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.
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