Term Paper #2
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Have you thought about the topic of your
autobiographical term paper?
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What were notable events during your adolescent
years? Hair started growing on your palms? Ran out
of Kleenex after stuffing your bra?
What should you be processing or reflecting about?
Killing the family cat? Continuing to look through key
holes after teen success with looking into your sister’s.
When you have an idea, check the WEB—
although I don’t want WEB references—and
see what is there on that topic.
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Psychology 1230:
Adolescence
Don Hartmann
Fall 2005
Lecture 2: ©Historical Perspectives
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Administrative
Announcements
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The following A students from Spring term will be involved in grading
the essay portions of the midterm quizzes: Andrea Buckner, Jenna
Evans, & Lukas Schafer
The following students do not have a functioning email address: Kyle
Olson & Jonathan A Suarez. Please contact the Registration and
Student Records website.
Discussion of handouts on “Autobiographical Term Paper” today
Previously distributed handouts are located in Handout Folder
on my right
Any problems getting into the class WEB site?
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www.psych.utah.edu/2005_fall_1230_001 If so, contact our
webmaster, jensen@csbs.utah.edu
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More Administrative
Announcements
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You should be sitting in a different seat; meet
the students seated around you.
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What if you are very shy? How to do it?
Why the hell should we care who is in this class?
If you are possibly interested in being a class
TA, please fill out application form and get it to
me! See amplification on the WEBsite and on
the syllabus.
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Handout Summary
Handout
WEB
Date
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1. Lect. 1a: Introduction
2. HO-Syllabus*
3. HO-Class Locator*
4. HO-Inform. Sheet*
5. HO-TA Application*
6. Lect. 1b: How to succeed
7. HO-Class Participation*
8. HO-WEB Discussions*
9. HO-Term Paper
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10. Lect. 2: Historical Perspect.
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Date
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Hartmann
Psychology 1230
Fall, 2005
Psychology of Adolescence
Handout on Preparing Autobiographical Term Paper
Introduction
It is generally agreed that college students should be skillful in
preparing written products. Yet it is not unusual for students to
prepare badly written and uninformative term papers. The difficulty
in preparing an adequate paper results from one or more of the
following reasons:
•selecting an inappropriate topic (or an appropriate topic but at a
mistaken level of breadth or depth);
•letting the assignment go to the last minute;
•using poor search strategies;
•employing poor writing skills; and
•faulty proofreading…
Overview
Autobiographical Analysis: Prepare a short paper (5-8 pages +
cover + abstract + references + project evaluation), on some
salient aspect of your adolescent social behavior/personality,
relating this aspect to one theory of social development (e.g.,
Bandura, Erickson, or Freud) and at least 2 published studies…
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TERM PAPER EVALUATION FORM
___CONTENT (0-40)
Comments:
___introduction: sensible selection of social behavior (0-5)
___theory (0-5)
___evidence cited (0-5)
___logic or analysis (0-10)
___integration of personal experiences, theory, & research findings (0-10)
___conclusion (0-5)
____STRUCTURE (0-22)
Comments:
___cover sheet (0-2)
___abstract (0-2)
___facts adequately referenced (0-2)
___appropriate length (0-5)
___paper edited, edits included, & identified (0-6)
___evaluation of assignment included (0-5)
____WRITING (0-29)
Comments:
___proofreading (0-5)
___spelling, grammar, and construction (0-10)
___body citations (0-2)
___quotes (0-2)
___organization (0-10)
____REFERENCES (0-8)
Comments:
___number & relevance (0-5)
___form (0-3)
____OTHER (0-8) (e.g. clever, funny, early, self-disclosing, unusually well written,
uses illustrations or poetry)
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Lecture Overview
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Introduction
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Definitions
Prevalence
Ragged Boundaries
Early History: G. Stanley Hall
Hall’s Ideas—used to illustrate
important developmental issues
Next Time:
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Lecture #3: Developmental
Very brief discussion of handout on “Supplemental
Project #1”
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Supplementary References
Note how these references are written!
Alphabetized; hanging style; no first names, only initials;
publication year following the name; title of book or
journal in italic; only the first word of title in upper case—
with the exception of proper names
 Hall, G. S. (1904). Adolescence: Its psychology
and its relations to physiology, anthropology,
sociology, sex, crime, religion and education:
Vol. 1 & 2. New York: D. Appleton.
 Ross, D. (1972). G. Stanley Hall. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
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No first
names,
only
initials
Supplementary References
Note how these references are written!
Hall, G. S. (1904). Adolescence: its psychology and
its relations to physiology, anthropology,
sociology, sex, crime, religion and education: Vol. 1
& 2. New York: D. Appleton.
 Ross, D. (1972). G. Stanley Hall. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
Hanging
Indent
Title in
Italics
Only first
letter of first
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Introduction
Adolescence:
 From the Latin, adolescere=to grow
into adulthood
 A transition stage of development between
late childhood and early adulthood—how to
define?
 How many are there? USA population is about
290,000,000 and 15-20% are adolescents
(depending on the precise defining limits)—
how to define?
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How to Define?
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Inventionist Position
Many approaches: E.g., biological,
cognitive, social
Ragged (varying) boundaries produced
by differing definitions
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Some Defining Dimensions
When Adolescence
Dimension
Begins
End
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Biological
Emotional
Cognitive
Interpersonal
Educational
Onset of Puberty
Begins Parent Detach.
Emergence Adv. Reason.
Shift from Par. to Peers
Entrance Junior High
Capable Sexual Reproduct.
Attain Separate Identity
Consolidate Advanced Reason.
Intimacy with Peers
Completion of Schooling
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Legal
Attain Juvenile Status
Attain Majority Status
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Cultural
Age: 13
Enter Rite of Passage
Age: 20
Complete Rite of Passage
Training
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A Little History
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Why?
The turn of the century: G.
Stanley Hall, the father of
the scientific approach to the
study of adolescents.
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Hall’s Contributions
& Prat Falls: Introduction
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Authored Adolescence….(1904)
First US citizen to receive PhD in
philosophy on a topic in psychology
First President of American
Psychological Association (APA).
Why so sad looking?
Like us all, Hall’s ideas were a
product of his time
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Hall’s Important Ideas
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Where did they come from?
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German Romanticism—Germany is where he took his
advanced training
Darwin—with emphasis on biological evolution
Victorian Morality
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Saltatory growth (growth in stages)
Emphasis on biology (nature)
Sturm und drang (storm and stress)
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Ontogeny Recapitulates
Phylogeny?
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Saltatory Growth: I
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Synonym: Stage-like growth; abrupt,
discontinuous
Metaphor: caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly
Important representatives:
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Piaget: Stags of cognitive development
Freud: Stages of psychosexual development
Kohlberg: Stages of moral development
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Saltatory Growth: II
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Illustration
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Dangers—of premature
stage attribution: Leads
us to (expect)
• greater change
between ages than is
found
• greater uniformity
within ages than is
found
• make incorrect causal
explanations (circular
reasoning)
AGE
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Alternative Growth Model:
Growth as continuous
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Examples: Weight
Theoretical
Examples
• Bandura’s Social
Leaning/Social
Cognitive Theory
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Illustration
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Stage vs. Continuous
How to Resolve Uncertainties??
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Longitudinal Study, with frequent
data-gathering over critical time
period with focus on individual
growth curves
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Emphasis on Nature, rather than
Nurture
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Hall, with his background in Darwinism,
emphasized nature
Nature (rough synonyms: genes,
maturation, biology)
Versus Nurture (experience, culture,
training)
In the history of psychology,
constant tension between
the two
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Summary
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Introduction: Definitions, prevalence, &
boundaries
Early History: G. Stanley Hall
Hall’s Ideas—used to illustrate important
developmental issues: Saltatory Growth
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Heredity versus environment; storm & stress; etc.
(Lecture #3: Developmental Issues)
Brief discussion of handout on Supplemental Project
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Go in Peace!
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