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Term Paper #3: References

Check the WEB Check PsycInfo: This is the primary electronic

database for psychology. Learn to use it Look through

handbooks (e.g., Handbook of child psychology) annual series (e.g., New directions for child and

adolescent development) or advanced textbooks (e.g., Developmental psychology: An

advanced textbook) to find a chapter devoted to your topic of interest

These chapters should also turn up in your search using PsycInfo

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Psychology 1230: Adolescence

Don Hartmann,

Fall, 2005

Lecture 3: ©Developmental Issues

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Administrative Announcements: I

Get your WEB discussion group going! See handout.

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WEB problems? Contact our webmaster, jensen@csbs.utah.edu

The piles in my office that were earlier removed.

1 of many actually found in Hartmann’s office

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Handout Summary Handout WEB

Date Date 4. HO-Inform. Sheet* 08/24 08/05 5. HO-TA Application* 08/24 08/05 6. Lect. #1b: How to succeed 08/11 7. HO-Class Participation* 08/26 08/05 8. HO-WEB Discussions* 08/05 9. HO-TA Rank Order 08/14 10, HO-Term Paper* 08/12 11. Lect. #2: Historical Perspect. 08/12 12. HO-Suppl. Proj. #1* 08/12 13. Lect. #3: Devel. Issues 08/15 14. HO-Completing a Film Review 08/14

-----*Indicates handouts discussed in class.

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Overview

•Brief Discussion of HO-Supplemental Project #1•Historical Perspective: G. Stanley Hall & Developmental Issues

•Saltatory (Stage) Development•Heredity Versus (&) Environment•Storm & Stress•Early versus (&) Late Development

•Next: •Introduction to Theory: Lecture #4•Brief introduction to HO-Film Reviews

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Some Highlights Regarding Supplementary Project #1(1)

Choose one (aspect of puberty) that was particularly difficult for you, but that is not so hot that you can’t write about. Your paper should address at the very least the following issues:

Why you chose this aspect to write about. Some background on the problem, including what the text

suggests concerning how and why it happens and what its typical consequences are for an individual’s social development.

Describe the effects it had for your social development, both at the time and later.

Suggest how your folks might have helped you with the issue and how you might have dealt with it more effectively yourself.

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Some Highlights Regarding Supplementary Project #1 (2)

What is to be handed in: The project should be about 4 pages long

(plus cover page, project evaluation, and earlier edited drafts of your paper identified as to the name and status of the editor). Yes, I require the use of at least one editor. If this editor is not a classmate, please describe your relationship to the editor and the editor’s phone number. This project is due on Mon. Sept. 19. Unfortunately, because this is a new project, exemplary models are not available at Marriott library.

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Supplementary References

Dixon, R. A., & Lerner, R. M. (1999). History and systems in developmental Psychology. In M. H. Bornstein & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental psychology: An advanced Textbook (4th ed., pp. 3-45). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Writing a reference for a chapter in an edited book

Dixon, R. A., & Lerner, R. M. (1999). History and systems in developmental Psychology. In M. H. Bornstein & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental psychology: An advanced Textbook (4th ed., pp. 3-45). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Editors’ initials first; not like authors’

Inclusive pages of chapter

Big E, small d; small e & small d

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Emphasis on Nature, rather than Nurture

Hall, with his background in Darwinism, emphasized nature—even had his own recapitulation theory—but to weird to describe

Nature (rough synonyms: genes, maturation, biology)

Nurture (experience, culture, training) In the history of psychology, constant

tension between the two

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Nature?

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Ann Anastasi &

Debate is ubiquitous (like ubleck)Nature/nurture questions, and Anastasi’s commentary:

Is a behavior caused by nature or by nurture? All behaviors require both! Which is more important, nature or nurture? General answer not possible; answer depends on genetic variability and the range of environments available!

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Anastasi’s Good Question

3. How do nature and nurture combine to affect behavior?

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Storm & Stress: I

Hall viewed adolescents as WACKO: Puberty a time of emotional turmoil and upset (strum und drang).

Anna Freud made similar allegations: As young girl As mature woman

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Yes, and it often persists!

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Storm & Stress: II

Bases of allegation: Excessive reliance upon clinical case studies—biased (in the direction of pathology) source

What do the data tell us? Offer study: 73% of adolescents surveyed

reported having a positive self image. Isle of Wight Study (Michael Rutter)

Extensive epidemiological study

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Conclusions Regarding S&S

With adolescents comes an increase in irritating behavior

(particularly from mom's perspective) A great deal of trying out new parts of the

self—sometimes with undesirable consequences

More juvenile delinquency, drugs, and sex

Parent be careful of your expectations!

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Ruth Benedict’s Cultural Commentary

Importance of the structure and demands of a society

Conflict over a behavior varies with degree to which the social- ization practices enforce substantial discontinuities in

expectations, and the degree to which these discontinuities

are associated with unclear cues

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Early versus Continuous Development

Is the course of development set during the formative years? Or is development non-selective as to when it occurs? Related to Critical or Sensitive Period

Hypothesis Examples: imprinting (Lorenz’s goslings) Freud’s theoretical notions about the

formative years (1-3)

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Imprinting? Lorenz Who?

When Imprinting Studies Go Awry!

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Summary

More on SEMINAL Issues: Nature versus Nurture Storm & Stress Early versus continuous development

Next: Introduction to Theory--Lecture #4 HO-Film Reviews

Go in Peace!