Psychology - human development
Mr Peter Macris
8 points * 3 x 1-hour lectures, 1 x 2-hour workshop per week * First semester * Caulfield/Peninsula * Prerequisites: APY1010 and APY1020
(1) Physiological performance: sensing and moving, rhythms of the brain, emotion and motivation, learning and memory behaviour disorders. (2) Human development: psychosocial stages (Erikson), cognitive stages (Piaget), moral development, learning intelligence, language development, prenatal development, life span development. (3) Research design and analysis: descriptive versus inferential statistics, hypothesis testing, matched student's t, independent student's t, categorical data and contingency tables, Chi square and Fishers exact, strength of association and McNemars test, Pearson's correlation, Spearman's correlation, non parametric testing, selection of appropriate tests.
Assessment
Examinations (5 hours): 60% * Two laboratory reports: 30% * Seminar presentation: 10%
Prescribed texts
Bloom F E and Lazersan A Brain, mind and behaviour Freeman, 1988
Dworetzky J Introduction to child development West, 1990
Graziano A and Raulin M Research methods: A process of inquiry Harper and Row, 1989