Psychology of Youths' Close Relationships

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Prerequisites: PSYCH 1003 and enrolled in the Psychology BA, Collaborative Psychology Degree Program. This course will provide an examination of the close, interpersonal relationships humans typically encounter and create over the first two and a half decades of life and the ways in which they influence youth development and well-being. It will examine the ways in which relationships with parents, siblings, friends, and romantic partners develop and change from infancy through young adulthood, including theoretical perspectives, research methods, relationship forms and processes, and contextual influences on relationships.