Learning Resources This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week’s assigned Learning Resources.

Required Resources

Readings

• Myers, D. G. (2014). Exploring psychology, in modules (9th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
  • Module 9, “Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn” (pp. 124–131)
  • Module 10, “Infancy and Childhood” (pp. 132–152)
  • Module 11, “Adolescence” (pp. 153–163)
  • Module 12, “Adulthood”  (pp. 164–173)

Media

• Ludwig, T. E. (2006). Development of attachment. Retrieved from http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/WebPub\Psychology\psychinquiry\tutorials\dev_of_attachment.htm/dev_of_attachment.htm  
  
  This activity is a simulation of an experiment to measure the strength of the relationship between an infant and caregiver.

Optional Resources

• Bartholomew, K., & Horowitz, L. M. (1991). Attachment styles among young adults: A test of a four-category model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,61(2), 226–244.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.  
  
  This article describes a new attachment model in adulthood, focusing on self-concept, sociability, and depth of relationship measures.
• Ludwig, T. E. (2006). Piaget’s water jar task—Conservation of liquid quantity. Retrieved from
  http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/WebPub\Psychology\psychinquiry\tutorials\piagets_water_jar.htm/piagets_water_jar.h
  
  This activity simulates Piaget’s famous experiment on children’s thinking.

Assignment

Biopsychosocial Development and Pat

Psychologists view development as a life-long process. During adolescence, you experience the beginnings of sexual and social maturity. In some societies, adolescence marks the beginning of adulthood. Although physical changes during the adult years may be less dramatic than those experienced during adolescence, your body continues to change at all stages of life. In older age, your vision, memory, and immune system decrease. Your fluid intelligence, the ability to reason quickly and abstractly (Cattell, 1963; Horn, 1982), also decreases.  

Development over a life span is much more than physical and cognitive changes. Physical changes are often sequential and age-related. In contrast, social changes are not bound by such parameters. Erickson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development argues that each stage of life has its own psychosocial task.  As you age, life experiences and themes like intimacy and generativity shape your social life form early adulthood to death. Additionally, factors such as family and culture greatly impact biopsychosocial development.

Consider the information you were provided about Pat, then apply the concepts of biopsychosocial development you learned about this week to Pat’s life.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review Modules 9–12 with emphasis on Module 10, “Infancy and Childhood” and Module 12, “Adulthood.”  Consider if Pat achieved the developmental milestones within typical ranges.
• Review Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development. Determine what stage you think Pat should be in and how Pat’s early physical delays possibly impact her socioemotional progress through Erikson’s stages.
• Review the information on Pat and determine how she progressed through each psychosocial crisis.

Submit by Day 7 a paper of 1–2 pages applying Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development to your case study on Pat. Specifically, explain how Pat’s early physical delays may impact her socioemotional progress through Erikson’s stages.

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Biopsychosocial Development and Pat  

Development in individuals is a process that begins at conception and lasts a lifetime. This development occurs in stages (Myers, 2014). From Pat’s story, it is evident that she did not go through the full development. 

In Erikson’s psychological stages, an individual’s ego keeps developing as it resolves the social crisis that the person encounters. This includes a development of trust in the people around, creating a social identity as well as helping create a future for generations to come. Erikson developed a model of development as shown below.

Erikson Model of Social Emotional Development (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991)

Stage	Psychological Crisis	Basic Virtue	Age
1	Trust vs. Mistrust	Hope	Infancy (0 to 1.5)
2	Autonomy vs. Shame	Will	Early childhood(1.5 to 3)
3	Initiative vs. Guilt	Purpose	Play age (3 to 5)
4	Industry vs. Inferiority	Competency	School Age (5 to 12)
5	Ego Identity Vs. Role Confusion	Fidelity	Adolescence (12 to 18)
6	Intimacy vs. Isolation	Love	Young Adult (18 to 40)
7	Generativity vs. Stagnation.	Care	Adulthood (40 to 65)
8	Ego Integrity Vs. Despair	Wisdom	Maturity (65+)

 

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