant to the formation and development of gender roles.
Ø Explain cultural variations of gender roles.
Ø Discuss how sociocultural factors influence the formation and development of gender roles.
Ø Describe adolescence.
Ø Discuss the relationship between physical change and development of identity during adolescence.
Ø Outline physical changes in adolescences. Discuss how such physical changes during adolescence relate to development of identity.
Ø Examine psychological research into adolescence./Contrast two examples of psychological research (theories and/or studies) into adolescence.
Developmental Potential EA Prompts: Paper 2 (Options)
General Development Prompts:
Ø Assess the extent to which biological, cognitive, and sociocultural factors influence human development.
Ø Evaluate psychological research (through theories and/or studies) relevant to development psychology.
Cognitive Development:
Ø Discuss one theory of cognitive development.
Ø Evaluate theories of cognitive development.
Ø Discuss how social and environmental variables may affect cognitive development. /Examine how social variables may affect cognitive development.
Social Development:
Ø Examine attachment in childhood and its role in subsequent formation of relationships. /To what extent does attachment in childhood play a role in the subsequent formation of relationships?
Ø Define attachment. Discuss how childhood attachment may affect the formation of relationships later in life.
Ø Discuss potential effects of deprivation or trauma in childhood on later development. /Discuss psychological research (theories and/or studies) related to the potential effects of deprivation or trauma in childhood on later development.
Ø Define resilience. Discuss strategies to build resilience.
Identity Development:
Ø Discuss the formation and development of gender roles/Discuss two factors relevant to the formation and development of gender roles.
Ø Explain cultural variations of gender roles.
Ø Discuss how sociocultural factors influence the formation and development of gender roles.
Ø Describe adolescence.
Ø Discuss the relationship between physical change and development of identity during adolescence.
Ø Outline physical changes in adolescences. Discuss how such physical changes during adolescence relate to development of identity.
Ø Examine psychological research into adolescence./Contrast two examples of psychological research (theories and/or studies) into adolescence.