Assignments

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30	31 Identify and explain TWO environmental interventions that can help children develop better cognitive skills. 11:59 PM	1 Identify and explain three reasons why racial differences in intelligence might be caused by environmental factors. 11:59 PM	2	3	4	5
6 Three major issues are addressed by psychologists in the study of human development: nature and nurture, continuity and stages, and stability and change. Describe how each might explain how a child thinking abilities develop over time. 11:59 PM	7 Three types of development are listed below. Give a specific example of each. - Brain development - Motor development - Infant memory 11:59 PM	8	9 Give an example of each of the cognitive milestones listed below: - Object permanence - Conservation - Theory of mind 11:59 PM	10 Reading Assignment - Infancy and Childhood: Social Development 11:59 PM	11	12
13 Keisha’s parents could be described as permissive. Jasmine’s parents could be described as authoritative. Describe the reactions of each set of parents when the girls ask if they can stay out past curfew. 11:59 PM	14	15 Parlay Online Roundtables - Parenting Styles 11:59 PM	16 Give an example of a biological, a psychological, and a social factor that might contribute to gender differences. 11:59 PM	17 Explain how the following concepts might affect a middle school student who is asked by his friends to skip science class and hide in the bathroom at school. - The timing of puberty - Conventional morality 11:59 PM	18	19
20	21 Unit 5 - Progress Checks - Cognitive Psychology 11:59 PM	22 Identify and explain ONE way parents and peers influence adolescents. 11:59 PM	23	24 Explain evidence that suggests a genetic influence on sexual orientation from each of the following types of studies: - Family studies - Twin studies 11:59 PM	25	26
27	28	1	2 Free-Response Question - Developmental Psychology 11:59 PM	3 George believes he is overweight and would like to lose weight. Explain why each of the following would help or hinder his efforts to lose weight: - Eating while watching an action movie - Eating with his friends - Eating in a buffet restaurant 11:59 PM	4	5