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- 1. PSY 104 Entire Course For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 1 DQ 1 Pervasive Issues PSY 104 Week 1 DQ 2 Developmental Domains PSY 104 Week 2 Assignment The Role of Genetics on Development PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 1 Developmental Milestones PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Findings PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 3 Children Having Children PSY 104 Week 3 Assignment Outline and Annotated Bibliography PSY 104 Week 3 DQ 1 Nutrition and Youth PSY 104 Week 3 DQ 2 Physical Disabilities PSY 104 Week 3 Journal Childhood Obesity Epidemic PSY 104 Week 4 DQ 1 Research Perspectives PSY 104 Week 4 DQ 2 Childhood Learning PSY 104 Week 5 DQ 1 Statistical Information PSY 104 Week 5 DQ 2 Play and Self-Concept
- 2. PSY 104 Week 5 Assignment Developmental Psychology Research Paper ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 1 DQ 1 Pervasive Issues For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 1 DQ 1 Pervasive Issues For the three pervasive issues surrounding child development, select two to define. Along with the definition for each, provide an example from your own experience with children (e.g., as a child yourself, your own children, your observations of others and a research finding aboutthe issue.
- 3. The issues from which you will choose are listed in Chapter 1. They are a nature versus nurture, b continuous versus discontinuousdevelopment, and c critical and sensitive periods of development. Your initial response should be between 200-250 words. In your responses to at least two peers, please provide an extension of the opinion expressed, a counter opinion, or another example from research applicable to the opinion expressed. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 1 DQ 2 Developmental Domains For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 4. PSY 104 Week 1 DQ 2 Developmental Domains Discuss the domains of development (physical, cognitive, and psychosocial in relation to one age range of normal development. Through the perspective of at least one major developmental theory, explain the developmental accomplishments during that age range for all three domains. Provide research-based evidence from the articles assigned or your own research in the library in peer-reviewed articles for what occurs during each period. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 2 Assignment The Role of Genetics on Development For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 5. The Role of Genetics on Development In a 3 to 4 page paper (excluding title and reference pages, explain the role of genetics in development. How do genes of the two parents influence the traits of an offspring? Include an examination of how abnormalities can contribute to genetic and /or chromosomal disorders. In your paper, you must include at least one of the following genetic and/or chromosomal disorders mentioned in the reading: • Sickle cell disease • Huntington’s disease • Tay-Sachs disease • Down syndrome • Klinefelter’s syndrome • Turner syndrome • Cystic fibrosis Include an introduction with a thesis statement and a conclusion. Be sure to include at least 3 APA cited sources in addition to your textbook.
- 6. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 1 Developmental Milestones For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 1 Developmental Milestones Watch each required video,Child Develoment MilestonesandHow I Learn. Relate the developmental milestones in the videos to your reading in the textbook. Assess critical periods in the cognitive and psychosocial development of children from birth to 3 years of age. If a parent of a 2-year old child asked you what to do because the child was not speaking in sentences like their older sibling did, what advice would you give the parent? Why would you give this specific advice? What other explanations might be given in this situation and why would you choose to not provide those to the parent?
- 7. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Findings For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Findings Based upon your readings from the course materials and your own independent research, discuss three research findings related to development from conception to 2 years of age. Relate these findings to any topic in Chapter 2's reading. These topics include culture influences on nutrition, genetic factors affecting mental health, and the birthing process. **************************************************
- 8. PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 3 Children Having Children For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 2 DQ 3 Children Having Children Children Having Children Review the article, When children have children to learn about the effects teen pregnancy has on the teenage mother and her family as well as possible risks to the developing baby. Imagine you are putting together a training tool about the effects of pregnancy, geared towards educating teenage girls. You have two options when completing this discussion. Option A: Create a 1 page visually appealing training tool using Glogster. For help using Glogster, follow these instructions.
- 9. Option B: Write a 200-250 word article that could be printed in a magazine for teen girls. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 3 Assignment Outline and Annotated Bibliography For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Final Paper Outline and Annotated Bibliography For the Week Three written assignment you will be submitting an outline with a thesis statement as well as an annotated bibliography in order to prepare you to write the final paper for this course.
- 10. After deciding upon the three developmental theories you will compare and contrast for the final paper in Week 5, locate research that has been conducted on those developmental theories. You will find research and empirical articles located in the online library. You must click on scholarly, peer-reviewed when searching for your articles. The articles are to be direct reports of research conducted by the authors. The articles are not to be literature reviews, editorials, or book reviews. You are to have a minimum of six sources in addition to any use of the textbook. At least five of the sources are to be scholarly, peer-reviewed empirical research articles from which reports of research for evidence- based information can be obtained. After you have determined your topic and located your resources, you will be creating an outline. Be sure your outline is written in APA outline form. To see an example of this, please visit the Ashford Writing Center in the left-hand navigation tab. Your outline must include: • A thesis statement that provides the main topic of your paper • Three pieces of evidence that support your thesis • A concluding statement At the end of the outline, create an annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliographyfor this assignment is one that is in APA format and is followed by a brief description of how the resource is relevant to the topic of your paper. Please visit the Ashford Writing Center for a sample annotated bibliography.
- 11. Please submit your outline with thesis statement and annotated bibliography of six scholarly sources for this week’s assignment. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 3 DQ 1 Nutrition and Youth For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 3 DQ 1 Nutrition and Youth Review the information aboutnutrition, physical activity, and obesity provided by the Centers for Disease Control. Visit the various links provided by the CDC on nutrition, physical activity, obesity in America, and effects of weight on health and emotions for everyone and health professionals. You may also include information from the required readings on brain and motor development.
- 12. List three important facts health professionals need to communicate to the community about healthy child and adolescent development. Provide specific explanation on why each of these facts is vital for people to know. List three important facts that you can use to change your life or your family's or that you could use to help your friends or community. Provide specific explanation on changes you or others can make based upon each of these facts. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 3 DQ 2 Physical Disabilities For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 3 DQ 2 Physical Disabilities
- 13. Locate an article on either a child or adolescent with a physical disability (brain or motor. Alternatively, you could also interview someone you know who is a parent of a child or adolescent with a physical disability. From your reading and/or discussions, explain what aspects of development are connected with the disability. Additionally, answer at least 2 of the following questions in your posting: How does the physical disability affect overall brain or motor development? How does the physical disability affect the family? How old was the person when the physical disability was diagnosed? Explain what differences might have occurred in the person's development if the disability would have been found earlier. Is the cause known for the disability? If it is, what is it? If it is, what treatment or interventions, if any, might have prevented the disability? ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 4 DQ 1 Research Perspectives
- 14. For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 4 DQ 1 Research Perspectives Choose one of the following topics to discuss: Does child psychological development follow the same path as child physical development? Include citations from at least two scholarly sources to support your discussion. Does adolescent psychological development follow the same path as adolescent physical development? Include citations from at least two scholarly sources to support your discussion. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 4 DQ 2 Childhood Learning For more classes visit
- 15. www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 4 DQ 2 Childhood Learning Watch the video, Learning Disabilities FAQand briefly describe one of the following from Chapter 4 of the reading: Reading Disabilities and Dyslexia Dyscalculia Dysgraphia Do you think all learning difficulties are associated with learning disabilities? Why, or why not? ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 5 Assignment Developmental Psychology Research Paper
- 16. For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSY 104 Week 5 Assignment Developmental Psychology Research Paper Developmental Psychology Research Paper The intent of the final paper is to show students' accomplishment of course learning outcomes through critical analysis of theory and research. Focus of the Final Paper • Provide a summary of three major development theories discussed in the text. • Include discussion and at least one example of using each theory in mental health treatment of children and/or adolescents. • Compare and contrast by indicating at least four similarities and at least four differences of the three theories in how they account for normal child and adolescent psychological and physical development versus non-normal psychological and physical
- 17. development in children and adolescents. Areas to be discussed in development are physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. Evidenced-based research is to be provided supporting all theoretical positions. This is a formal eight-to-ten page double-spaced research paper (excluding title and reference pages). You must include 5-7 scholarly resources. The paper needs to be in APA format. Writing the Final Paper The Final Paper: • Must be eight-to-ten double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title page, reference page, and any appendices) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. • Must include a title page with the following: - Title of paper - Student’s name - Course name and number - Instructor’s name - Date submitted
- 18. • Must include an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement. • Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. • Must include a conclusion. Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 5 DQ 1 Statistical Information For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 19. Provide one statistic on the occurrence of each of the following: One of the four parenting types, Physical or emotional abuse, Mental or physical disabilities Biological differences in development, and Effects on development of social learning Explain how these statistics relate to adolescent development. At least one statistical fact is to be about people in a country other than the United States. Locate the statistical data from places other than the textbook and do not use .com, wiki, or blog information. Additionally, do not use psychology.com or ezinearticles.com. Be sure to provide the source for each of your facts. The required and recommended articles/websites for the week are good starting-points for finding information. For example, I might give the following information for social learning: Some have estimated that 40% of children or more are left alone at home (AACAP, 2010. Or
- 20. By their senior year in high school, 63% of adolescents have had sexual intercourse (WebMD, 2011. For mental and physical disabilities, I might give this information: One obsessive behavior that can start in adolescence is trichotilomania. About 1% of the people in America have signs of this disorder (AACAP, 2010. Of course, I would also have to provide statistical information on parenting types, abuse, and biological differences. ************************************************** PSY 104 Week 5 DQ 2 Play and Self-Concept For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 21. Play and Self-Concept Watch the How to Assess your Child’s Self-Esteem video and reflect on the following questions: How are self-concept and self-esteem related and what contributing factors affect their development? How does play affect development of children and thus later development during the adolescent stage? Your initial response should be between 200-250 words. In your responses to at least two peers, please provide an extension of the opinion expressed, a counter opinion, or another example from research applicable to the opinion expressed. **************************************************