31 Dec You are now in the second

Module 1 Assignment

For this module you are to complete the following assignments:

Respond to the APPLY question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 16 in Chapter 1.

Respond to the REFLECT question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 41 of Chapter 2.

Submit your assignment in a Word document via the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 2 Assignment

For this module you are to complete the following assignment:

Teratogens may pose serious complications during pregnancy and after the birth of the child. Using Chapter 2, choose one teratogen (e.g., smoking, alcohol, etc.) and create a poster in PowerPoint or Word that discourages expectant mothers from engaging in that particular behavior.

Posters should contain creativity as well as accurate information. You are encouraged to use both pictures and text. Use the “Help” features in PowerPoint or Word if you need assistance with inserting either of these.

Create your poster using PowerPoint or Word. Submit your assignment via the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 3 Assignment

Child Observation Assignment

Purpose of Project

It is very easy to be around children without noticing fascinating aspects of their behavior. Indeed, it is

rare when anyone intently observes a child for a continuous period, looking for behaviors that

characterize an individual child or childhood. Conscientious fulfillment of this project will help the

observer be a better and more appreciative student of child behavior. If you have children, you may

observe your own children.

General Instructions

You will observe children in a natural setting for 1 hour. This means that you may not be able to focus on

one child exclusively. For example, you might observe children at a park, school, shopping center,

amusement park, etc.

While you are observing make detailed notes of the following:

1. Age range of children

2. Number of children present. Number of adults present?

3. What behaviors are children engaging in?

4. How do the children interact with one another?

5. How do the children interact with an adult who is present?

6. Are the children engaging in age?appropriate activities?

7. Comment on the attention span of the children.

8. Are there any gender differences in any of the behaviors you observe?

9. Does anything that we have covered in class or in the text apply to this situation?

Report Criteria

1. Write up of project, 2?4 written pages (typed)

2. Give a general description of child (age, sex, etc.) and the observation situation

3. Describe behavior or patterns of behaviors that were interesting to you and analyze the

significance to child development

4. Do not just put a chronological list of what child did during observation period, but do show

evidence that you make careful observation.

5. Discuss significance of behaviors for the child and child development in general (use your text

and notes.

Module 4 Assignment

For this module you are to complete the following assignment:

Respond to the APPLY question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 181 in Chapter 7

Respond to the APPLY question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 222 in Chapter 8

Respond to the REFLECT question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 222 in Chapter 8

Submit your assignment in a Word document via the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 5 Assignment

For this module you are to complete the following assignment:

Respond to the REVIEW question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 256 in Chapter 9. Make sure your response is thorough

Respond to the APPLY question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 264 in Chapter 10

Respond to the APPLY question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 272 in Chapter 10

Submit your assignment in a Word document via the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 6 Assignment

For this module you are to complete the following assignment:

Respond to the REFLECT question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 309 in Chapter 11

Respond to the REVIEW question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 321 in Chapter 12

Submit your assignment in a Word document via the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 7 Assignment

For this module you are to complete the following assignment:

Respond to the REVIEW question under the “Ask Yourself” section on p. 365 in Chapter 13. Be sure to consider characteristics of the students as well as characteristics of the college.

Respond to the REFLECT question under the “Ask yourself” section on p. 393 in Chapter 14.

What are the most notable changes in development experienced in early adulthood as compared to middle adulthood?

Submit your assignment in a Word document via the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT

Module 8 Assignment

Interview with an Older Adult

This exercise has been adapted from the lesson “Participation in Government: Interview of an Older

Adult” from Lesson Plans on Aging Issues: Creative Ways to Meet Social Studies Standards produced by

the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute.

General Instructions

Using the questions below, you will conduct an interview with a person at least 60 years of age. Feel free

to add questions of your own whenever one occurs to you. Be sure to review the Historical Context

section on the following pages before beginning the interview. The complete project will include your

questions and the interviewee’s answers (i.e., transcript of the interview) as well as the three Reaction

paragraphs described below.

Report Criteria

1. Typed and double-spaced.

2. Include the interview questions in your report in a format that enables the reader to know what the

person you are interviewing is referring to.

3. Discuss your personal reaction to the interview in three paragraphs at the end of your report (see

final section below).

Interview Questions

1. Please tell me about your childhood, family and school life.

2. Do you consider yourself old? At what ages (or stages) did you notice that you were getting

older?

3. What is the most important historical event or period of time that you have lived through?

4. How did it influence you personally?

5. What is the biggest change you have seen in how people conduct their everyday lives?

6. What have been the best years of your life so far? What are your plans for the future?

7. How are young people today different from when you were their age?

8. What advice would you give young people to help them prepare for their old age?

9. Have you ever experienced any negative attitudes or discrimination because of your age? Please

explain.

10. Student question. Based on what you’ve learned, ask at least one more question; what else

would you like to know about this person’s life?

Reaction

In three paragraphs, discuss your reaction to the interview:

1. What did you learn? Did anything surprise you?

2. How did you feel during the interview?

3. What changes (if any) have occurred in your perception of older adults? (What did you think

before? What do you think now?)

Submission

Submit the final interview report to the Dropbox and Turnitin.com no later than Sunday 11:59 PM

EST/EDT.

Historical Context

Before beginning the interview, you should familiarize yourself with national events, trends, and U.S.

presidents from the 20th century to the present day that are outlined on the following pages.

Important Events:

1900-1920

Development of big business

Development of transportation

Panama Canal

Airplane invented

One room schools

First automobiles

World War I in Europe

U.S. entry into World War I

Flu epidemic

Armistice Day

1920-1930

Women vote

Prohibition

Flappers

Progressive era

Stock Market crash

1930-1940

Great Depression

New Deal

Radio popular

1940-1950

Pearl Harbor

Draft and World War II

Atomic bomb

V-E Day and V-J Day

Cold war and anti-communism

1950-1960

Sputnik

Fear of nuclear war

TV becomes common appliance

Elvis Presley popular

1960-1970

Vietnam

Civil rights

Great Society programs

John F. Kennedy assassinated

Martin Luther King assassinated

Neil Armstrong, first man on moon (Apollo missions)

Beatles popular

1970-1980

Arab oil embargo

Inflation

Gas Shortage

Drug use more widespread

Computers become more common

Watergate

Richard M. Nixon resigns as president

1980-1990

John Lennon shot and killed

Bell telephone system divided into smaller companies

Sally Ride, first female astronaut

Space shuttle Challenger explodes

AIDS virus

Ruptured Exxon tanker spills oil

Texas elects first woman Governor since Reconstruction

1990-2000

Nelson Mandela, apartheid ends in South Africa

Persian Gulf crisis

East and West Germany reunited-Berlin Wall taken down

Soviet Union dissolved

First wave of “baby boomers” turns 50

2001-2003

Collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City

War with Iraq

2004-2006

Hurricane Katrina

2007-2010

Barack Obama, first African-American elected as President

Breakout of H1N1

Earthquake in Haiti

U.S. Presidents from 1897-present

1897-1901 William McKinley

1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt

1909-1913 William H. Taft

1913-1921 Woodrow Wilson

1921-1923 Warren Harding

1923-1929 Calvin Coolidge

1929-1933 Herbert Hoover

1933-1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt

1945-1953 Harry Truman

1953-1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower

1961-1963 John F. Kennedy

1963-1969 Lyndon B. Johnson

1969-1974 Richard M. Nixon

1974-1977 Gerald Ford

1977-1981 Jimmy Carter

1981-1989 Ronald Reagan

1989-1992 George Bush

1992-1900 Bill Clinton

2001-1908 George W. Bush

2009- Barack Obama

PSY 325 – Virtual Pregnancy: The Project that Delivers

This project was originally developed by Shalynn Ford in 1999 and has been adapted for the purposes of

this course. A full description of the project can be found in the reference below:

Benjamin, L.T., Nodine, B.F, Ernst, R.M, & Broeker, C.B. (Eds.). (2002). Activities handbook for

the teaching of psychology (Vol. 4). Washington, DC: American Psychological Foundation.

Concept

The purpose of this activity is to provide students the unique opportunity of experiencing a hypothetical

pregnancy and its attendant costs (primarily financial but including emotional, psychological, and lifestyle

costs as well). The idea behind this exercise is to give students practical experience, information, and

insight into the daunting task of seeing a pregnancy through from conception to delivery. This activity will

last the entire semester.

Instructions

Each student will select a hypothetical pregnancy vignette from the list of five below. You are to calculate

the costs of hospital charges, layette items, maternity clothing, and other miscellaneous items that you

think you will need for your pregnancy and delivery. After you make a list of these items, begin making the

necessary contacts via telephone calls, emails, or community visits to the pregnancy-related agencies.

You should keep a log (organized in a narrative fashion) of each contact person by name, title, agency,

and telephone number or email address. In addition, you will need to record the exact dollar amount or

cost range of items and services. For the purpose of this exercise, you are to assume that no friends or

family members will “bail you out” and that neither adoption nor abortion is an option. In addition, keep a

journal by recording thoughts and feelings as your virtual pregnancy progresses. For example, you might

write about how being pregnant has changed your lifestyle or your relationship with others. Please

contact the instructor if you have any questions.

Deliverables and due dates

1. Vignette selection: Submit by email to the instructor no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of

Module 2.

2. Project materials: Submit to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 7.

a) Log detailing prices of items needed and contact information.

b) Journal detailing thoughts and feelings you have about the pregnancy including answers to

“thoughts to keep in mind.”

Grading

The project will be graded in two parts for a total of 100 points—50 points for the log detailing the contact

and pricing information, and 50 points for the journal portion. Past students have included a baby registry

from a department store detailing items needed for the baby. In the journal, participants should take on

the role of the vignette and include short entries regarding important stages of the pregnancy (first

doctor’s visit, first sonogram, etc).

Vignettes

1. Forget me not

You are 15 years old and forgetful, especially when it comes to contraception. Unfortunately, your

forgetfulness, combined with a healthy dose of hormones, has led to an unplanned, unexpected, and

unwanted pregnancy. However, you were raised to take responsibility for your actions, so you will do

your best to see this pregnancy through to the end. What will you do now?

Thoughts to keep in mind:

? You are a minor (find out the legalities involved).

? Your education may be interrupted. Is continuing or going back to school a consideration?

? You may be eligible for special help, given your age.

? Unless this was a divine act, there is a father involved. What’s his story? What are his legal

rights and responsibilities?

2. I’ll be missing you

You are 27 years old, single, and employed full time (without health insurance coverage). Your

annual salary is $18,000. Your long-time boyfriend has made it perfectly clear he does not like kids.

You do, which is good because as luck (and lack of planning) would have it you will be getting the

opportunity to satisfy your maternal urge in about eight and a half months. What is your course of

action?

Thoughts to keep in mind:

? You are employed, but without insurance.

? You are too old to be eligible for much in social services.

? The father says he will not help.

3. Oh, what a tangled web we weave

You are 36, the mother of two school-age children, and stuck in a dead-end marriage. You’ve

considered leaving and recently did for three months. During your sabbatical from marriage

monotony, you met a wonderful man, also unhappily married. One thing led to another, and suddenly

you find out there will be a seven-pound addition to your problem marriage. You are in love with

someone else, have no marketable skills, seem unwilling to make it without a man, and are afraid of

losing the two children you already have. You’ve got a lot on your mind. One thing is not an issue—

you will have this baby. Now what?

Thoughts to keep in mind:

? Your age will probably make certain expensive prenatal tests mandatory.

? Several thorny legal issues need to be resolved.

? You need to establish your priorities.

4. Just when you thought it was safe

You are 44 and free. Your children are safely in college. Your husband is at the top of the corporate

heap. Life is good. Your consulting work provides you with a real sense of accomplishment. You

never regretted that tubal litigation you had 18 years ago. In fact, you never gave it a second thought.

Recently, at your annual checkup, you received the shock of your life—the clips slipped and you have

involuntarily been drafted back into the baby stroller brigade. How will you handle this?

Thoughts to keep in mind:

? Your age may have an impact on your pregnancy.

? You and your family will face lifestyle changes.

? The pregnancy may cause you to have special health concerns.

5. Just say no

You are a college-student (any age) who is the first and only member of your family to have the

opportunity to attend a prestigious university on scholarship. The heat is on. Pressure from parents,

peers, and professors keep life simmering on miserable. Then you meet him. He is every wonderful

thing you have ever dreamed of. He has the potential to make you happy. He is forever. And all he

asks of you is to “prove” your love. You do. Then unexpectedly you are forced to learn a painful

lesson about mistaking kisses for contracts. He is gone. But he’s left a part of himself behind with

you. You are confused, hurt, angry, and to top it all off you’re also two months pregnant.

Thoughts to keep in mind:

? The age you select will somewhat frame your options.

? The father may or may not be legally accountable for financial assistance with this

pregnancy.

? Your goals as a college student and the level of investment your family has in your success

may need to be reassessed.

Timeline for completing the project

You should begin right away! Do not procrastinate! This project will move rapidly since you will be

experiencing pregnancy and birth of the baby. Keep in mind that you need to keep a log of expenses and

contacts as well as write a journal. Ideas for the journal are found below.

Module/week 2

Choose a vignette and submit your choice to the instructor by email. It is a good idea to start writing in

your journal and making contacts this week.

Hints for journal: You just found out you are pregnant. How do you feel about the pregnancy? What are

your plans? Who will be your doctor? What do you do at the first appointment? What symptoms are you

experiencing? Weeks 2-3 represents the first trimester.

Module/week 3

Hints for journal: The first trimester is continuing. Think about resources that you might need, such as

insurance or WIC. What questions do you have at this point of the pregnancy? Where do you find

answers? When will you tell people about the pregnancy?

Module/week 4

You are now in the second trimester.

Hints for journal: During week 4, you can begin learning about the second trimester and incorporate this

into your journal. The second trimester will last from week 4 to week 5 of class. What changes can you

expect this trimester? What are doctor’s appointments like? How much is the pregnancy costing you so

far? What contacts have you made? Have you registered for any baby items?

Module/week 5

Second trimester continues.

Hints for journal: How is the baby developing? Are there any necessary tests that must be performed

during this trimester?

Module/week 6

You are now in the third trimester.

Hints for journal: What changes have you experienced? Are you exercising? How do you feel? What type

of birth experience do you want? Have you had a baby shower? What are your fears?

Module/week 7

The end of the third trimester! The baby is born! You will submit the completed project to the instructor.