Question: Part 1: Cognitive, physical, and social-emotional developmental processes influence and interact with one another. For example, a child's ability to consider another person's perspective will, in part, determine the quality of friendships and how long they are maintained. An adult who is physically mature has the cognitive capacity to weigh the pros and cons of becoming sexually active. Keep in mind that the relative importance of cognitive, physical, and social-emotional developmental processes may vary depending upon the age of the individual (e.g., infant, adolescent, young adult, older adult) and any physical or developmental challenges that may arise.

For this Discussion, you will examine cognitive, physical, and social-emotional processes at a specific period of a character's life.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Select a fictional human character (i.e., cartoon character, film/TV character, virtual character) and consider an important event or period of time in the life of the character and the developmental processes during this event/period of time.

• Select two of the three developmental processes (i.e., cognitive, physical, and social-emotional) to describe.

Part 2: • 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 one's life.

• 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.