Children’s Social Reasoning

Catalog description

Focused, in-depth study of social reasoning from birth through late childhood. Empathy, friendship, altruism, multicultural perceptions, shyness, assertiveness, aggression, loneliness, morality, values, and global responsibility. Heredity/environment-based theories. Assessment tools and prevention and intervention programs. It is recommended that students will have taken one of the following courses: PSYC-251 , HDFS-124 , HDFS-264 , or PSYC-270 . Prerequisite: take PSYC-110