PSY5180 HUMAN DEV. ACROSS LIFE SPAN

A life-span approach to the major theoretical perspectives, conceptual debates and methodological concerns in developmental psychology. Description and explanation of the degree to which personality, cognitive abilities, and socio-emotional competencies show stability/change with age. Includes the life cycle of the family and changes of family structures over time, as well as issues of ethnicity, gender and culture. The PREREQUISITE to this class is twelve credits in Psychology (undergraduate or graduate) including three credits in the area of developmental psychology.