PSYC 262 - Childhood: Social Issues & Cross-Cultural Persp

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

PSYCHOLOGY

Description:

This course will consider how social conditions in the United States such as "welfare-to-work" policies, the public school system, day care, and guiding values such as privacy, autonomy, and consumerism impact children's lives. The course will also explore how children are raised in other cultures. Children's irreducible psychological needs will be considered in light of the rich cultural mosaic in which they are raised. Course Objectives (1) Describe the impact of poverty on children's lives (2) Identify changes in family structures and how these changes impact the lives of children (3) Review issues of violence, victimization, and the loss of childhood (4) Appraise social constructs of childhood in psychology and medicine

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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