Lifespan Online Activity
Name: __________________________________ Block: ___
Step 1: Go to taylorpsychology.weebly.com and then to forms and download this form, that way you just have
to right click the links and then hit open hyperlink instead of typing the whole url address in.
Baumrind Parenting Styles: There are three type of parenting styles called the Baumrind parenting styles. You
job is look up the following styles, explain what it is and give me an example from a movie or television.
http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/parenting-style.htm
1. Authoritarian:
2. Example:
3. Permissive:
4. Example: (the mom on Mean Girls, now come up with another one)
5. Authoritative:
5. Example:
Go to the following quiz on: http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/quizzes/l/bl_prnt_style.htm take the quiz.
6. What are type of parent would you be?
7. How similar or different are you than your parents parenting styles?
James Marcia worked with Erik Erikson and came up with the Identity Theory. James Marcia expanded on
Erikson's work and divided the identity crisis into four states. These are not stages, but rather processes that
adolescents go through. All adolescents will occupy one or more of these states, at least temporarily. But,
because these are not stages, people do not progress from one step to the next in a fixed sequence, nor must
everyone go through each and every state. Each state is determined by two factors:
 1. Is the adolescent committed to an identity, and
 2. Is the individual searching for their true identity?
There are four parts to the identity theory and your job is to find a song that could represent the theory and
then explain why you choose it and include some of the lyrics. Here are some examples to help you:
IDENTITY MORATORIUM
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” recorded by U2
IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT
“Real Woman” recorded by Roseanne Cash (Interiors, label, 1990.
IDENTITY DIFFUSION
“Like a Rolling Stone”
IDENTITY FORECLOSURE
“The River” recorded by Bruce Springsteen
Identity Foreclosure – means that the adolescent blindly accepts the identity and values that were given in
childhood by families and significant others. The adolescent's identity is foreclosed until they determine for
themselves their true identity. The adolescent in this state is committed to an identity but not as a result of
their own searching or crisis.
8. Song: _________________________________________
9. Why you choose this song _____________________________________________________________________
10. Example of the lyrics:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identity Moratorium – adolescent has acquired vague or ill-formed ideological and occupational commitments;
he/she is still undergoing the identity search (crisis). They are beginning to commit to an identity but are still
developing it.
11. Song: _________________________________________
12. Why you choose this song _____________________________________________________________________
13. Example of the lyrics:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Diffusion – the state of having no clear idea of one's identity and making no attempt to find that identity.
These adolescents may have struggled to find their identity, but they never resolved it, and they seem to have
stopped trying. There is no commitment and no searching.
14. Song: _________________________________________
15. Why you choose this song _____________________________________________________________________
16. Example of the lyrics:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Identity Achievement – the state of having developed well-defined personal values and self-concepts. Their
identities may be expanded and further defined in adulthood, but the basics are there. They are committed
to an ideology and have a strong sense of ego identity.
17. Song: _________________________________________
18. Why you choose this song _____________________________________________________________________
19. Example of the lyrics:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Theories in Psychology for Development, Play the game and find out who the other two giants are:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/mytheory/freud/
20. Giant #1 __________________________
21. Giant #2 __________________________
Teen Risk Taking Behavior
Read the following article and answer the questions:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text/2
22. Why do teens take more chances?
23. What does oxytocin have to do with teenagers?
24. At a neural level, how do teens perceive social rejection?
Gender Differences:
BBC Science designed a on psychological sex differences creating an internet survey. Between February and
May of 2005, 250,00 people the full survey. Key findings were published in the April 2007 Archives of Sexual
Behavior. Go to the following site, if it does not pull up type in BBC Brain Sex
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/index_cookie.shtml
25. What did you learn about your Brain Sex ID?
The Soundtrack of Your Life
Music has become an integral part of human existence. It motivates us, calms us, inspires us, at times irritates
us, and basically becomes the backdrop against which we live our lives. Songs can bring vivid memories of
persons, places, and events from our own past and serve to document our thoughts, feelings, and emotions at a
given time or place.
Part I Assignment: Just like Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of Psychosocial stages, you have at least eight events
chosen and songs picked out to accompany each event. Just as music producers do, try to create a progression
in the sequence of your chosen songs. For example, your songs might be listed in the chronological order of the
events they document, or they might be mixed together so that all of the slow songs are not back-to-back. DO
NOT just list them randomly. Put some thought into the order of your songs and the complete package you are
presenting.
Song Title
Artist or Group
Track 1 ______________________________________
________________________
Track 2 ______________________________________
________________________
Track 3 ______________________________________
________________________
Track 4 ______________________________________
________________________
Track 5 ______________________________________
________________________
Track 6 ______________________________________
________________________
Track 7 ______________________________________
________________________
Track 8 ______________________________________
________________________
(extra) ______________________________________
________________________
(extra) ______________________________________
________________________
Part 2 Assignment: Now that you have created the imaginary soundtrack to your life, write a reflective letter (addressed
to “Dear Listener,”) that explains why you chose the particular songs that you did. For each song you will need to reflect
on the experiences, persons, places, etc. that inspired this selection. Obviously you will also need to explain who you are
as a person and then offer some type of reflection upon the imaginary album as a whole. Again, for the purposes of this
assignment, be sure that this letter is school appropriate. Use the outline below to help you construct this letter. You need
to cover each topic listed in the appropriate number of paragraphs; however the questions listed are only there to help you
begin thinking about the topic. You do not need to answer each and every question or any of the questions as long as you
have sufficiently explained the topic of each section. Remember, in reflective writing longer is usually better!
Topic #1—Explanation of yourself (One paragraph)
This paragraph is basically a brief autobiography:
 Who are you?
 Where are you from?
 Where are you now? Etc. etc.
Topic #2—Explanation of this soundtrack (One paragraph)
This paragraph outlines your rationale or purpose in creating this soundtrack:
 What is this album you have created?
 Why are you completing it? (Because it is an assignment is NOT an answer!)
 What do you hope to get out of this project?
 What do you see yourself doing with this later in life?
 What goals did you have for creating it?
Topic #3—Explanation of each song on the soundtrack (One paragraph that describes at least 3 songs you picked)
Song by song be sure to explain:
 What is the name of the song and the artist?
 Why is each song important to you?
 How does each song connect to your life?
 What does each song reveal about the kind of person you are and what you think is important in you
life?
Topic #4—Final remarks and reflection on the soundtrack as a whole (One paragraph)
This paragraph is your conclusion in which you should thank your reader for taking the time to listen to your
soundtrack and offer any final reflections upon this project as a whole.