PSY 250 Developmental Psychology: Childhood

A study of the major frameworks of child development and child psychology. Topics to be covered include principles of development, prenatal development and birth, infancy, attachment and separation, early experience, deprivation and plasticity, cognitive development, language development, styles of parenting, maladaptive parenting, pro-social behavior and moral development, and gender typing and identity. Emphasis on the reciprocal influence of parents and children in the family setting. Prerequisite: successful completion of PSY 110 or PSY 111 with a C or better. Spring (L11)