Week+One

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The outcomes for the course that are specific to this week are as follows:


 * Students will be able to explain the major events in infant and childhood development

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 * Students will be able to explain the major events in adolescent development
 * Students will be able to explain the major events in adulthood


 * Students will reflect on the issues in developmental psychology

Week One Assignments

1. Development Glog

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2. Discussion

Your discussion prompt for the week pertains to depth perception of infants. The objective of this discussion is for you to able to analyze whether or not humans are born with depth perception and provide support for your response. You will be able to evaluate the perspectives of fellow classmates and apply critical thinking skills to support or refute their opinions. Please use the discussion tab above to respond to the development prompt. By day 3, you are expected to have made your initial post to the respond to the prompt and by day 7 you need to have responded to at least two fellow classmates. Please locate and use the discussion rubric located on the homepage as a reference for how you will be evaluated.

Development Glog **What do you want me to achieve Mrs. Mitchell? (Objectives) ** You will be able to describe and analyze the eight stages of psychosocial development and how they affect the lifespan by successfully completing a Glog. A Glog will allow you to use technology to create an online poster, learning how to incorporate text, pictures, and special effects in a virtual poster format. Want to see an example? Look here!

**Okay, then what do I do? (Task and Instructions): ** I will be assigning you a login and passcode to use by email. Please locate the Glogster website by following the [|link]. I have additionally included a virtual document that outlines everything you need to know about creating your Glog and adding text, pictures, and sounds to it. We have discussed Erik Erikson’s Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development in class and concluded that mastery of each stage will lead to a life of fulfillment. However, with a psychological mind, we all know that is difficult to come by. I want you to select three of the eight stages you are most interested in. You must address what the “crisis” is at each stage selected and explain/illustrate how success and/or failure can occur. Additionally, addressing what this accomplishment or failure means for the continuation of other psychosocial stages is necessary in discussing a person’s wellbeing. So, in summary…discuss the tasks, major changes, and problems that occur in **THREE** stages of Erikson’s Theory of Psychological Development. Think carefully about your answers. Be sure to include what psycho/social task Erikson says people are developing at this time in their lives, what major developmental and life changes are occurring during that time period, and what are some of the problems people encounter during this life stage. Do not give a simplistic rewrite of the book. Apply Erikson's theory to life span development.



<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Is that it Mrs. Mitchell?** Nope! Illustrate each stage with a photo that demonstrates the task of that age. Write a short caption (4-5 sentences) that explains why you chose the picture. Be careful. Do not just choose a picture of a baby or an elderly person. The person must be doing something or in a situation that illustrates Erikson's explanation of that life stage. You can save and upload photos from the internet into your document. You don't have to worry about copyright since you are students working on a school project. I will post the best of these papers to share with the rest of the class so do a nice job.

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Sounds fun Mrs. Mitchell! But are we being graded for this?** Of course you are! And here is a rubric to provide guidance of exactly how you will be evaluated! Have fun! Rubric references: [] and []
 * **Score Levels** || **Content** || **Organization** || **Conventions** || **Presentation** || **Engagement** || **Captions** ||
 * **4** || Is well thought out and supports theories learned; greatly reflects application critical thinking; is accurate || Information is clearly focused in an organized and thoughtful manner; information constructed in a logical pattern to support ideas || No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors; high-level use of vocabulary and word choice || Multimedia is used to clarify and illustrate the main points; format enhances content; presentation is organized and well thought out || Project catches the attention of viewers; great balance of pictures, captions, and content || All items of importance on the poster are clearly labeled with captions in length of 4-5 sentences ||
 * **3** || Well thought out and supports theories; shows some application of critical thinking; related to topic; is accurate || Information seems organized and thoughtful; seems logically constructed || Few (1-3) spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors; good use of vocabulary and word choice || Multimedia is used to illustrate the main points; format appropriate for content; presentation well organized || Project catches the attention of viewers; good balance of pictures, captions, and content || Most items of importance on the poster are clearly labeled with captions in length of 3-4 sentences ||
 * **2** || Supports theories; minimal application of critical thinking; some factual errors or inconsistencies || Has focus but strays at times; seems to have a pattern but not consistent; loosely supports topic || Minimal (3-5) spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors; low-level use of vocabulary and word choice || Multimedia loosely illustrates the main points; format does not suit presentation; loosely organized || Project does not catch the attention of viewers; unbalance of pictures, captions, and content || Few items of importance on the poster are clearly labeled with captions in length of 2-3 sentences ||
 * **1** || No apparent application of critical thinking; no clear purpose; significant factual errors, misconceptions, and inconsistencies || Content is unfocused; information does not pertain to topic; no apparent pattern || More than 5 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors; poor use of vocabulary and word choice || Presentation appears sloppy and/or unfinished; multimedia overused/underused; format does not enhance content; no clear organization || Project turns off the attention of viewers; unbalanced and unclear pictures, captions, and content || No items of importance on the poster are clearly labeled; if sentences are include, only in length of 1-2 ||

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**But how do you want us to turn this in?** In the dropbox function of the course, you will see a dropbox item labeled Erikson Glog. In a Word document, submit the final link to your Glog by the due date. To ensure this was done correctly, you will automatically receive a confirmation receipt email.