Development
Jan/Feb ’16
AP Psych
Mr. Aiello
Development of Behavior During the Lifespan
Unit Syllabus
This first unit of the second semester will first focus on genetics and the nature/nurture
interaction, and then go through the whole lifespan. After going in depth with early childhood, we
will move pretty quickly through most of the lifespan, but we will slow down and go into more
depth for the adolescent years.
There are only two Essential Questions, and they are both charts to be filled out. I hope that you
will expend a decent amount of effort to fill them out and use them for class and for studying for
the test, and the AP Exam.
You can also expect some class time to be spent on preparing for the AP Exam. For example,
you may come into class and we will be writing and grading an AP-style free response question.
Essential Question:
1. How do people grow and develop physically, cognitively, morally, and socially through the
lifespan?
For this question, you will use the chart that I give you, with the four domains (physical,
cognitive, moral, and socio-emotional) on the X axis, and the five age periods on the Y axis.
Fill in specific, important information (including names of researchers and their concepts) to
the relevant grids as you proceed through the chapters and all of the photocopied articles.
Night
Homeplay Assignment
Mon. Jan. 4
Read Myers Module 14, answer the “Getting Started” questions.
Tue.
Read “Know Your Enemy, We Tell Ourselves”.
Jan. 5
Wed. Jan. 6
Read Myers Module 15. Do the Psychsim activity “Dating and Mating.”
Do the Vocabulary terms “behavior genetics” to “mutation” and the Practice
Multiple Choice numbers 18 – 25.
Thu.
Jan. 7
Read Myers Module 45.
Fri.
Jan. 8
Read Myers Module 46.
Mon. Jan. 11 Read Myers Module 47. Do the Psychsim activity “Cognitive Development.”
Tue.
Jan. 12 None, get a good night’s sleep for the ACT tomorrow!
Wed. Jan. 13 Read “The ‘early language gap’ is about more than words.”
40 Studs: Out of Sight (Piaget)
Thu.
Jan. 14 Read Mod. 48 and “Global Parenting Ideas That Haven’t Caught On In the U.S.”
Fri.
Jan. 15 Read the articles beginning with “Dr. Spock Had It Right.”
Development
Jan/Feb ’16
Tue.
AP Psych
Mr. Aiello
Jan. 19 Read Mod. 49.
Wed. Jan. 20 Read Mod. 50.
Thu.
Jan. 21 Read and Aiello annotate the article “Little Big People.”
Fri.
Jan. 22 Read Mod. 51.
40 Studs: How Moral Are You? (Kohlberg)
Mon. Jan. 23 Read Mod. 52.
Tue.
Jan. 26 Read and Aiello annotate “Beyond Raging Hormones” or “Beautiful Brains” and
come prepared to discuss your article!
Wed. Jan. 27 Read Mod. 53.
Thu.
Jan. 28 Read “The Long Road to Adolescence is Growing Even Longer.”
40 Studs: Are You a Natural? (Bouchard & Lykken)
Fri.
Jan. 29 Complete your “Adolescence Essay.”
Mon. Feb. 1
Read the two articles, “Living Together Doesn’t Cause Divorce, After All” and
“The Science of a Good Marriage.”
Tue.
Feb. 2
Read Mod. 54.
40 Studs: In Control and Glad of It (Langer & Rodin)
Wed. Feb. 3
Read the two articles, “Millenials – Who Are They, Really?” and “The Daddy
Track.”
Thu.
Feb. 4
Do the Psychsim activity “Signs of Aging” and really watch the video clips!!
Fri.
Feb. 5
Study for the Unit Test on Monday! Complete :
• one multiple choice quiz on the Meyers website for Chapter 9
• Vocab with images, and Key Contributors (include stuff from Mods. 14 & 15)
• Essential Questions charts