PSY 375 COMPLETE CLASS

Course Topics & Objectives                                                                                            

Week One: Human Development: Basic Concepts, Methods, and Biological Beginnings

·         Explain the life span perspective of development.

·         Summarize theories of life span development.

·         Explain how heredity and the environment interact to produce individual differences in development

Week Two: Infancy and Early Childhood

·         Examine physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood.

·         Explain how families affect the development of infants and young children.

·         Evaluate the different parenting styles and their influence on development during infancy and early childhood.

·         Discuss early childhood education and its influence on cognitive development.

Week Three: Middle Childhood and Adolescence

·         Examine physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development in middle childhood and adolescence.

·         Describe changes in peer relationships in middle childhood and adolescence.

·         Examine aspects of adolescent egocentrism.

·         Analyze pressures often faced in adolescence, such as peer pressure, substance use and abuse, dating, sexuality, and changes within family relationships.

Week Four: Early and Middle Adulthood

·         Examine physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development in early and middle adulthood.

·         Evaluate the concept of emerging adulthood.

·         Examine early and middle adulthood development of an individual in relationship to their psychological adjustment to aging and life style.

·         Explore various roles acquired in early and middle adulthood.

Week Five: Late Adulthood and the End of Life

·         Examine physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development in late adulthood.

·         Analyze ageism and stereotypes associated with late adulthood.

·         Evaluate ways to promote continued wellness and mitigate declining health associated with aging.

·         Explore the ways in which death and dying are viewed at different points in human development and by different cultures.