Week 12 - Lifespan Theories - Attachment

Session 22 - Lifespan Theories - Emotional Development (Attachment)

Recap the main points / concepts from last session - Perceptual Development / Gibson's Visual Cliff.

Move onto the relevant PowerPoint concerned with Emotional Development - specifically attachment theory.

Important concepts covered in the PowerPoint include:

• Attachment Theory - main ideas associated with the theory;
• John Bowlby's Theory of Attachment;
• Mary Ainsworth's Theory of Attachment;

Use the 184 - 194 of the textbook to complete the flow chart on attachment, the theories outlined above and the key points associated with the theories.

Students are to read 184 - 194 and complete Learning Activity 5.10 in their workbooks.

Session 23 -  Lifespan Theories - Emotional Development (Attachment)

Recap the main points / concepts from last session - Attachment Theory (Bowlby & Ainsworth).

Move onto the relevant PowerPoint concerned with Attachment Theory - more specifically Harlow's Monkey Experiments.

Important concepts covered in the PowerPoint include:

• Harlow's Experiment / Research Findings;
• Deconstruct his Experimental Design.

Specifically look at the use of animals in research - a focus on the ethical issues surrounding this process. Undertake the class debate on using animals in research - break of into groups => for and against and complete the activity.

Session 24 -  Lifespan Theories - Emotional Development (Attachment)

This session involves revising and recapping what has been covered in previous sessions concerning attachment.

Students are to place the pros and cons of the use of animals in research in their workbooks.

Move onto completing a flow chart of Harlow's Monkey Experiments and a mind map of Attachment - that includes:

• Ainsworth - dates, indicator of attachment, types of attachment and types of insecure attachment;
• Bowlby - dates, characteristics of attachment, attachment target definition, reasons for attachment;
• Harlow - dates, hypothesis of experiment and generalisations of the experiment.

This work must be completed by the next session. 

Week 11 - Lifespan Psychology and Lifespan Theories

Session 19 - Lifespan Development Psychology (Early Adulthood, Middle Age and Older Age)

Recap the key points from last session - Childhood and Adolescence, and move onto the next life stages with the group.

Continue to run through the PowerPoint looking at the key concepts - specifically the theories of continuous and discontinuous growth.


Session 20 - Lifespan Development Psychology (Nature V Nurture)

Recap the specific ideas discussed last session - revising all of the life stages looked at in previous sessions.

Move onto the hereditary and environmental factors that shape our psychological and physical development. Specifically look at 'The Kellog's and Gua's' research into the influence of nature versus nurture on the individual.

Students are to read through pages 151 – 176 of the textbook and complete the following in your Learning Activities in their workbook:

• 4.4, 4.12
• Chapter 4 Test – All of the Multiple Choice and Short Answer 

Session 21 - Lifespan Theories - Developmental Theories

Students begin a new unit of work on the developmental theories associated with lifespan development - the first that they will look at is Gibson's Theory of Perceptual Development.

Students begin looking at what the idea of a theory is - specifically look at the diagram on page 178. Discuss the main ideas as a class.

Move onto Gibson's Theory of Perceptual Development - explain the research and the key findings of the visual cliff experiment. Run through the PowerPoint with the class - including watching the appropriate video clips.


Students are to read through pages 179 – 183 of the textbook and complete the following in your Learning Activity in their workbook:

• 5.1