Module 9.1 Prenatal Development: a Case of Nature and Nurture
CHAPTER 9
Human Development
Module 9.1 Prenatal Development: A case of Nature and Nurture
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After you have mastered the information in this unit, you will be able to:
1.Describe the major stages of prenatal development.
2.Discuss some of the threats to prenatal development.
Module 9.2 Infant Development
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After you have mastered the information in this unit, you will be able to:
1.Identify and describe the reflexes that are present at birth.
2.Describe infants’ sensory, perception, and learning abilities.
3.Explain how the infant’s motor abilities develop during the first year of life.
Module 9.3 Years of Discovery: Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Development in childhood
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After you have mastered the information in this unit, you will be able to:
1.Identify and explain the three basic types of infant temperament.
2.Describe research on attachment.
3.Discuss the roles that peers, parents, and culture play in children’s emotional and social development.
4.Understand the three major styles of parenting and how they differ.
5.Discuss the childhood stages of psychosocial development.
6.Explain the major features associated with Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.
7.Describe Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development.
Module 9.4 adolescence
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After you have mastered the information in this unit, you will be able to:
1.Define adolescence and describe puberty.
2.Explain the changes in cognitive development that occur during adolescence.
3.Describe Kohlberg’s levels of moral reasoning.
4.Discuss criticisms of, and an alternative to, Kohlberg’s theory.
5.Discuss psychosocial development during adolescence.
Module 9.5 Early and Middle Adulthood
LEARNING OBJECTIVEs
After you have mastered the information in this unit, you will be able to:
1.Describe the physical and cognitive changes that take place as people age.
2.Discuss social and personality development during early and middle adulthood.
Module 9.6 Late Adulthood
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After you have mastered the information in this unit, you will be able to:
1.Describe the physical and cognitive changes that occur in late adulthood.
2.Explain psychosocial challenges of late adulthood.
3.Describe the qualities associated with successful aging.
4.Discuss the stages of dying as identified by Kübler-Ross.
Module 9.7 Application: Living Longer, Healthier Lives
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
After you have mastered the information in this unit, you will be able to:
1.Discuss ways people can increase the likelihood of longer and healthier lives.