PSYC207-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Developmental Psychology

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

Description

This course is designed to provide an introduction to the major theoretical frameworks and the methodologies of contemporary developmental psychology. The course will explore a number of the substantive questions that guide current research and will focus on development from infancy through to adolescence.

This course will examine a range of contemporary issues relating to children’s neuropsychological, cognitive, biological, behavioural and socio-emotional development from conception to late adolescence.  Emphasis is given to major theoretical influences that have shaped current thinking about children’s development, as well as research methods and techniques used to study children over the life course.  Key developmental issues will be considered in relation to both typical and atypical patterns of child development.  Course content will draw on New Zealand and international research, as well as video, laboratory, internet and other resources.

PSYC207 is recommended preparation for PSYC335 Abnormal Psychology and PSYC459 Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology and also for the postgraduate Clinical Psychology Programme.

Prerequisites

PSYC104, or
PSYC105 and PSYC106

Restrictions

PSYC201, PSYC202, PSYC204, PSYC205

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Fran Vertue

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Lab Report 1 15%
Mid-semester Test 01 Apr 2009 15%
Research-based Essay 27 Apr 2009 25%
Lab Report 2 15%
Final Exam 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Bukatko, Danuta; Child and adolescent development : a chronological approach ; Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $874.00

International fee $3,813.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Psychology .

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  • PSYC207-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009
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