LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT

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IDeveloped and Produced by the Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) of the American Psychological Association, December 2012LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENTa six-unit lesson plan for high school psychology teachersSusan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherstiv Life Span DeveLopmenta six-unit lesson plan for high school psychology teachersThis unit is a revision of the original TOPSS Unit Lesson Plan on DEVELOPMENT , originally prepared by Lynne Fellers, Nancy Grayson, Michael Sullivan, and Martha Whitacre and edited by Charles T. Blair-Broeker at the Texas A&M-NSF Summer Institute for the Teaching of AP and Honors Psychology in July unit is aligned to the following content standards of the National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula (APA, 2011):Standard Area: Life Span DevelopmentContent Standards:After concluding this unit, students understand:1.

the nervous system, which may be affected negatively by maternal illness early in pregnancy. B. Critical periods can also involve the development of sensory abilities, such as depth perception in early infancy. Ex AMPLE —Early infancy, during which the attachment bond is developed, is an example of a critical period in social/personality ...

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