PSY 422 Child Psychology (SS)

This course discusses the issues of children's biological and psychosocial development, relationship, and culture in a social context. It addresses topics such as physical, cognitive, social, and intellectual growth, language acquisition, family and peers, popularity, impact of mass media and culture on child's development.

Credits

5

Outcomes

1. This course will prepare students to:
2. Assess the relationship between heredity and environment in human development.
3. Discuss the role of language acquisition in child and pre-adolescent development.
4. Discuss moral and social development of children and pre-adolescents.
5. Describe various perspectives of cognitive development of children and pre-adolescents.
6. Trace the physical, cognitive, and social development of children and pre-adolescents.
7. Compare and contrast various theories of child and pre-adolescent development.