PSY 2208 - Life Span Developmental Psychology

Institution:

The College of Saint Scholastica

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Description:

4 cr. Cognitive, personality/social, and physical development from conception to death. Within a life span developmental perspective, the course examines researchmethods,developmental theories,and application of research findings to selected problems in the major periods of the life span: the prenatal period, infancy,early/middle/late childhood, adolescence, and young/middle/late adulthood. The developmental perspective provides an important foundation for understanding normal children and adults,while also providing the essential knowledge base for the modern view of psychological disturbances as "normal development gone awry." This approach has practical implications for individualswith interests in parenting, caregiving, education, social services, and health sciences with both normal and exceptional populations. Prerequisite: none, but sophomore standing recommended.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.css.edu

Phone Number:

(218) 723-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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