Who Do You Think You Are? Give each of the following prompts some thought before writing your response. For each section, please write a brief paragraph with as much detail as possible (about 5 sentences is sufficient for each)

Who are you NOW? Who do you think you are, today? Think about your likes/dislikes, friends/family, habits/hobbies, personality, and anything that makes you who you ARE.

Who were you THEN? Who do you think you were, 5 – 10 years ago? Think about your likes/dislikes, friends/family, habits/hobbies, personality, and anything that makes you who you WERE.

Who will you BECOME? Who do you think you will be, 5 – 10 years from now? Imagine what your likes/dislikes, friends/family, habits/hobbies, personality, and anything else might be like for the person you WILL BECOME.

Rate the amount of change between who you WERE 5 – 10 years ago and who you are NOW. 1 = little change; 4 = much change Rate the amount of change between who you are NOW and who you WILL be in 5 – 10 years. 1 = little change; 4 = much change 1 234

Write a response… In your opinion, what is the most important stage (ages) in a person’s life for development…explain your reasoning.

Human Development

Themes of Development: Physical Cognitive Socio-emotional Gender Morality

Important Questions:  How do nature and nurture influence development?  Do early experiences influence us for the rest of our lives?  What factors influence prenatal physical development?  How does physical development occur throughout infancy and early childhood

Nature Nurture

Physical Development What are the major aspects of physical development that occur from prenatal development through early childhood?

Brain Development PBS The Secret Life of the Brain

Newborn Reflexes Figure 8.2

Trends in motor development A. Cephalocaudal B. Proximodistal

Cognitive Development How does thought, intelligence, and language processes change as an individual matures?

Piaget stages practice… 1. Identify the most probable stage of cognitive development for each scenario. 2. In addition, identify a specific form of thought related to the sage of cognitive development (e.g. egocentrism, centration, abstract thought, reversibility)

Concrete Operational - reversibility When Dwayne headed out on his “big expedition”, he wasn’t worried that he would get lost. He knew that he could just go back the same way he had come. Dwayne had the ability to retrace his path back to the beginning.

Sensorimotor period – lack object permanence While watching television, Bryce kept trying to grab the remote control from his dad. Finally, his dad hid the remote under the pillow. Bryce seemed to quickly forget about the remote and started playing with his feet instead.

Formal operational – abstract thought When asked what the saying, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink” means, Patrick said that it meant that you can provide someone with an opportunity, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that they will take advantage of it.

Preoperational stage - centration Jane’s mother has two crackers, both of equal size. She breaks one of the crackers into four pieces and the other into two. Jane says she “wants the one with the most” and immediately chooses the four pieces.