Assignment:
Bullying
Prior to completing this discussion, please read Section 15.5 in your textbook and the Parental Characteristics Associated with Bullying Perpetration in US Children Aged 10 to 17 Years article, and watch the Bullying exerts psychiatric effects into adulthood Also, review the information from about Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory and the Understanding Bullying fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site. At least two of these sources should be cited in your original post.
Utilize Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory to address the topic of motivations for and influences on bullying. In your initial post of a minimum of 300 words, complete the following:
• Using each of the five systems in Bronfenbrenner's theory, describe how a child's environment (including family, school, and community) might predispose the child to bullying.
o For example, within a person's microsystem are the parents. How might parents be an influencing factor on whether or not a child is prone to bullying?
• Find and report (with proper citation) one current statistic on the factors influencing school bullying behaviors. Does this statistic seem to follow the same trend supported by Bronfenbrenner's theory? If not, explain how it challenges the theory.
• Finally, provide one unique solution to reduce or completely end bullying.
In your responses, consider and comment on the probability and logistics of your classmate's bullying solution. Provide additional unique insights to either the causes or prevention of bullying behaviors based on information from the textbook or the Shetgiri, Lin, Avila, and Flores (2012) article, and/or ask further questions about their response to encourage them to think of different points of view and reflect on their statements in another way. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in this discussion forum. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Day 7, and respond with robust dialogue to anyone who replies to your initial post.
Assignment
Psychosocial Development Activities
Prior to completing this assignment, read and Section 14.1 and 14.5 in your textbook and read The Development of Adolescent Social Cognition.
The purpose of this assignment is for you to continue working on elements that will become part of your Community Center Proposal Final Project. This week, you will be creating three activities that will become part of the infant room, early childhood room, and adolescent room of your center that address psychosocial development.
Using Erikson's and/or Kohlberg's theories of psychosocial and moral development, you will continue to build your Community Center Proposal by identifying activities that promotes psychosocial development.
Focus on the primary developmental tasks of each age period. For each of the three activities, write a paragraph that addresses the following:
• Describe the age appropriate activity in some detail as it relates to developmental theory (provide more than just the name of the activity).
• Identify the specific concept from psychosocial theory that supports the use of this activity.
• Identify how the activity enhances psychosocial development (this can be emotional, cultural, and moral development) in the child and adolescent.
The Psychosocial Development Activities paper
• Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center's APA Style.