emotional development & self

• Key concepts: social smiles, basic emotions, complex emotions, attachment.
• Methods and findings: strange situation,
• Cross-cutting concepts:
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personality & moral development

• Key concepts: the big five, Rothbart’s dimensions, slow-to-warm up, difficult, secure, introversion.
• Methods and findings: personality quizzes, cross-culture studies of personality.
• Cross-cutting concepts: evocative gene-environment relationships
• Why does this matter? Raising a “difficult” child

family relationships

• Key concepts: styles of parenting, divorce effects, blended families
• Methods and findings:
• Cross-cutting concepts:
• Why does this matter?

peers & groups

• Key concepts: popularity, effects of peer pressure
• Methods and findings: Asch Line Conformity studies
• Cross-cutting concepts: The need to fit in.
• Why does this matter? Ostracism and Bullying

media effects

• Key concepts: Effects of media on IQ, attention, aggression, TV, video games, iPad.
• Methods and findings: Diary studies, Nielson, Study of Media in American Life
• Cross-cutting concepts: Takes a village to raise a child
• Why does this matter? Power of advertising.