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Life-Span Development, 8/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas - Dallas

The Life-Span Development Perspective
The Science of Life-Span Development

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1. Like many students of lifespan psychology, Ymelda has a hard time with Freud's theory, insisting that it is "all about sex." Is that the extent of Freud's theoretical perspective?

http://www.freud.org.uk/about5.html

2. Juan's lifespan psychology teacher asked the class to read about Albert Bandura's famous "Bobo" doll experiment and determine if there were any gender differences in the responses of boys and girls who (1) saw aggressive behavior rewarded and (2) who saw aggressive behavior punished. What should Juan's conclusions be?

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/soccog/soclrn.html

3. Clarice wants to be a research psychologist, but being an animal lover is not sure that she could commit herself to research that might subject animals--even laboratory mice-to harm. According to the APA code of ethics, what obligations do research psychologists have to their research animals?

http://www.apa.org/ethics/code.html#6.20