Developmental psychology
BBS BY BT BW BB BS DT AW GA PA BC BP BDT
Dr Cathy Rodgers
Subject value of 1.0 (6 points) * Second semester * One 2-hour lecture and one 2-hour laboratory per week * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: GAS1501 and GAS1502
This subject covers developmental aspects of human behaviour across the life span. A topical approach within a chronological framework is adopted. Specialised aspects of development such as biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial are explored within specific stages/phases such as the prenatal period, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, dying and death. Theoretical perspectives on the study of human development, and the research methodologies employed in the field of study are compared and contrasted. Distance education students are required to attend one full day and one half-day at weekend schools. Students for whom attending more than once is difficult may request alternative work to the half-day program.
Assessment
Assignments: 40% * Examinations: 60%. A pass on the examination is a requirement for successful completion of the subject.
Prescribed text
Berger K S The developing person through the life span Worth, 1994