Psychology of the Life Span

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This course explores the entire lifespan, including infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death. Students will study and evaluate psychological, sociological, and biological theories and facts related to human development. Physical, social, emotional, intellectual, cognitive and moral development are among the topics covered. Students will study and evaluate research methodologies and the many factors thought to influence healthy development. This course explores the entire lifespan, including infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death. Students will study and evaluate psychological, sociological, and biological theories and facts related to human development. Physical, social, emotional, intellectual, cognitive and moral development are among the topics covered. Students will study and evaluate research methodologies and the many factors thought to influence healthy development. This course explores human development across the lifespan from conception to death. Students will learn about the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur throughout human life, as well as important milestones that underlie typical development. Topics in this course are addressed using classic developmental psychology theories and research in the field. Topics in this course include prenatal development, language development, social skills and interpersonal relationships, identity formation, environmental influences on development, cognitive growth and decline, parenting, retirement, and dying.