Теория и научный метод в возрастной психологии. Горчакова Е.П - 9 стр.

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UNIT 2
LEAD-IN
1. Which of the following is true about theories to explain life-span
development?
a) if the theorists keep working they will eventually come up with
one theory that explains development
b) cognitive, psychoanalytic, and humanistic theories have nothing
in common and can never be reconciled
c) The theories proposed should be thought of as complementary
rather than competitive
d) one theory from biology, one theory from cognitive psychology,
and one theory from social psychology are all enough to explain
development
READING
Find the meaning of the following words in the dictionary and guess
the main issues of the text.
to crop up undertaking challenging
to rethink landscape multifaced
to keep from awareness frustrated
to account for mind complementary
to disagree about demand contradictory
to be colored by branch
to be highlighted decision
to sense conscience
to resolve constraints
to alert pursuit
to push out
to emerge
to deal with
Read the text and find the words given above in it.
TEXT
The diversity of theories makes understanding life-span development a
challenging undertaking. Just when you think one theory has the correct
explanation of life-span development, another theory crops up and makes you
rethink your earlier conclusion. To keep from getting frustrated, remember that
life-span development is a complex, multifaceted topic and no single theory has
been able to account for all aspects of it. Each theory has contributed an
important piece to the life-span development puzzle. While the theories
sometimes disagree about certain aspects of life-span development, much of their 
                                UNIT 2
LEAD-IN
1. Which of the following is true about theories to explain life-span
   development?
   a) if the theorists keep working they will eventually come up with
      one theory that explains development
   b) cognitive, psychoanalytic, and humanistic theories have nothing
      in common and can never be reconciled
   c) The theories proposed should be thought of as complementary
      rather than competitive
   d) one theory from biology, one theory from cognitive psychology,
      and one theory from social psychology are all enough to explain
      development

READING
Find the meaning of the following words in the dictionary and guess
the main issues of the text.
 to crop up                  undertaking              challenging
 to rethink                  landscape                multifaced
 to keep from                awareness                frustrated
 to account for              mind                     complementary
 to disagree about           demand                   contradictory
 to be colored by            branch
 to be highlighted           decision
 to sense                    conscience
 to resolve                  constraints
 to alert                    pursuit
 to push out
 to emerge
 to deal with

Read the text and find the words given above in it.

TEXT
       The diversity of theories makes understanding life-span development a
challenging undertaking. Just when you think one theory has the correct
explanation of life-span development, another theory crops up and makes you
rethink your earlier conclusion. To keep from getting frustrated, remember that
life-span development is a complex, multifaceted topic and no single theory has
been able to account for all aspects of it. Each theory has contributed an
important piece to the life-span development puzzle. While the theories
sometimes disagree about certain aspects of life-span development, much of their

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