Developmental Option (Revised March 2014)

All questions in the options are 22 marks questions.

General Framework

1. To what extent do biological factors influence development?2. To what extent do cognitive factors influence development?3. To what extent do sociocultural factors influence development?4. Evaluate psychological research (that is theories and/or studies)

relevant to developmental psychology.

Cognitive Development

5. Evaluate theories of cognitive development.6. Discuss how social and environmental variables may affect cognitive

development.

Social Development

7. Examine attachment in childhood and its role in the subsequent formation of relationships.

8. Discuss potential effects of deprivation or trauma in childhood on later development.

9. Explain two possible effects of deprivation in childhood on later development.

10. Define resilience. Discuss one strategy to build resilience.

Identity Development

11. Discuss the formation and development of gender roles.12. Explain cultural variations of gender roles.13. Describe adolescence.14. Discuss the relationship between physical change and

development of identity during adolescence.15. Examine psychological research into adolescence.