Psychology - human development
Peter Macris
8 points
* Three 1-hour lectures, one 2-hour workshop per week
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First semester
* Caulfield/Peninsula
* Prerequisites: APY1010 or
PSY1011 or GAS1501 and APY1020 or PSY1022 or GAS1502
Objectives On successful completion of this subject students should; be familiar with the theories of Piaget and Erikson on cognitive and psychosocial stages of development; have acquired a knowledge of recent researches on language development, moral development, language, intelligence, and dynamics of family structure; understand the physiological bases of various psychological processes; be competent in the use of statistical techniques for hypothesis testing, including parametric and non-parametric methods.
Synopsis (1) Physiological and skilled performance: psychopharmacology, memory, addiction, circadian rhythms, ageing, language. (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 McNemar's test, Pearson's correlation, Spearman's correlation, non parametric testing, selection of appropriate tests.
Assessment Examinations: 60%
* Two laboratory reports: 30%
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Seminar presentation: 10%
Prescribed texts
Berk L Child development Allyn and Bacon, 1994
Carlson N Phsysiology of behaviour Allyn and Bacon, 1994
Schweigert W A Research methods and statistics for psychology Brooks-Cole, 1994
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