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Dec 21, 2024
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SS 462 - Developmental Psychology3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
The course surveys human development for the entire lifespan beginning with prenatal development. Major theories, research, and issues related to biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial growth are examined and the interplay of these three domains is considered. Emphasis is placed on understanding the student’s own developmental past, present, and future.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Describe development from the perspectives of biosocial, cognitive and psychosocial growth as an ongoing set of processes involving both continuity and change
• Evaluate developmental growth through the perspectives of the major theories of development (cognitive, learning, humanistic, and psychoanalytic)
• Gain a greater understanding of their own developmental past, present, and future
• Increase their awareness of the ways in which social, political, and cultural trends affect individuals
• More effectively evaluate their own personal behavior through the developmental process
Prerequisites by Topic
• None
Course Topics
• Developmental psychology overview: definitions; scope; biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial perspectives; controversial issues; research methodology (2 classes)
• Theories of development (1 class)
• Prenatal development and birth (2 classes)
• The first two years (3 classes)
• The play years (3 classes)
• The school years (3 classes)
• Adolescence (3 classes)
• Early adulthood (3 classes)
• Middle adulthood (3 classes)
• Late adulthood (3 classes)
• Exams (2 classes)
Coordinator
Alicia Domack
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