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CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 1 Forum

Reflection on Nature v. Nurture

Instructions: In one paragraph please introduce yourself and share with us your career and course goals, where you live, where you are stationed, work, or live and how long you have been here with APUS. Then, in a second paragraph, analyze the concept 'nature vs. nurture' and explain which aspect - nature OR nurture you tend to agree with more and support your position with references.   It is not sufficient to simply provide your opinion.  Supporting your position is required for each forum.

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 2 Forum

Back to the Future - Infancy as Preparation for Adulthood?

Instructions: Infancy is viewed by developmental specialists as a period of "preparation for the future." Select one aspect of human development, ie. cognitive, social, emotional, etc. and in one paragraph describe caregiver practices and environmental characteristics that you see as most essential for supporting preparation work in that area. Then, find out from a family member about your own development as an infant and share it with the class (in 1 or 2 paragraphs). If this information is not available, interview a parent with a young child or discuss your own child's development.

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 3 Forum

Instructions: If you were an educator/guest lecturer for parents of young children, what do you think are the most important concepts for parents to understand about the role of early childhood experiences in development?  Give examples about experiences parents should provide to young children and provide support for your choices.

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 4 Forum

What Will Billy Do?

Instructions: Billy (9 years old) cuts through the parking lot of a supermarket on the way home from school. In the bike rack by the wall he sees a beautiful racing bike that he really wants. It seems to be unlocked, and no one is around. Using Kohlberg's work as a guide, what do you think is going through Billy's mind? What action(s) do you think he will do next?  Remember to support your writing with research.

 

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 5 Forum

Adolescence...Here We Grow Again

Instructions: Reflecting on the patterns of adolescent development described in the readings, how much did your adolescent peer group follow the developmental patterns you studied?  What aspect of adolescent development do you think is the most challenging for today's adolescents and why?  Be sure to support your writing with references/resources.  Simply giving an opinion is not sufficient.

 

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Week 6 Forum

Rites of Passage

Instructions: Societal changes have led to a change in the nature of initiation rites associated with transition into adulthood. Are young adults better off today as a result of the changes?  What are some initiation rites that you experienced and did they help or hinder your transition into adulthood?  If you do not wish to share a personal experience, identify a rite of passage and discuss its impact on the transition into adulthood. 

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 7 Forum

Changes in later life

Instructions:  Please respond to the following questions:  What do you think is the most challenging change/s in physical, cognitive, social or emotional development that occur in in late adulthood?  What approaches would you recommend to alleviate some of the impact of these changes?  If you believe that the changes are inevitable, why do you hold that belief?  Support your writing with information from our readings.

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 8 Forum

Stages of Dying

Instructions:  Please respond to the following:  Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed five psychological stages of dying: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These stages do not occur in a specific order, and the stages often overlap. Dying people often have to rework the stages, and some dying persons may never reach the fifth stage of acceptance.  Do you think this model applies to other significant losses in life (e.g., loss of a job or divorce)?  Why or why not?  Support your writing with information from our readings and resources.

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 2 Assignment 1

Cultural Differences in Caring for Infants

The major assumptions of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development are that infants are active agents in constructing knowledge and that the interaction of experience and biology leads to growth and development. The cultural-contextual view agrees with these assumptions but adds two more: (1) other people make active contributions to infant development, and (2) cultural practices, which reflect the dominant beliefs and values of a culture, shape infant interaction with others and, ultimately, shape cognitive development. Variations in sleeping and feeding behaviors reflect the role of infants in a culture. Beliefs about babies in different cultures determine how they are treated, who interacts with them, and, consequently, how babies experience their world.

Choose a culture other than your own, and fill in the chart with details contrasting how the 2 cultures care for infants.  Use at least 2 resources, cited using APA style, to support your assertions about the different culture’s ways of caring for infants.  Before completing this assignment, be sure that you understand the definition of culture.  Here is a resource that may be helpful.  What is culture?  Your references need to relate to concepts learned about culture and child care  and must be scholarly/academic in nature.  Use of .com websites is not appropriate.

 

 

	My own culture (give it a name):	A different culture:
Sleeping
Feeding
Who are primary caretakers
Games and toys
Role of father

 

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 4 Assignment 2

Over the course of this week’s Lesson, we have looked at middle childhood development across each of the developmental domains.  For this assignment, we are going to take a more in depth look at cognitive development as viewed by Jean Piaget.  Piaget identified this stage of development as the concrete operational period, a time when logical thought and rational thinking evolve.  Three of the most commonly mentioned concepts around cognitive development during this time period are conservation, classification and seriation.  For this assignment, you are asked to do the following.  

Briefly summarize each concept. Additionally, provide an example of how each concept may impact a child's functioning in a home, educational and social setting.

Using APA formatting, include a title page, body (with intro and conclusion), in- text citations and reference page with a minimum of 3 academic references (textbooks, peer reviewed research articles-- using the APUS online library is recommended). Submission should be 2-3 pages in length.

To help you get started, please review the following article detailing Piaget’s concrete operational period.  (IMPORTANT NOTE:  this resource is to help you get started it CANNOT be used as one of your sources.  You are expected to do additional research).

 https://www.simplypsychology.org/concrete-operational.html

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 6 Assignment 3

Baby Boomers in Middle Adulthood

The largest segment of the U.S. population, the “baby boomers,” are moving into middle adulthood and, in some cases, even becoming grandparents. The advertising and marketing industries study this age cohort, and it has been increasing in visibility in primetime television, print ads, and in digital advertising, pop-ups, and internet solicitation.

Find at least 4 images or video clips of advertising or other popular media that illustrate this point.  Use a caption for each piece of media to explain the advertisements mirror the specific physical and cognitive changes in development referred to in our readings and resources this week.  Your captions should combine for a total of no fewer than 500 words.

Use at least 2 resources (other than the images or clips) to support the claims you are making.  Cite these using APA formatting.  Your references need to relate to concepts learned about middle adulthood and must be scholarly/academic in nature.  Use of .com websites is not appropriate.

 

CHFD342 Human Life Span Development

Week 8 Assignment 4

Thinking about Retirement

Think about your own retirement. In a 5 paragraph essay of at least 500 words, answer some or all of these questions:

Do you expect to retire at a certain age? How much preplanning will you need to do? Do you expect to retire to a life of leisure, volunteer activity, new career, and so on? Where will you live—same family home, retirement community, part of the year in the north and part in a southern resort? Do you expect to be active grandparents/great-grandparents or somewhat disengaged from your offsprings’ families? What are your overall impressions of retirement—is it positive, neutral, or negative? Why? Use at least 2 references to support your assumptions.  Your references need to relate to concepts learned about retirement and must be scholarly/academic in nature.  Use of .com websites is not appropriate.