Course: AP Psychology
Unit Title/A Study In Developmental
Unit Summary:
STANDARDS
Priority:
Describe theories of social development
Describe the development of attachment
and appropriate socialization
Supporting:
Describe the early physical development
(up to maturation)
Describe prenatal development and
physical development in childhood
Describe how gender influences
socialization
Describe adolescent development
Describe adulthood and moral
Grade Level: 11-12
Length of Unit: 3 weeks
Stage 1- Desired Results
Transfer
Students will independently use their learning to . . .
Understand how people change over time
Meaning
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Students will understand that… Students will continue to consider . . .
A variety of factors affect a person’s Overarching: Why do people change?
behavior but these factors also change Topical: Which impacts us more: Nature or
as one ages and their nurture?
motivations/priorities shift.
Acquisition
development Students will know… Students will be skilled at…

Human Development, Longitudinal Study, Cross- Describe theories of social development

SEctional Study, Cross-Sequential Study, Erik Describe the early physical development (up to
Erikson, Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. maturation)
Shame/Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Describe prenatal development and physical
Inferiority, Indentity vs. Role Confusion, Intimacy development in childhood
vs. Isolation, Generativity vs. Stagnation, Ego Describe the development of attachment and appropriate
Integrity vs. Despair socialization
Prenatal Development, Germinal Period, Describe how gender influences socialization
Placenta, Embryonic Period, Fetal Period, Fetus, Describe adolescent development
Critical Periods, Birth Defects, Teratogen, Stress, Describe adulthood and moral development
Alcohol, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS),
Smoking/Nicotine, Marijuana, Prescription/Illegal
Drugs, Reflexes, Nenates, Maturation, Blooming,
Developmental Norms, Six Motor Milestones,
Infantile Amnesia
Stanger Anxiety, Attachment Bond, John Bowlby,
Attachment Theory, Konrad Lorenz, Imprinting,
Sensitive Period, Harry Harlow, Contact Comfort,
Mary Ainsworth, Strange Situation Experiments,
Secure Attachment, Avoidant (Insecure)
Attachment, Anxious-Ambivalent Attachment,
Disorganized Attachemnt, Temperament,
Authoritarian, Permissive, Authoritative,
Deprivation of Attachment, Abuse-Breeds-Abuse
Phenomenon
Kohlberg, Preconventional Morality, Conventional
Morality, Postconventional Morality, carol Gilligan

Cognitive Development, Jean Piaget, Schema,

Assimilation, Accomodation, Sensorimotor Stage,
Object Permanence, Preoperational Stage,
egocentrism, Theory of Mind, Conservation,
Centration, Animism, Concrete Operational
Stage, Decentraion, Formal Operational Stage,
Lev Vygotsky, Zone of Proximal Development
(ZPD), Scaffolding
Sex, Male Testosterone, Estrogen, Gender,
Gender Identity, Human Sexuality, Sexual
Orientation, Gender Roles, Gender Socialization,
Social Learning Theory, Gender Schema Theory
Adolescence, Puberty, Primary Sex
 Characteristic, Secondary Sex Characteristic,
Early-Maturing Boys, Late-Maturing Boys, Early-
Maturing Girls, Frontal Lobes, Synaptic Pruning,
Adolescent Egocentrism, Personal Fable,
Imaginary Audience, Identity Formation, Social
Identity, Identity Diffusion, Identity Foreclosure,
Identity Moratorium, Identity Achievement,
Romantic Relationship, Parent Relationships,
Peer Influence
Adulthood, Emerging Adulthood, Physical
Development of Early Adulthood, Menopause,
Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Midlife Crisis,
Social Clock, Moral Development, Larence

Stage 2- Evidence

Evaluation Criteria Assessment Evidence

PERFORMANCE TASK(S):
Story of my life
Piaget Toy presentation
OTHER EVIDENCE:

Unit exam
Quizes (x5)

Stage 3- Learning Plan

Acquisition, meaning-making or Objective Instructional plan

transfer?
Acquisition Identify the contributions of major researchers in Introduce Erik Erikson and Abraham
developmental psychology in the area of social
development in childhood.
Maslow’s theories of development

Acquisition Explain the process of conception and gestation,

including factors that influence successful pre-natal
development.

Acquisition Describe the influence of temperament and other social

factors on attachment and appropriate socialization.
 Discuss the interaction of nature and nurture (including
cultural variations), specifically social development, in
the determination of behavior.

Acquisition Explain how parenting styles influence development

Acquisition/Meaning-making Explain the maturation of cognitive abilities (Piaget’s

stages, Information process).

Transfer Toy presentation

Acquisition Describe how sex and gender influence socialization and

other aspects of development.
Discuss maturational challenges in adolescence,
including related family conflicts.

Acquisition Characterize the development of decisions related to

intimacy as people mature.
Predict the physical and cognitive changes that emerge
through the lifespan, including steps that can be taken to
maximize function.

Acquisition/Meaning-making Identify the contributions of major researchers in the

area of moral development.

Meaning-making Seminar discussion

Acquisition Review

Acquisition Test