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h-2A Modul
e1Lesson2&3

LEARNI
NGTASK3

1.Compl
etet
heunf
ini
shedsent
ence.

Dev el
opmentaltasksar egui del
i
nest hatenableindivi
dual
st oknow whatsociet y
expectsoft hem atgi v enages.I talsor efer
st oal evelofphy si
calori nt
ell
ect
ual
prof
iciencythataper sonmustr eachbyacer t
ainagei nordertoadv ance.I
nthepr e-
adultstage,someoft hef or
mat i
v etaskst hatthechil
df acesincl
udeaccept i
ngone' s
physicalappearance,l earni
ng to getal ong wi t
hf r
iends ofbot h sexes,becoming
i
ndependent ,pr
epari
ngf orajobandpr ofession,et
c.

2.Discuss t
he meani
ng oft
he quot
ati
on bel
ow and r
elat
eitt
othe st
ages of
dev
elopment.

Thechild-adul
tconfli
ctAli
ceexper i
encesasshesearchesforheri denti
tyinter
nall
y
i
sreflectedinherjourneysinWonder l
and.Shesawthem asherf i
rststepsintomat uri
ty.
Physicalandpsy chol
ogicaldevelopmentarebothpartofadolescence;todev elopisto
mature.Sheexper i
encesagr eatdealofconf l
i
ctandconf usionasar esultofher
si
gnificantsizechangesi nWonder landbecauseshef eel
scompel l
edt ochangeher
behavior.

3.Showthedevel
opmentstagesbymeansofdi agr
am incl
usiv
eoftheages.Wr
it
eal
so
theout
standi
ngchar
act
eri
stictr
aitanddev
elopmenttaskofeach.

AgeRange Char
act
eri
sti
cTr
ait
s Dev
elopment
alTasks

I
nfancyandEarly  Comprehendhuman  Learnhowto
Chi
ldhood0-5years speechandtouch consumesoli
dmeal
s
ol
d
 Ini
ti
ati
onofphy
sical  Prepar
ingf
ora
acti
vi
ty readi
ng

 Expl
orerwi
thapur
pose  Wal
ki
ngl
essons

 Capableofbr
ief
ly  Contr
oll
i
ngt he
st
andingononef oot
. removalofwastef
rom
thebody
 Developmenti
n
vocabular
ythr
ought
ime

 Launchr
eadi
ng
Mi
ddl
eChil
dhood6-
12  Well
-dev
elopedt
inyand  Gett
ingal
ongwit
h
year
sold bi
gmuscl es one'
sage-
group

 Acqui
remot
orabi
l
iti
es  Learningthephysi
cal
abil
i
tiesrequi
redfor
 Acqui
renewphy
sical
commongames
abi
li
ti
es
 Discov
eri
ngasui
table
maleorfemal
esocial
rol
e

Adol
escence13-
17  Adol
escenceoccur
s  Taki
ngpri
deinone's
yearsold appear
anceand
 Establ
ishmor
emature
ski
ll
ful
l
yuti
li
singt
he
rel
ati
onshi
pswit
hother
s
body
 Devel
opi
ngasenseof
 Taki
ngpri
deinone's
sel
f
appear
anceand
ski
ll
ful
l
yuti
li
singt
he
body

 Bei
ngabletobe
emoti
onall
y
i
ndependent

Ear
lyAdul
thood18-
35  Sear
chesf
oraj
ob  Choosi
ngapar
tner
y
earsold
 Emot
ional
dev el
opment  Hav
ingchi
l
dren
i
ssti
l
longoing.
 Runni
ngahouse
 Assi
stinbot
hhisown
andhisfami
ly
's
upbr
ingi
ng.
Middl
eAge36-
60  Acceptr
esponsi
bil
i
ty  Achievi
ngand
year
sold andcri
ti
cism preser
vingahigh
quali
tyofli
vi
ng
 Abl
etoplai
nlyenv
isi
on
hi
sfut
ure  Relat
ingt
oyour
spouseonahuman
 Abletoadjustt
o
l
evel
physi
calchangest
hat
areoccurr
ingtohi
m  Devel
opingsoci
al and
ci
vi
cresponsibi
l
ityas
anadult

Lat
erMaturi
ty0ver60  Knowev er
ythi
ng,  Adaptingtoalossof
yearsold especi
all
ywhenit physi
cal f
it
nessand
comestodeath. healt
h

 Adaptt
otheevent
s  Getti
ngusedt
o
taki
ngpl
acei
nhisli
fe ret
ir
ementandal
ower
sal
ary
 Concernedwi
th
fi
nancesandheal
th  Adapti
ngtoa
spouse'
sdeat
h

ANALYSI
S:

1.Arey ouapr
o-nat
ureorpr
o-nur
tur
e?Gi
veaddi
ti
onalr
easonsi
nfav
orofpr
onat
ure/
pronur
ture.

Nat ureislesssigni
fi
cantthan nurt
ure.Thenourishmentwer eceiv
ef rom our
experiencesshapeswhowebecome.Becausewel earnourcharact
eri
sti
cs,nurt
ureis
mor esignifi
cantthannat
ure.Bobodoll
swer eusedbyAl ber
tBanduratodemonst r
ate
thataggr essi
venessisalear
nedbehav i
or.Thi
sexperi
mentdemonst r
atesthatnurt
ure
ratherthannaturehasagreateri
mpactonhumanbehav i
or.
2.Arey ou i
nf av
orf orcont
inui
tyordi
scont
inui
ty?Gi
ve addi
ti
onalar
gument
sfor
cont
inui
tyordi
sconti
nuit
y.

Discont
inui
tyi
smuchmor ereal
ist
icthanconti
nui
tysi
ncewedon' tact
ual
lybecome
betterpreci
sely;r
ather
,we getbet t
eras a r esul
toft he ups and downs we'
ve
encounteredalongtheroad.Addi
ti
onall
y,ther
ei snosucht hi
ngasaneasypat hto
progress.

APPLI
CATI
ON:

1.Discusstheimpli
cat
ionoft hi
sst at
ement:“
Thef
ri
ght
eni
ngpar
tofher
edi
tyand
env
ironmentist
hatweparent
s,provi
deboth"
.

Beforeorduringpregnancy,parent sbegan,notaft
eryougav ebir
thtoakid.I
t'
salso
anextremel ydif
fi
cultjobbeingapar ent .Forthedevelopmentoft hechil
d,t
hemot her
shouldgetext ensiv
eat t
enti
on,andt hesamegoesf orthefather
.Howev er
,themost
i
mpor tantthingtorememberi st hatintensiv
epar ent
ingshouldcontinuel
ongafterthe
chi
ldisbor n.Parentsshouldprotectt hechil
df rom t
heirenv
ironmentbecauseitisthe
mainfactorinfl
uencingachild'
sdev el
opment .

LEARNI
NGTASK4:BI
GIDEAS

1.Completet
hesentence.Withregar
dtothenur
tur
e-nat
ure,
cont
inui
ty-
discont
inui
tyand
change-
stabi
l
itycont
rover
sies,t
hewiserst
andis

Ourli
fe-
spandevel
opmentischaracter
izedbycont
inui
tyanddiscont
inui
ty,
stabil
i
ty
and change,andbothnatureandnur t
ure.Theinter
playofnatureandnur ture,as
opposedt oeit
herf
actoral
one,isthekeyofdev el
opment( Rut
ter
,2001asquot edby
Santrock,
2002).

2.Asfarasourdi
scussionsareconcer
ned,whichst
atementi
scor
rectandwhi
choneis
wrong?Putacheck(√)bef orethecorrectst
atementandmarkt
hewr ongone.I
fyou
markan(x)st
atement,expl
ainwhy.

(
x)1.
Her
edi
tyexer
tsagr
eat
eri
nfl
uenceonhumandev
elopmentt
hanenv
ironment
.

Forus, envir
onment alfactor
shadamuchgr eaterinfl
uenceonhumandev elopment
thanher edi
ty .Matei(2007)assertsthatwear einf
luencedbyourenv ironmentinmor e
wayst hanwear ewi l
l
ingtoacknowl edge.Humansar eincredi
blysociablecreat
ures,and
asar esult,
themaj ori
tyofusar econtinuouslysurr
oundedbyot herpeopl eandlongfor
acceptance.Oneoft hestrongesteffectsoftheenv ir
onmentonaper soni st
hecultural
envi
ronment ,whichshapest hetypeofper sonthecul tur
epr oduces.Theenv i
ronment
var
ieswithcult
ureandhi
stor
y,havi
nganeffectont
hosewhocomei nt
ocontactwit
hit
.
Wel ear
nt ointer
actwit
hoursocialworl
daschi l
dren,andi
t'
sthenthatwest ar
tto
underst
andthatweneedtoadheretosoci
alnorms.

(x)2.Whathasbeenexper
iencedi
ntheear
li
erst
agesofdev
elopmentcannol
ongerbe
changed.

Asaspi r
ingeducat ors,webel i
evethatknowl edgeandl ear
ningar ethet wot hi
ngs
thatmaybedi f
ficulttomodi f
yorthatmayev enbeunchangeabl e.Becauseaccor di
ngto
ourprofessor,theel ementaryschoolyearsarewhenachi lddevelopst hei
rviewpointon
l
ifeunderthegui danceoft heknowledgethatthei nst
ruct
orisimparting.Ther ef
ore,i
fa
teachergiveshi sorhercl assincorr
ectinfor
mat i
on,thestudentswillstruggle.Forthi
s
reason,l
et'
swor kev enhardertospreadaccurateandcor r
ectinf
ormat i
on.

REFLECTI
ON:

1.Refl
ectonyourownper
sonaldev
elopment
.Whathashelpedyoubecomet heperson
thaty
ouar enow?Iswhatyouhavebecomeapr oductofmereint
eract
ionofheredit
y
andenvir
onment?Ori
swhatyoubecomeaproductofbothher
edi
tyandenvir
onment ?

Bothhaveinfl
uencedwhoIam t odayf orme,par t
icularl
yinthewayt hattheyboth
contr
ibutetothedevel
opmentofmyper sonali
tyandski l
ls.Infact,neit
herofthesetwo
fact
orsi smoreorlesssigni
ficantt
hant heother,sot hereisnoquest i
onofequi ty
.It
dependsonhow weappl ythescenar i
ostoourl i
vesorhow wev alueeverythi
ngthat
comesourwaybecause,ont hebrightside,theset woel ement shadgi v
enust he
opportunit
ytoprogr
essandf i
ndourselves.Becauseofmyexper iencesandt hewaymy
famil
yshapedandf ormedmeasaper son,Ihadalreadyr eachedthepoi ntwhereIwas
ful
lycertai
nofwhoIwant edtobeinthef ut
ure.