found challenging ), however please note H u m a n i t i e s

Q1:

Discussion Points are awarded for comments that · reflect that you have read the required text and readings · that you have prepared the discussion questions in advance · that you have thought about the content · that you have attempted to understand the readings · and that you are able to apply the content to “real life.” In other words, quality comments reflect effort, accuracy, and thoroughness. If you do not understand the material, you can still earn participation points by demonstrating that you have made an effort to understand the material and that you have read the text. Trying to struggle with and figure out the information merits points. I expect you to make posts that directly address all parts of the discussion questions as well as respond to others’ postings. Points awarded for responses to others’ postings will be awarded using the same criteria as original posts (see above, see syllabus).

You will not earn points for posts/replies that do not meet the above criteria or for posts/replies that simply reflect information from your personal life without incorporating specific concepts and understanding of the chapter.

Your reply should focus on enhancing your peer’s discussion and not on the organization or if you enjoyed reading it. This can be mentioned but should not be the focus. Further, you will not earn points by simply stating that you agree or disagree with a classmate without fully supporting your opinion with concepts from the course material. Your peer response must enhance your peer’s post while incorporating concepts from the course material directly related to the discussion question.

Please review the discussion board guidelines.

This link connects you to Canvas help regarding how to post to a discussion board

Required: Three posts per chapter.

• Post 1: Address the following: What was the most challenging part of the chapter for you to grasp?
• Post 2 & 3: Select 2 topics from those below. Post 2 & 3 must be a minimum of 350 words combined. (approx 175 words each).

Required: Two responses to peers’ posts per chapter. Peer responses must be a minimum of 125-150 words for each peer response.

• One of your peer responses must address your peer’s posts 2 or 3 which address the general chapter topics reviewed below (word minimum 125-150 words). See the discussion guidelines for additional instruction.
• Your second peer response may either address your peer’s posts 2 or 3, or you may elect to address your peer’s Post 1 (what they found challenging), however please note that if you respond to Post 1 you are required to attempt to clarify misunderstandings or areas of confusions expressed by your peer (word minimum 125-150 words). See the discussion guidelines for additional instruction.

Inside your discussion always start by titling your post in bold using one of the topic titles below and then discuss your topic starting on the next line. You will then reply to two of your peers’ posts from either the same or different topic. On the top line of your peer responses write “reply to:” and then the title of the peers’ post to which you are responding. Start your peer response on the next line.

Post 1: What was the most challenging part of the chapter for you to grasp?

Post 2 & 3: Select 2 of the 4 following topics to cover in your discussion

Discussion A) 2 1/2 year-old brother

• Your younger brother is 2 ½ years old. You are trying to teach him some new words. Using Piagetian ideas like assimilation and accommodation, what approach would you take and what would you expect to happen. Give some examples of words you would teach him and how you would do it. Describe the achievements and limitations of your brother’s stage of cognitive development.

Discussion B) Moral Dilemma (addressing parts 1 and 2)

• Lawrence Kohlberg studied moral development by presenting a series of moral dilemmas like the one below. He was more interested in the reasons for participants responses than whether behavior was judged right or wrong. Read the moral dilemma below and answer the questions that follow.“In Europe, a woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, and the druggist was charging ten times what it cost him. He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman’s husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money, but he could only get together $1000, which was half of what the drug cost. He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist said, “No, I discovered the drug, and I am going to make money from it”. So Heinz got desperate and broke into the man’s store to steal the drug for his wife (Colby, et al., 1983, pp.77).”
  • 1. What moral judgment would you make about the dilemma? Should Heinze have stolen the drug? Why or why not?
  • Based on the research using moral dilemma like that presented above Lawrence Kohlberg then classified the development of moral behavior into three levels with each level having two stages. He noted that people progress one stage at a time. Below is a figure of Kohlber’s stage theory.

After reviewing the stages in your textbook address the following question.

• 2. During a game of “hide and seek,” your brother breaks a dish. He tries to hide it from you by putting it under the cushion of the couch. When you find it, he tries to deny that he did it and then he starts crying and says he is scared of getting in trouble. Describe his stage and level of moral development according to Lawrence Kohlberg. Describe a hypothetical response he might give if he were in either of the other two levels (indicate which level and why he responded that way).

Discussion C) Psychosocial stage

• Using the theory of Erik Erikson, indicate which stage of development you are in. Identify the psychosocial developmental stage of each of two of the following your parents, your siblings, your children. Explain.

Discussion D) Prenatal Development

• Imagine that you are a developmental psychologist working in a hospital on an interdisciplinary team. You first patient of the day is a woman who tells you that she is concerned that her pregnancy is not developing normally. She is two months pregnant. Please answer the following questions: a. What are the stages of normal prenatal development? Describe each stage and what occurs in each. b. What physical and psychological influences could affect the fetus? c.What else would you need to know to evaluate her situation?

Q2：

Discussion Points are awarded for comments that · reflect that you have read the required text and readings · that you have prepared the discussion questions in advance · that you have thought about the content · that you have attempted to understand the readings · and that you are able to apply the content to “real life.” In other words, quality comments reflect effort, accuracy, and thoroughness. If you do not understand the material, you can still earn participation points by demonstrating that you have made an effort to understand the material and that you have read the text. Trying to struggle with and figure out the information merits points. I expect you to make posts that directly address all parts of the discussion questions as well as respond to others’ postings. Points awarded for responses to others’ postings will be awarded using the same criteria as original posts (see above, see syllabus).

You will not earn points for posts/replies that do not meet the above criteria or for posts/replies that simply reflect information from your personal life without incorporating specific concepts and understanding of the chapter.

Your reply should focus on enhancing your peer’s discussion and not on the organization or if you enjoyed reading it. This can be mentioned but should not be the focus. Further, you will not earn points by simply stating that you agree or disagree with a classmate without fully supporting your opinion with concepts from the course material. Your peer response must enhance your peer’s post while incorporating concepts from the course material directly related to the discussion question.

Please review the discussion board guidelines.

This link connects you to Canvas help regarding how to post to a discussion board

Required: Three posts per chapter.

• Post 1: Address the following: What was the most challenging part of the chapter for you to grasp?
• Post 2 & 3: Select 2 topics from those below. Post 2 & 3 must be a minimum of 350 words combined. (approx 175 words each).

Required: Two responses to peers’ posts per chapter. Peer responses must be a minimum of 125-150 words for each peer response.

• One of your peer responses must address your peer’s posts 2 or 3 which address the general chapter topics reviewed below (word minimum 125-150 words). See the discussion guidelines for additional instruction.
• Your second peer response may either address your peer’s posts 2 or 3, or you may elect to address your peer’s Post 1 (what they found challenging), however please note that if you respond to Post 1 you are required to attempt to clarify misunderstandings or areas of confusions expressed by your peer (word minimum 125-150 words). See the discussion guidelines for additional instruction.

Inside your discussion always start by titling your post in bold using one of the topic titles below and then discuss your topic starting on the next line. You will then reply to two of your peers’ posts from either the same or different topic. On the top line of your peer responses write “reply to:” and then the title of the peers’ post to which you are responding. Start your peer response on the next line.

Post 1: What was the most challenging part of the chapter for you to grasp?

Post 2 & 3: Select 2 of the 3 following topics to cover in your discussion

Discussion A) Freud’s Theory

• Select a well-known person (a politician, actor, musician, etc.) and based on what is known about that person, identify into which stage of Freud’s psychosexual stages that person would fit. Explain your response. Describe which part of his/her personality (id, ego, superego) you believe is strongest (and explain why you think that) and identify any defense mechanisms you think are operating.

Discussion B) Self Actualization Scale and Self-report inventories

• What is self-actualization? Take the Self-Actualization scale (click here for the scale -You may post your score but do not post your specific answers) . Compare your score to the mean. Do you fall above the mean or below the mean? How accurate do you feel your score on this scale is of you and why? Finally, discuss some strengths and weaknesses of self-report inventories (see textbook).

Discussion C) Personality Perspectives

• Compare and contrast three of the following perspectives of personality (psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, biological). How are they similar? How are they different? What strengths and weaknesses do they have?