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When you have studied this chapter, you should be able to:
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Define development and developmental psychology. |
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Identify imprinting, and describe the importance of critical periods. |
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Explain the impact of early social deprivation on development. |
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Explain the role of individual variation in development. |
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Identify the characteristics common to stage theories of development. |
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Identify and discuss Kohlberg's three levels of moral reasoning: premoral, conventional, and principled. |
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Compare and contrast Gilligan's and Kohlberg's theories of moral development. |
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Describe Erikson's stage theory of personality development, and list the stages of personality development. |
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Differentiate between the developmental stages termed the "neonatal period" and "infancy." |
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Identify the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of development during infancy (i.e., sensorimotor stage). |
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Identify the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of development during early childhood (i.e., preoperational stage). |
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Identify the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of development during middle childhood (i.e., concrete operational stage). |
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Explain the changes that occur in physical development during puberty, including primary and secondary sex characteristics, menarche, and the adolescent growth spurt. |
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Identify the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of development during adolescence (i.e., formal operational stage). |
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Identify the physical, cognitive, emotional and social aspects of development in adulthood. |
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Contrast Erikson's and Levinson's views of adult personality development. |
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Define climacteric, and discuss how it affects men and women. |
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Explain the controversies associated with the stage theories of adulthood. |
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Discuss the biological and psychological changes that are involved in aging, and longevity. |
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Identify and explain the stages of dying identified by Kübler-Ross. |
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Discuss the complexities of parenting. |