What Topics Do Developmental Psychologists Study?
Discussion Assignment 1:
Objective:\u00a0Familiarize yourself with a contemporary (living) developmental psychologist whose work interests you.
Original Post Due Wednesday July 07 by 11:59 pm.\u00a0
For this assignment your task is to do a tiny bit of research on a contemporary (living) developmental psychologist whose work interests you and write a 300-500 word discussion post where you answer a few questions about this individual\u2019s work.
Pick a university and go to their psychology departments webpage.What is the name of the university?\u00a0 <\/p>\n
What are some of the different topics that faculty from their\u00a0developmental psychology or human development department\u00a0study?
Pick one developmental psychologist or human development expert from the university. Who are they?\u00a0Name\u00a0 <\/p>\n
What is the main focus of his\/her work?
Lookup one of his\/her published articles in google scholar. Hint: click\u00a0here\u00a0(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.\u00a0and enter his\/her name into the search box.\u00a0
Read the article abstract (e.g., the paragraph that sums up the articles background, methods, statistical results, and outcome). What was the topic of this article?
What did the researcher\/psychologist find?
What interests you about this person\u2019s work and why (be specific)?
How do you think this work is relevant to your life (this can be more broad, discuss why you think this person’s work might be important)?
2 Replies Due Friday 07\/09 by 11:59pm.\u00a0
Look up the psychologist that 2 of your classmates chose. For each psychologist, provide a 150 word reply with your own thoughts of this person’s research.
What might interest you about this person’s work?
Why do you think this person’s work might be important or relevant to your life?\u00a0
Be sure to post replies to 2 of your classmates.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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