Developmental Psychology
Summer 2004
Course Outline
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Page updated: 2004-06-30

Text: Santrock, J. W. (2005). A Topical Approach to Lifespan Development, 2nd ed., New York: McGraw Hill
Instructor: Edward P. Kardas
Office / Tel's: Peace 103 / SAU: x-4231, Home: 234-9089/epkardas@saumag.edu

• QuickTime (download QuickTime) Movies (hit "Back" in your browser to return):
  • Piaget's Water Conservation Task 2001 (high quality-slow loading, 2,700kb, low quality-faster loading, 1,200kb)
    • Cara (aged 4) believes the tall glass holds more. 57.00
  • Piaget's Water Conservation Task 2002 (high quality-slow loading, 13,600kb, low quality-faster loading, 1,800kb, lowest quality-fastest loading, 832kb)
    • Cara (aged 5) still believes the tall glass holds more. She pours liquid herself. 57.00
  • Piaget's Mass Conservation Task 2002 (high quality-slow loading, 16,900kb, low quality-faster loading, 2,100kb, lowest quality-fastest loading, 1,100kb)
    • Cara (aged 5) believes a short clay snake to have less mass than the ball it came from, but believes a long clay snake has more mass than the ball. 57.00
  • Deep end of pool and jumping out of windows 2001 (high quality-slower loading, 4,300kb), low quality-faster loading, 812kb)
    • Cara (aged 4) discusses swimming in the deep end and disbelieves talk about jumping out of second-story windows. 36.12
  • Jumping Jacks 2001 (high quality-slower loading, 1,000kb, low quality-faster loading, 592kb)
    • Cara (aged 4) demonstrates the gross motor skill of jumping jacks. 23.26
  • Jumping Jacks 2002 (high quality-slower loading, 2,500kb, low quality-faster loading, 736kb, lowest quality-fastest loading, 308kb)
    • Cara (aged 5) demonstrates her improvement in the gross motor skill of jumping jacks. 23.26
  • Draw Dad, Draw Self 2001 (high quality-slower loading, 1,500kb, low quality-faster loading, 908kb)
    • Cara (aged 4) demonstrates the fine motor skill of drawing and completes a brief Draw-a-Person test. 1:04.21
  • Right Hand, Left Hand 2002 (high quality-slower loading, 18,000kb, low quality-faster loading, 2,400kb, lowest quality-fastest loading, 1,100 kb)
    • Cara (aged 5) demonstrates the fine motor skill of drawing and then writes her name using her left hand.
  • Counting (high quality-slower loading, 16,600kb, low quality-faster loading, 2,500kb)
    • Cara (aged 4) sorts and counts coins. She names quarters as "pennies" and pennies as "quarters." Near the end of the clip, she uses counting, not the length of row of coins, to determine which row has more. 2:08.13

Week of:	Chapters	Topics
6/1	1, 2	Introduction, Biological Beginnings Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Gradeschooler, Eight-year-old Halloween, Young Adolescent, Old Adolescent, Mid-twenties
	3	Physical Development and Biological Aging/ Test 1
6/8	5	Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development/
	6	Cognitive Developmental Approaches/ Test 2
6/15	8	Intelligence
	9	Language Development/ Test 3
6/22	11	The Self, Identity, and Personality
	12	Gender and Sexuality Preschool Children LectureTest 4
6/29	13	Moral Development, Values, and Religion/
	17	Death and Grieving/ Final Leading Causes of Death ( CDC, 1999) Odds of Dying by Various Causes Compassionate Friends

Tests will be a combination of various objective, graphical, and short essay items. All tests have equal value in computing the final grade. The final is not comprehensive. NOTE THAT ATTENDANCE IS NOT ONLY MANDATORY BUT NECESSARY BECAUSE OF SUMMER TIME LIMITATIONS.