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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.
