The Impact of Diversity Discussion

explore how diversity shapes and influences cognitive and social-emotional developmental processes.

RESOURCES

Bailey, R. (2005). Physical development and growth Links to an external site.. In Neil J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development (pp. 1001p07).

Harris, Y. R. (2005). Cognitive development Links to an external site.. In Neil J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development (pp. 275¸0).

• Susskind, J. (2005). Social development Links to an external site.. In Neil J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development (pp. 1191q97).

Jensen, L. A. (2012). Bridging universal and cultural perspectives: A vision for developmental psychology in a global world Links to an external site.. Child Development Perspectives, 6(1), 98p4. doi:10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00213.
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To prepare for this Discussion:

Review and consider the same fictional human character from your Discussion 1 for this week.

Also, consider only the cognitive and social-emotional developmental processes and how diversity* shapes and influences these processes.

*Diversity includes but is not limited to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, etc. It is not the same as adversity, which refers to a difficulty or tragedy in oneàlife.

Think about the kinds of attitudes and behaviors that might be generated from someone who grew up in a collectivist society, which is common in Asian cultures, compared to the attitudes of someone who grew up in an individualistic society, such as that found in the United States.

• Post a 1- to 2-sentence description of the fictional human character (i.e., cartoon character, film/TV character, virtual character) you selected. Then, explain how diversity might shape and influence his/her cognitive and social-emotional developmental processes.