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Term Paper #2 Have you thought about the topic of your

autobiographical term paper?• What were notable events during your adolescent

years? Hair started growing on your palms? Ran out of Kleenex after stuffing your bra?

• What should you be processing or reflecting about? Killing the family cat? Continuing to look through key holes after teen success with looking into your sister’s.

When you have an idea, check the WEB—although I don’t want WEB references—and see what is there on that topic.

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Psychology 1230: Adolescence

Don Hartmann Fall 2005Lecture 2: ©Historical Perspectives

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Administrative Announcements The following A students from Spring term will be involved in grading

the essay portions of the midterm quizzes: Andrea Buckner, Jenna Evans, & Lukas Schafer

The following students do not have a functioning email address: Kyle Olson & Jonathan A Suarez. Please contact the Registration and Student Records website.

Discussion of handouts on “Autobiographical Term Paper” today Previously distributed handouts are located in Handout Folder

on my right Any problems getting into the class WEB site?

• www.psych.utah.edu/2005_fall_1230_001 If so, contact our webmaster, jensen@csbs.utah.edu

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More Administrative Announcements

You should be sitting in a different seat; meet the students seated around you.• What if you are very shy? How to do it?

• Why the hell should we care who is in this class? If you are possibly interested in being a class

TA, please fill out application form and get it to me! See amplification on the WEBsite and on the syllabus.

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Handout Summary Handout WEB

Date Date 1. Lect. 1a: Introduction 08/09 2. HO-Syllabus* 08/24 08/05 3. HO-Class Locator* 08/24 4. HO-Inform. Sheet* 08/24 08/05 5. HO-TA Application* 08/24 08/05 6. Lect. 1b: How to succeed 08/11 7. HO-Class Participation* 08/26 08/05 8. HO-WEB Discussions* 08/05 9. HO-Term Paper * 08/12 10. Lect. 2: Historical Perspect. 08/12

-----*Indicates handouts discussed in class.

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Hartmann Psychology 1230 Fall, 2005Psychology of Adolescence

Handout on Preparing Autobiographical Term PaperIntroduction

It is generally agreed that college students should be skillful in preparing written products. Yet it is not unusual for students to prepare badly written and uninformative term papers. The difficulty in preparing an adequate paper results from one or more of the following reasons:•selecting an inappropriate topic (or an appropriate topic but at a mistaken level of breadth or depth); •letting the assignment go to the last minute; •using poor search strategies; •employing poor writing skills; and •faulty proofreading…

Overview Autobiographical Analysis: Prepare a short paper (5-8 pages + cover + abstract + references + project evaluation), on some salient aspect of your adolescent social behavior/personality, relating this aspect to one theory of social development (e.g., Bandura, Erickson, or Freud) and at least 2 published studies…

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TERM PAPER EVALUATION FORM___CONTENT (0-40) Comments:

___introduction: sensible selection of social behavior (0-5)___theory (0-5)___evidence cited (0-5)___logic or analysis (0-10)___integration of personal experiences, theory, & research findings (0-10)___conclusion (0-5)

____STRUCTURE (0-22) Comments:___cover sheet (0-2)___abstract (0-2)___facts adequately referenced (0-2)___appropriate length (0-5)___paper edited, edits included, & identified (0-6)___evaluation of assignment included (0-5)

____WRITING (0-29) Comments:___proofreading (0-5)___spelling, grammar, and construction (0-10)___body citations (0-2)___quotes (0-2)___organization (0-10)

____REFERENCES (0-8) Comments:___number & relevance (0-5)___form (0-3)

____OTHER (0-8) (e.g. clever, funny, early, self-disclosing, unusually well written, uses illustrations or poetry)

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Lecture Overview Introduction

• Definitions• Prevalence• Ragged Boundaries

Early History: G. Stanley Hall Hall’s Ideas—used to illustrate

important developmental issues Next Time:

• Lecture #3: Developmental• Very brief discussion of handout on “Supplemental

Project #1”

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Supplementary ReferencesNote how these references are written!Alphabetized; hanging style; no first names, only initials;

publication year following the name; title of book or journal in italic; only the first word of title in upper case—with the exception of proper names

Hall, G. S. (1904). Adolescence: Its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion and education: Vol. 1 & 2. New York: D. Appleton. Ross, D. (1972). G. Stanley Hall. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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Supplementary ReferencesNote how these references are written!

Hall, G. S. (1904). Adolescence: its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion and education: Vol. 1 & 2. New York: D. Appleton.

Ross, D. (1972). G. Stanley Hall. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Hanging Indent

No first names,

only initials

Only first letter of first

word in upper case

Title in Italics

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Introduction

Adolescence: From the Latin, adolescere=to grow

into adulthood A transition stage of development between

late childhood and early adulthood—how to define?

How many are there? USA population is about 290,000,000 and 15-20% are adolescents (depending on the precise defining limits)—how to define?

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How to Define?

Inventionist Position Many approaches: E.g., biological,

cognitive, social Ragged (varying) boundaries produced

by differing definitions

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Some Defining Dimensions When Adolescence

Dimension Begins End Biological Onset of Puberty Capable Sexual Reproduct. Emotional Begins Parent Detach. Attain Separate Identity Cognitive Emergence Adv. Reason. Consolidate Advanced

Reason. Interpersonal Shift from Par. to Peers Intimacy with Peers Educational Entrance Junior High Completion of Schooling

Legal Attain Juvenile Status Attain Majority Status

• Age: 13 Age: 20

Cultural Enter Rite of Passage Complete Rite of Passage

Training

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A Little History

Why? The turn of the century: G.

Stanley Hall, the father of the scientific approach to the study of adolescents.

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Hall’s Contributions & Prat Falls: Introduction

Authored Adolescence….(1904) First US citizen to receive PhD in

philosophy on a topic in psychology First President of American

Psychological Association (APA). Why so sad looking? Like us all, Hall’s ideas were a

product of his time

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Hall’s Important Ideas

Where did they come from?• German Romanticism—Germany is where he took his

advanced training

• Darwin—with emphasis on biological evolution

• Victorian Morality

What were they?• Saltatory growth (growth in stages)

• Emphasis on biology (nature)

• Sturm und drang (storm and stress)

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Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny?

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Saltatory Growth: I

Synonym: Stage-like growth; abrupt, discontinuous

Metaphor: caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly Important representatives:

• Piaget: Stags of cognitive development

• Freud: Stages of psychosexual development

• Kohlberg: Stages of moral development

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Saltatory Growth: II Illustration Dangers—of premature

stage attribution: Leads us to (expect)

• greater change between ages than is found

• greater uniformity within ages than is found

• make incorrect causal explanations (circular reasoning)

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Alternative Growth Model: Growth as continuous

Examples: Weight Theoretical

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• Bandura’s Social Leaning/Social Cognitive Theory

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Stage vs. Continuous

How to Resolve Uncertainties??Longitudinal Study, with frequent

data-gathering over critical time period with focus on individual growth curves

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Emphasis on Nature, rather than Nurture

Hall, with his background in Darwinism, emphasized nature

Nature (rough synonyms: genes, maturation, biology)

Versus Nurture (experience, culture, training)

In the history of psychology, constant tension between the two

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Summary Introduction: Definitions, prevalence, &

boundaries Early History: G. Stanley Hall Hall’s Ideas—used to illustrate important

developmental issues: Saltatory Growth Next:

• Heredity versus environment; storm & stress; etc. (Lecture #3: Developmental Issues)

• Brief discussion of handout on Supplemental Project #1

Go in Peace!