PSYC1210 — Lifespan Development
PSYC 1210 - Lifespan Development PSYC 1210 - Lifespan Development 4 Credits Presents an introduction to the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of development across the lifespan. Explores the research and theories relevant to the psychological study of human development from conception to death. Applies these issues to general and clinical populations. PSYC 1101 recommended. Major Content Areas Current Topics and Trends (20%) Introduction to Developmental Psychology: Tenets of Developmental Science (5%) Theoretical Perspectives: Major Historical and Current Developmental Theories (10%) Death and Dying: Developmental Perspectives, Facing Death, Care for The Dying, Grief, and Mourning (5%) Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-emotional Development in Infancy, Early and Middle Childhood, Adolescence, and Emerging, Early, Middle, and Late Adulthood (40%) Prenatal Development: Major Changes and Hazards (5%) Non-Experimental Research; Developmental Research Designs; Ethics (5%) Nature and Nurture: Mechanisms of Heredity, Genetic and Chromosomal Disorders, Interplay of Heredity and Environment (5%) Birth and the Newborn (5%) Learning