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Original instructor's manual for Human Development: A Cultural Approach, 2nd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (2015), covering the major stages of human development from conception through late adulthood, with an emphasis on cultural influences, biological development, cognitive growth, social relationships, and lifespan development. The instructor's manual includes Chapter 1 A Cultural Approach to Human Development; Chapter 2 Genetics and Prenatal Development; Chapter 3 Birth and the Newborn Child; Chapter 4 Infancy; Chapter 5 Toddlerhood; Chapter 6 Early Childhood; Chapter 7 Middle Childhood; Chapter 8 Adolescence; Chapter 9 Emerging Adulthood; Chapter 10 Young Adulthood; Chapter 11 Middle Adulthood; Chapter 12 Late Adulthood; and Chapter 13 Death and Afterlife Beliefs, providing comprehensive instructor resources for developmental psychology, human development, lifespan psychology, education, social sciences, counseling, and university psychology courses.

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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Instructor Manual: Human Development: A Cultural Approach, 2nd
Edition
Author: Jeffrey Jensen Arnett



1. A Cultural Approach to Human Development
2. Genetics and Prenatal Development
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3. Birth and the Newborn Child
4. Infancy
5. Toddlerhood
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6. Early Childhood
7. Middle Childhood
8. Adolescence
9. Emerging Adulthood
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10. Young Adulthood
11. Middle Adulthood
12. Late Adulthood
13. Death and Afterlife Beliefs
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,CHAPTER 1: A CULTURAL APPROACH TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT


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LEARNING OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................ 3
Section 1: Learning Objectives ................................................................................................. 3
Section 2: Learning Objectives ................................................................................................. 3
Section 3: Learning Objectives ................................................................................................. 3
KEY TERMS .................................................................................................................................. 4
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Section 1: Key Terms ................................................................................................................ 4
Section 2: Key Terms ................................................................................................................ 4
Section 3: Key Terms ................................................................................................................ 4
CHAPTER OUTLINE .................................................................................................................... 5
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I. Section 1: Human Development Today and Its Origins ..................................................... 5
II. Section 2: Theories of Human Development .................................................................... 5
III. Section 3: How We Study Human Development ............................................................. 5
LECTURE NOTES ......................................................................................................................... 6
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I. Section 1: Human Development Today and Its Origins ..................................................... 6
A. Introduction to text............................................................................................................. 6
B. A Demographic Profile of Humanity Today ...................................................................... 6
1. Population Growth and Change ....................................................................................... 6
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2. Variations Across Countries............................................................................................. 7
3. Variations Within Countries............................................................................................. 8
C. Human Development Today and Its Origins: Human Origins and the Birth of Culture .. 8
1. Our Evolutionary Beginnings........................................................................................... 8
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2. The Origin of Cultures and Civilizations ......................................................................... 9
3. Human Evolution and Human Development Today ...................................................... 10
II. Section Two: Theories of Human Development ............................................................. 10
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A. Theories of Human Development: Ancient Conceptions ................................................. 10
1. The Life Course in Three Traditions .............................................................................. 10
B. Theories of Human Development: Scientific Conceptions .............................................. 11
1. Freud’s Psychosexual Theory ........................................................................................ 11
2. Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory ...................................................................................... 11
3. Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory ............................................................................. 12
4. A Cultural-Developmental Model for This Book .......................................................... 12

, III. Section Three: How We Study Human Development.................................................... 13
A. How We Study Human Development: The Scientific Method ......................................... 13
1. The Five Steps of the Scientific Method ........................................................................ 13
2. Ethics in Human Development Research ....................................................................... 14
B. How We Study Human Development: Methods and Designs in Research ...................... 14
1. Research Methods .......................................................................................................... 14
2. Research Design ............................................................................................................. 16
ACTIVITIES FOR THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS ...................................................................... 17
First Day Activity and Discussion: Similarities and Differences ............................................ 17
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First Day Lecture Suggestion and Activity: Introduction to the Cultural Approach of This
Textbook ....................................................................................................................................... 17
LECTURE LAUNCHERS, DISCUSSIONS, AND ACTIVITIES............................................... 17
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Section 1 Lecture Launcher: What Is Culture? ....................................................................... 17
Section 1 Discussion/Activity: What Is Culture? .................................................................... 18
Section 1 Lecture Launcher: Development in Culture Across the Life Span ......................... 18
Section 1 Lecture Launcher: Introduce Charles Darwin ......................................................... 19
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Section 1 Lecture Launcher: Evolution as an Integrative Theme from the Beginning of Class
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Section 2 Lecture Launcher: Varying Perspectives on Development ..................................... 20
Section 2 Lecture Launcher: Stage Theory: What Is a Stage Theory?................................... 22
Section 2 Lecture Launcher: Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory........................................ 23
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Section 2 Activity: Constructing a Life Line to Illustrate Erikson’s Stages of Development 24
Section 2 Activity: Developmental Comparisons Across Species .......................................... 24
Section 3 Lecture Launcher: Can Psychology Be a Real Science? ......................................... 25
Section 3 Lecture Launcher: Ways of Knowing ..................................................................... 25
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Section 3 Lecture Launcher/Discussion: Understanding Experiments ................................... 26
Section 3 Lecture Launcher: Pseudopsychology and the Mozart Effect................................. 26
Section 3 Activity: Correlational and Experimental Research ................................................ 26
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Section 3 Activity: Designing a Research Study .................................................................... 27
CRITICAL THINKING ................................................................................................................ 27
How We Study Human Development: Fools for Numbers..................................................... 27
TEXTBOOK FEATURES ............................................................................................................ 29
Section 1................................................................................................................................ 29
Section 2................................................................................................................................ 30

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