This course explores individual behavior across the lifespan, from conception to old age. It examines determinants of psychological growth, including motor, social, emotional, intellectual, language, and personality development. The course covers physical, intellectual, moral, emotional, personality, and social development from conception through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and the process of dying. The course emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative changes throughout the lifespan, as well as factors contributing to human diversity and individual uniqueness.
Prerequisites
PSY 101 with a grade of “C” or higher
1. Distinguish between current and historical scientific approaches utilized in human development research.
2. Evaluate major theories of social development.
3. Summarize the historical development and research methodologies of developmental psychology.
4. Identify major theoretical perspectives that have shaped the field of developmental psychology.
5. Explain the genetic foundations of human development.
6. Outline the stages of prenatal, birth, and neonatal development.
7. Describe the physical, cognitive, language, and psychosocial developmental stages during infancy.
8. Differentiate the developmental stages of preschool children from those of infants, and identify key milestones from ages 2 to 6 years.
9. Characterize physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development during middle childhood.
10. Identify psychosocial developmental stages during adolescence.
11. Recognize physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development in early adulthood and distinguish them from those in middle and late adulthood.
12. Define the stages of the full life cycle.