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Understanding Psychology, 6/e
Robert S. Feldman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Development: Adolescence to the End of Life

Internet Exercises

One of the more interesting debates in human development is the opposing viewpoint on moral development taken by Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan (and others). From information you can glean from the site below, examine both sides of the issue and make a determination for yourself which theory is the most useful in understanding and assisting young people with the moral dilemmas they often find themselves in today.
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-yearbook/95_docs/snauwaert.html

Teenage suicide is a major concern, and prevention is extremely important. But how can we tell the difference between the normal swings of mood and behavior that often accompanies adolescence and true predictors of teenage lethality? Use information from the site below to help you understand differences between normal and predictive behavior; then, address prevention concerns–what can reasonably be done to reduce the rate of teen suicide?
http://www.nami.org/helpline/teensuicide.html

Few people would argue against the fact that there is a very high rate of divorce in the U.S. and many other countries. Further, most agree that children are perhaps impacted as much or more than the divorcing parents. At the site below, examine the recommendations made by the U.S. Commission on Child and Family Welfare. As you review the recommendations, choose your top five or six recommendations in helping to reduce the impact of divorce on children. Please explain your choices.
http://www.erols.com/afc/majority1.html