Explore psychological development from prenatal stages to adolescence, focusing on cognitive, emotional, and behavioral growth for parents and psychology students.
This course dives into how we grow from babies to teens, exploring factors like genetics and our surroundings. It covers important theories and research over the last five decades, perfect for students, parents, or anyone curious about human development.
The Psychology behind how we grow and develop from birth to adulthood, including best parenting practices.
In this Psychological Development course, you will learn how the past 50 years of research has informed us about how we as human beings develop psychologically. That is; cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally. This course is designed for college students studying the Psychology of Human Development as a supplement, for parents of any ages, and for anyone who is interested Psychological Stages of Development. It will cover the life period of Prenatal Development through Adolescence. I teach this course at 2 universities, and it may be used for transfer credit at some colleges and universities. See below.*
This Psychological Development course is about Human Development from the Prenatal to Adolescent periods. At the end of this course, the student should be able to: 1.Identify the genetic factors that can influence an infant’s early development. 2. Explain the various psychosocial and physical factors that can influence development of the child. 3. Recognize a variety of developmental theories. 4. Analyze the challenges to older developmental theories. 5. Learn about what parts of theories and aspects of development have been verified in the human development research over the past 50 years. 6. Recognize and identify the relationship and continuity of developmental stages upon succeeding ones.
This is a self-paced on-line course featuring 7 lectures on Psychological Stages of Development featuring video textbook style lectures. The course will be taught primarily through viewing (and reviewing) the 7 audio/video lectures on Human Development, and reading the accompanying research summaries in the Lecture/Supplemental Sections. There is a short quiz (10 questions – multiple choice and/or true/false) after each lecture which will reinforce learning in each Section. No additional materials are required unless you are taking this class for college credit. See below.*
Average time for completing the course is 4 to 6 weeks.
*Earning credit from MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses) is still under negotiation at most universities. Currently Georgia State is accepting some MOOCS, and California is at work to pass legislature to require universities to offer credit for MOOCS. You will have lifetime access to this course and can request certification for taking this class at anytime. If you are a student (or future student), and are planning to take this course for credit, you will also need: Berk, L. (2010) Development through the lifespan. (4th or 5th ed.) New York: Allyn and Bacon (available at major on-line bookstores). You will also need to write 2 papers: 1.WHY IS SECURE ATTACHMENT SO IMPORTANT? 2. MY CHILD & ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
Directions and rubrics will be sent to you in email on request of the Instructor of this course: Dr. Beth Email: pbeth@charter.net Phone: 920-699-9150Â
</p>At the end of this course, the student should be able to: Understand the contributions of biology and of the environment a child and adolescent grows up in, on Human Development. Students will learn by reviewing psychological theories and the research these theories have inspired.
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Patti Beth, PhD. I have always had a deep interest in how the attributions people make for their own, and others' behavior, affect their social and emotional well-being. Why do some children around the age of 7 or 8 begin to attribute behavior to stable and unchangeable personality traits, rather than to situational and context-related factors? My research has demonstrated...
Because I am learning a lot of valuable information on my phone and for quite a reasonable prize and the instructor is knowledgeable
Saw an intelligent demonstration of the material to be covered in this course. This allows students to have realist expectations for the program.
A really useful course for trainee primary school teachers. The information throughout this course has helped me to bridge a gap I had in understanding how education theories connect to child learning, and it gives a springboard to how this looks in the classroom :-)
o curso ajuda nos ajuda a atentar para a parte mais humana dentro de nĂłs.
information explained thoroughly.
it is a VERY general overview of human growth.
Good introduction to developmental psychology
More depth and recent resources possible
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