Export

General Information

Number: SS.912.P.6

Title: Development and Learning Domain/Life Span Development

Type: Standard

Subject: Social Studies

Grade: 912

Strand: Psychology

Related Benchmarks

This cluster includes the following benchmarks

Code	Description
SS.912.P.6.1:	Explain the interaction of environmental and biological factors in development, including the role of the brain in all aspects of development.
SS.912.P.6.2:	Explain issues of continuity/discontinuity and stability/change.
SS.912.P.6.3:	Distinguish methods used to study development.
SS.912.P.6.4:	Describe the role of sensitive and critical periods in development.
SS.912.P.6.5:	Discuss issues related to the end of life.
SS.912.P.6.6:	Discuss theories of cognitive development.
SS.912.P.6.7:	Discuss theories of moral development.
SS.912.P.6.8:	Discuss theories of social development.
SS.912.P.6.9:	Describe physical development from conception through birth and identify influences on prenatal development.
SS.912.P.6.10:	Describe newborns’ reflexes, temperament, and abilities.
SS.912.P.6.11:	Describe physical and motor development in infancy.
SS.912.P.6.12:	Describe how infant perceptual abilities and intelligence develop.
SS.912.P.6.13:	Describe the development of attachment and the role of the caregiver.
SS.912.P.6.14:	Describe the development of communication and language in infancy.
SS.912.P.6.15:	Describe physical and motor development in childhood.
SS.912.P.6.16:	Describe how memory and thinking ability develops in childhood.
SS.912.P.6.17:	Describe social, cultural, and emotional development through childhood.
SS.912.P.6.18:	Identify major physical changes in adolescence.
SS.912.P.6.19:	Describe the development of reasoning and morality in adolescence.
SS.912.P.6.20:	Describe identity formation in adolescence.
SS.912.P.6.21:	Discuss the role of family and peers in adolescent development.
SS.912.P.6.22:	Identify major physical changes associated with adulthood and aging.
SS.912.P.6.23:	Describe cognitive changes in adulthood and aging.
SS.912.P.6.24:	Discuss social, cultural, and emotional issues in aging.

Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Points

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
SS.912.P.6.AP.1a:	Identify an environmental factor in development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.1b:	Identify a biological factor in development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.1c:	Recognize an interaction between environmental and biological factors in development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.1d:	Identify a role of the brain in an aspect of development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.2a:	Recognize an issue of continuity/discontinuity.
SS.912.P.6.AP.2b:	Recognize an issue of stability/change.
SS.912.P.6.AP.3:	Recognize a method used to study development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.4a:	Recognize the role of sensitive periods in development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.4b:	Recognize the role of critical periods in development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.5:	Recognize an issue related to the end of life.
SS.912.P.6.AP.6:	Recognize a theory of cognitive development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.7:	Recognize a theory of moral development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.8:	Recognize a theory of social development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.9a:	Identify a stage of physical development from conception through birth.
SS.912.P.6.AP.9b:	Recognize an influence on prenatal development.
SS.912.P.6.AP.10a:	Identify a newborn’s reflex.
SS.912.P.6.AP.10b:	Recognize a characteristic of temperament of a newborn.
SS.912.P.6.AP.11a:	Recognize a characteristic of physical development in infancy.
SS.912.P.6.AP.11b:	Recognize a characteristic of motor development in infancy.
SS.912.P.6.AP.12a:	Recognize an infant perceptual ability.
SS.912.P.6.AP.12b:	Recognize a characteristic of infant intelligence.
SS.912.P.6.AP.13a:	Identify a type of attachment.
SS.912.P.6.AP.13b:	Recognize the role of the caregiver in the development of attachment.
SS.912.P.6.AP.14a:	Recognize a characteristic of communication in infancy.
SS.912.P.6.AP.14b:	Recognize a characteristic of language in infancy.
SS.912.P.6.AP.15a:	Recognize a stage of physical development in childhood.
SS.912.P.6.AP.15b:	Recognize a stage of motor development in childhood.
SS.912.P.6.AP.16:	Recognize memory and thinking ability development in childhood.