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Cook Handout Appendix
Cook Handout Appendix
Cook Handout Appendix
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Handout 8.2: Selective attention task
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Handout 8.3: Memory and cognition concepts
Please match the following memory and cognitive development concepts with their most
accurate description.
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Handout 9.1: Self-esteem brochure assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to increase your awareness of the role of parents in
creating positive self-evaluations and high self-esteem in their children. This is to be
accomplished by completing the assignment described below.
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Handout 9.2: Kohlberg’s dilemmas
Joe’s dilemma
Joe is a fourteen-year-old boy who wanted to go to camp very much. His father promised
him he could go if he saved up the money for it himself. So Joe worked hard at his paper
route and saved up the forty dollars it cost to go to camp, and a little more besides. But
just before camp was going to start, his father changed his mind. Some of his friends
decided to go on a special fishing trip, and Joe’s father was short the money it would cost.
So he told Joe to give him the money he had saved from the paper route. Joe didn’t want
to give up going to camp, so he thinks of refusing to give his father the money.
Which is worse, stealing like Karl or cheating like Bob?
Why is that worse?
What do you think is the worst thing about cheating the old man?
Why is that the worst thing?
Was the old man being irresponsible by lending Bob the money?
Why or why not?
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Handout 9.3: Matching self, gender, and morality concepts
Please match the following terms and concepts related to self, gender, and morality
development.
5. _____ hedonistic orientation E = emotion that one feels about one’s self
10. _____ gender identity J = ability to control and modify own behavior
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T = all physical, cognitive, and social traits
characterizing people of one sex
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Handout 9.4: Spanking as a form of discipline
Please respond to the following items using the rating criteria listed below. If you are
handing these results in, do not write your name or make any other identifying marks on
this paper.
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Handout 10.1: Matching concepts associated with
different developmental paths
Please match the following terms and concepts related to differential development.
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Handout 11.1: Partial network for “children”
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Handout 11.2: Assessing your metamemory skills
Rating scale:
1 = always 2 = often 3 = sometimes 4 = rarely 5 = never
Rating scale:
1 = always 2 = often 3 = sometimes 4 = rarely 5 = never
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because of their poor memory?
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Handout 11.3: Memory and cognition concepts
Please match the following memory and cognitive development concepts with their most
accurate description.
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Handout 12.1: Self-esteem brochure assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to increase your awareness of the role of parents in
creating positive self-evaluations and high self-esteem in their children. This is to be
accomplished by completing the assignment described below.
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Handout 12.2: Understanding attributions
Please match the following examples with the attribution elements that best fit each
description. Please note that you need to record one element from each dimension for
each example (i.e., your answer should look something like: 1. stable, controllable,
internal)
Dimension 1: stable–unstable
Dimension 2: controllable–uncontrollable
Dimension 3: internal–external
1. A child watches a friend playing baseball catch a pop-up. The child says, “That was
pure luck!” When making an attribution about his friend’s behavior, which elements does
the child appear to be using?
2. A child passes her psychology test and says, “The fact that I am a good student and
studied hard really paid off.” Which attribution elements are best represented by this
statement?
3. A child says, “I did poorly on the exam but it was not my fault. The big problem is that
my dumb teacher always writes hard tests.” Which attribution elements best describe the
child’s attributions concerning their performance?
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Handout 13.1: Matching brain and neural concepts
Please match the following terms and concepts related to neural development.
3. _____ learning to play the piano C = connects spinal cord and brain
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Handout 13.2: Suicide rates in United States
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Handout 14.1: Ranking types of intelligence
Howard Gardner proposed the existence of numerous types of intelligences. Please rank
all of the types of intelligence on their level of personal importance (i.e., If you could be
endowed with high levels of a specific intelligence, which would you most desire?). Then
defend your #1 and #8 ranking by providing a brief rationale for your decision in the
space next to each intelligence type.
_____ Linguistic
_____ Logical-mathematical
_____ Musical
_____ Bodily-kinesthetic
_____ Spatial
_____ Interpersonal
_____ Intrapersonal
_____ Naturalistic
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Handout 14.2: Calculation and Interpretation of IQ scores
First, calculate the IQ scores for the 5 individuals listed below. Then, use the Normal
Curve IQ Distribution seen below and the rating system (also seen below) to interpret
each score.
1. 16-year-old Toni with mental age of 12: IQ score _____ Interpretation _________
2. 8-year-old Alex with mental age of 12: IQ score _____ Interpretation _________
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Handout 14.3: Aspects of intelligence and academics
Please match the following terms associated with intelligence and academics with their
best description or example.
10. _____ inventive spelling J = dump in written ideas as they come in mind
16. _____ Sternberg’s approach P = intelligence test for very young children
18. _____ Army Beta R = one of the first adult intelligence tests
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Handout 15.1: Identity formation assignment
What is your current major?
How did you pick your major?
If you have had other majors, what made you switch?
How have parents or others (e.g., teachers) affected your choice of major?
How certain are you that you will continue with this major?
What do you plan to do with your major?
Do you follow any religious practices?
If yes, how did come to decide on this religion?
If no, why have you made this decision?
How did you decide to select your religion or to not follow any religious practices?
How have parents or others (e.g., teachers) affected you choice of religion?
How certain are you that you will continue with this religious identity?
Do you consider yourself a member of a political party?
If yes, how did you come to decide on this party?
If no, why have you made this decision?
How did you decide to select your party or to not follow any party practices?
How have parents or others (e.g., teachers) affected you choice of political party?
How certain are you that you will continue with this political identity?
Using the answers to these questions please write a 3- to 4-page paper linking your
responses to Marcia’s types of identity development found on pages 518–519 of the book.
Specifically, discuss your current academic career, religious, and political identity status
(i.e., which of Marcia’s types of identity statuses best describes your current level of
identity formation). In completing the assignment, realize that it is unlikely that you will
be in a state of identity achievement in all three of these areas. In fact, it is possible that
you may not be in a state of achievement in any of the areas! This is perfectly normal and
should not be cause for alarm.
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Handout 15.2: Modern cliques
Please think back to your days in middle- and high-school and use these memories to
describe 3 to 5 cliques that were found in your school. When describing these cliques,
please be as explicit as possible. This means that you should describe: 1) any
sex/race/ethnicity factors that might determine membership, 2) unique dress/clothing
worn by members, 3) unique interests of group members, 4) unique language issues, like
the use of certain words or phrases, and 5) how this group fit into the larger scheme (i.e.,
considered popular, losers). In picking your cliques, be sure to choose at least one that
might be unique to your school or geographic area.
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