SS10.P.6

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 09-12 - Psychology

SS10.P.6

Describe the physical, cognitive, and social development across the life span of a person from the prenatal through aging stages.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The physiological processes related to pregnancy, childbirth, and growth throughout the lifespan.
  • The relationship between physical, social, and cognitive factors that influence development.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use theories of development to explain why people might make different choices at each stage of life about a particular issue or experience.
  • Summarize complex theories of development into simpler, but still accurate, terms.
  • Assess a person's level of physical, cognitive, and social development following a multistep procedure and analyzing the results in light of the theories described in the text.
  • Explain which stages of each developmental theory apply to each stage of life.
  • Synthesize the theories of development for each stage of life to explain why choices may differ throughout the lifespan.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There are physical, cognitive, and social factors that influence development.
  • Many different developmental theories apply to each stage of life.
  • Many different developmental theories can be applied to their own lives.

Vocabulary

  • zygote
  • embryo
  • fetus
  • teratogens
  • fetal alcohol syndrome
  • rooting reflex
  • habituation
  • maturation
  • schema
  • assimilation
  • accommodation
  • sensorimotor stage
  • pre-operational stage
  • concrete operational stage
  • formal operational stage
  • object permanence
  • conservation
  • egocentrism
  • attachment
  • critical/sensitive period
  • imprinting
  • adolescence
  • puberty
  • menarche
  • menopause
  • crystallized intelligence
  • fluid intelligence
  • APGAR
  • preconventional morality
  • conventional morality
  • postconventional morality
  • identity crisis
  • trust vs. mistrust
  • autonomy vs. shame and doubt
  • initiative vs. guilt
  • industry vs. inferiority
  • identity vs. role confusion
  • intimacy vs. isolation
  • generativity vs. stagnation
  • integrity vs. despair
  • authoritarian parenting
  • permissive parenting
  • authoritative parenting
  • secure attachment
  • anxious/ambivalent attachment
  • avoidant attachment
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