Developmental Psychology

Students will learn the concepts, principles, theories and applications associated with the study of the life span, birth through death. Emphasis areas include genetics, prenatal development, childbirth, infancy, toddlerhood, early and middle childhood, adolescence, and early, middle and late adulthood, as well as death and dying. Overarching ideas throughout different time periods of the life span will be studied, and knowledge of how development during one period may affect later periods will be learned. 
 

After completing this course, you will be able to: 

• Recognize and apply the concepts related to the study of life span development.  

• Recall and interpret the research methods in the study of and theoretical foundations for life span developmental psychology.  
• Identify basic concepts of genetics. 
• Compare, contrast, and categorize the cognitive, biosocial, and psychosocial development of the developing human through the life span. 
• Distinguish and identify issues encountered by the developing human through the life span. 
• Identify and apply the conception of death and dying across the life span and in different cultures, and the grieving process, rituals, and customs that accompany death and dying. 

Title: Essentials of Life-Span Development, 7th Edition (2024 Release), by Santrock, John W, McGraw-Hill Education

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Simply Psychology

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Khan Academy

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