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11 Chapters in Human Growth & Development Studies for Teachers: Professional Development

1. Theoretical Approaches to Human Growth and Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3512].percentComplete }}%)

2. Research Methods and the Study of Human Growth and Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3511].percentComplete }}%)

3. Genetic Influences on Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3510].percentComplete }}%)

4. Biological Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3509].percentComplete }}%)

5. Sensory and Perceptual Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[9121].percentComplete }}%)

6. Cognition and Cognitive Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3508].percentComplete }}%)

7. Creativity and Intelligence Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3507].percentComplete }}%)

8. Language Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3506].percentComplete }}%)

9. Social Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3505].percentComplete }}%)

10. Social Relationship Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3503].percentComplete }}%)

11. Atypical Development ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3504].percentComplete }}%)

11 chapters in Human Growth & Development Studies for Teachers: Professional Development

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Ch 1. Theoretical Approaches to Human Growth and Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3512].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Gender Differences: The Nature Versus Nurture Debate			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1846].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1846].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Human Growth and Development Theories			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5300].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5300].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory on Instincts, Motivation, Personality & Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5301].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5301].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Theory & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[74].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[74].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Freud and Erikson's Approaches to Psychoanalytic Theory: Differences & Analysis			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5302].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5302].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Classical Conditioning vs. Operant Conditioning: Differences and Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5303].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5303].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Albert Bandura: Social-Cognitive Theory and Vicarious Learning			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1850].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1850].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1829].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1829].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory of Development: Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5489].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5489].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Evolutionary Theory's Applications to Learning			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5304].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5304].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Gottlieb's Epigenetic Psychobiological Systems Perspective: Concepts & Definitions			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5305].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5305].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 2. Research Methods and the Study of Human Growth and Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3511].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Scientific Method Applications to Human Growth and Development Research			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7044].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7044].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Data Collection Methods for Human Growth and Development Research			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7045].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7045].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - The True Experimental Research Design			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12522].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12522].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Research Designs: Quasi-Experimental, Case Studies & Correlational Research Designs			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12523].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12523].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - The Importance of Understanding Research Methodology			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12524].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12524].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - The Purpose of Descriptive Statistics in Human Growth and Development Research			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12525].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12525].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 3. Genetic Influences on Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3510].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - The Genetic Code: Influence of Mitosis, Meiosis & Crossing Over			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13469].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13469].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Determination of Sex and Identical vs. Fraternal Twins			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13470].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13470].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - The Influence of Single Gene-Pair Inheritance on Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13140].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13140].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - The Influence of Sex-Linked and Polygenic Inheritance on Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13141].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13141].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Genetic Abnormalities in Human Growth and Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12903].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12903].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Is Intelligence Genetic? - Genes' Influence on Intellectual Abilities			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12904].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12904].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Is Personality Genetic? - DNA's Influence on Temperament			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12905].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12905].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Genetic Influence on Psychological Disorders			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12906].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12906].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 4. Biological Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3509].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Prenatal Stages and Development: Germinal, Embryonic & Fetal Period			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7016].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7016].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Principles of Growth and Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7017].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7017].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Prenatal Stages of Brain Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7018].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7018].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - The Prenatal Environment and Hazards to Healthy Prenatal Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7019].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7019].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - The Impact of Mother's Emotional and Physical State on the Prenatal Environment			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7020].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7020].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - The Perinatal Environment and Potential Hazards During the Birth Process			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7021].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7021].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - The Neonatal Environment: Definition & Apgar Test			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7022].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7022].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - The Newborn: Capabilities, Growth, and Developmental Milestones			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7023].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7023].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Sexual Development and Maturation of the Adolescent			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7024].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7024].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Physical, Psychological and Emotional Changes in Adults			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7025].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7025].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 5. Sensory and Perceptual Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[9121].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - The Sensitive Periods of Development: Birth to Age 6			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9122].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9122].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Infant Perceptual Development and the Five Senses			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9123].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9123].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - The Role of Attention in Perceptual Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9124].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9124].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Aging and Sensory Perception: Changes in Sensory Thresholds			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9125].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9125].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - The Gestalt Theory and Perceptual Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12007].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12007].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Sensory Deprivation: The Impact on Human Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9126].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9126].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 6. Cognition and Cognitive Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3508].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Attention as Part of Cognitive Development: Definition & Process			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13320].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13320].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - What is Information Processing? - Definition & Stages			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13322].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13322].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - The Role of Play in Cognitive Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13323].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13323].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Cognitive Development in Infants: Object Permanence & Sensorimotor Periods			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13324].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13324].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13325].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13325].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Lev Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1832].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1832].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Memory and Information Processing Over Time			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13593].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13593].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Knowledge and Change in Intelligence Over Time			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13332].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13332].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 7. Creativity and Intelligence Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3507].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - What is Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences?			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[44].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[44].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12741].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12741].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Perkins' Theory of Learnable Intelligence			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12742].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12742].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - IQ: Environmental and Genetic Influences			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11989].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11989].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Infant Creativity and Intelligence			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11990].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11990].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Child Creativity and Intelligence			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11991].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11991].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Creativity and Intelligence in Adolescence			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11992].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11992].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Adult Creativity and Intelligence: Changes with Age			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11993].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11993].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 8. Language Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3506].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Stages of Language Development: Pre-Linguistic and Symbolic Language			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9127].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9127].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - The Effects of Environment and Culture on Language Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9128].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9128].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - The Nativist Perspective and Language Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9129].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9129].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 9. Social Development {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[3505].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Social Development Theories in Human Growth and Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11682].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11682].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Social Development of Infants: Stages of Self and Temperament			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11683].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11683].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Social Development of Children: Self-Esteem			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11684].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11684].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Social Development of Adolescents: Identity			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11685].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11685].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Social Development of Adults: Self Concept			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11686].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11686].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Levinson's Stages of Adult Development Theory			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11687].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11687].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Understanding the Impact of Gender Differences in Social Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11688].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11688].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - The Different Theories of Moral Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11689].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11689].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Dodge's Social Information-Processing Model: The Five Stages			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11690].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11690].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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	Lesson 1 - Attachment Theory: Definition & Criticism of Bowlby & Ainsworth's Theories			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3520].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3520].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - The Strange Situation Test: Ainsworth's Attachment Theory for Infants			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3513].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3513].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Infant Attachment Theory: 4 Stages of Parent-Infant Attachment			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3514].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3514].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Attachment Styles: Positive/Negative, Fearful, Secure & More			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3521].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3521].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Family System Theory: Definition and Changes Over Time			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3522].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3522].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Impact of Parenting Styles on Different Styles of Learners			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1864].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1864].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - The Family Cycle & Adult Development: Marriage, Parenthood & the Empty Nest			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3515].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3515].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - The Impact of Abuse and Neglect on Child Growth & Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3516].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3516].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Theories of Aging and Death: Programmed Theories vs. Damage Theories			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3517].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3517].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - What Are the Stages of Dying? - Overview of Kubler-Ross's 5 Stages			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3518].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3518].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Grief and Bereavement: Patterns of Bereavement & Stages of Grief			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3519].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3519].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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	Lesson 1 - Abnormal Human Development: Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7037].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7037].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Classification & Diagnosis of Psychological Disorders			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[98].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[98].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - What Are Social Norms? Definition & Examples in Infants, Children & Adults			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7038].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7038].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Developmental Abnormalities in Children: Effects & Impacts on Learning			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7039].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7039].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Behavioral Characteristics of Children with Asperger Syndrome			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1874].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1874].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Definition of ADHD			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1872].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1872].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Advanced Cognitive Development and Renzulli's Triad			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1877].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1877].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Mood Disorders: Depression, Dysthymic Disorder & Bipolar Disorder			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[100].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[100].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) & Eating Disorders: Definition & Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[105].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[105].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Phobias & Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[99].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[99].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Substance Abuse & Substance Dependence: Definition & Characteristics			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[103].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[103].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - Developmental Abnormalities in Adults: Effects & Social Concerns			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7040].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7040].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 13 - Dementia and Alzheimer's: Differences & Impact on Aging			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7041].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7041].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 14 - Chronic Illness & Physical Disabilities: Effects on Human Development			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7042].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7042].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 15 - Different Types of Mental Disabilities: Definitions & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7043].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7043].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Day	Chapter	What You'll Learn
Day 1	Chapter 1	Theoretical Approaches to Human Growth and Development (nature vs. nurture, Erikson's Stages of Identity Formation, classical vs. operant conditioning, Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development)
Day 2	Chapter 2 Chapter 3	Research Methods and the Study of Human Growth and Development (the scientific method, experimental research design, descriptive statistics) Genetic Influences on Development (the genetic code, genetic abnormalities, the impact of genetics on personality and intelligence)
Day 3	Chapter 4 Chapter 5	Biological Development (prenatal development, hazards during birth, the Apgar test, development in adolescents and adults) Sensory and Perceptual Development (development in infants and children, habituation, sensory thresholds, sensory deprivation)
Day 4	Chapter 6 Chapter 7	Cognition and Cognitive Development (attention, the role of play, information processing over time, guided participation) Creativity and Intelligence Development (multiple intelligences, theories of intelligence, influences on IQ)
Day 5	Chapter 8 Chapter 9	Language Development (stages, the nativist perspective) Social Development (social development in infants and children, theories of moral development, information-processing model)
Day 6	Chapter 10	Social Relationship Development (attachment theory, the impact of neglect and abuse, aging and death, stages of grief)
Day 7	Chapter 11	Atypical Development (what is abnormal development, types of disorders, treatments)
Day 8	Final Exam	Take the practice final exam to see what you've mastered and make sure you are ready to earn credit for human growth and development

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Human Growth & Development Studies for Teachers: Professional Development

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11 chapters in Human Growth & Development Studies for Teachers: Professional Development

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Course Plan for Earning Credit in Less Than Two Weeks

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