PSYC 2314: Lifespan Growth & Development
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) |
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1. Define the major questions addressed by developmental science and the methods that developmental psychologists use to answer them. |
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2. Explain the biosocial, cognitive and psychological influences throughout the lifespan as an ongoing set of processes, involving both continuity and change. |
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3. Describe the different developmental perspectives of the major theories of development (i.e. cognitive, learning, humanistic and psychodynamic). |
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4. Describe changes in the nervous, endocrine, reproductive, sensory, cardiovascular, skeletal, muscular, and immune systems that occur from conception through late adulthood. |
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5. Describe the stages of the developing person at different periods of the life span from birth to death. |
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6. Discuss the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that affect the development process of the individual. |
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7. Identify factors of responsible personal behavior with regard to issues such as sexual activity, substance abuse, marriage and parenting. |
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8. Identify examples of some of the cultural and ethnic differences that influence development throughout the lifespan. |
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9. Discuss the various causes or reasons for disturbances in the developmental process. |
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TOPICS, TERMS, AND CONCEPTS BY CSLO |
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Required Topics: Must be included in reading assignments, lectures, or both Required Key Terms and Concepts: Must be included in assessments; must be included in reading assignments and/or lectures Recommended Topics: May be included in reading assignments, lectures, and assessments |
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CSLO 1 Define the major questions addressed by developmental science and the methods that developmental psychologists use to answer them. |
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Required Topics |
Required Key Terms and Concepts |
Recommended Topics |
Major issues in the study of development |
1. Developmental psychology 2. Lifespan perspective 3. Nature/nurture debate 4. Behavioral genetics 5. heritability |
1. Developmental psychology as a subfield of psychology 2. Other subfields relevant to the study of development 3. Approaches of other social/behavioral sciences to studying development 4. Careers in developmental science |
Research methods |
1. Cohort effects 2. Longitudinal design 3. Cross-sectional design 4. Cross-cultural design 5. Research ethics
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1. Basic research 2. Applied research 3. APA Code of Ethics 4. Institutional review boards 5. Peer review 6. Methods of studying development used in other social/behavioral sciences 7. Correlation 8. Experiment 9. Naturalistic observation 10. Case study |
CSLO 2 Explain the biosocial, cognitive and psychological influences throughout the lifespan as an ongoing set of processes, involving both continuity and change. |
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Required Topics |
Required Key Terms and Concepts |
Recommended Topics |
Theories with/without stages |
1. Continuity versus discontinuity 2. Maturation 3. Learning 4. Development
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1. Epigenetic systems theory 2. Types of change |
Risk and protective factors |
1. Resilience |
1. Biological risk/protective factors 2. Age-recommended risk/protective factors 3. Trauma, poverty, family structure and other external influences on development 4. Violence in schools and neighborhoods 5. Violence in the home/family |
CSLO 3 Describe the different developmental perspectives of the major theories of development (i.e. cognitive, learning, humanistic and psychodynamic). |
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Required Topics |
Required Key Terms and Concepts |
Recommended Topics |
Piaget |
1. Cognitive-developmental perspective 2. Schema 3. Assimilation 4. Accommodation 5. Equilibration 6. Sensorimotor stage 7. Object permanence 8. Preoperational stage 9. Egocentrism 10. Symbolic function 11. Concrete operational stage 12. Conservation 13. reversibility 14. Formal operational stage 15. Hypothetico-deductive thinking |
1. How the cognitive-developmental perspective defines stages 2. Adolescent egocentrism 3. Piaget’s stages of moral development |
Freud |
1. Psychoanalytic perspective 2. Oral stage 3. Anal stage 4. Phallic stage 5. Latency stage 6. Genital stage |
1. How the psychoanalytic perspective defines stages 2. Preconscious, conscious, unconscious 3. Id, ego superego 4. Oedipal/Elektra complex 5. Psychoanalytic approach to moral development 6. Psychodynamic therapy |
Erikson |
1. Psychosocial perspective 2. Trust v mistrust 3. Autonomy v shame/doubt 4. Initiative v guilt 5. Industry v inferiority 6. Identity v role confusion 7. Intimacy v isolation 8. Generativity v stagnation 9. Ego integrity v despair 10. Identity crisis |
1. How the psychosocial perspective defines stages 2. Relationship between psychoanalytic and psychosocial theory 3. Marcia’s theory of identity development 4. Ethnic identity development 5. Career development
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Kohlberg |
1. Cognitive-developmental perspective 2. Preconventional level 3. Conventional level 4. Postconventional level |
1. Gilligan’s ethic of care 2. Cross-cultural differences in moral reasoning 3. Gender differences in moral reasoning |
Bronfenbrenner |
1. Ecological systems approach |
1. Contexts of development |
Vygotsky |
1. Sociocultural perspective 2. Zone of proximal development 3. scaffolding |
1. Relationship between sociocultural and cognitive-developmental theory 2. Cooperative learning |
Information processing theory |
1. Cognitive perspective 2. Working memory 3. Metacognition 4. Selective attention |
1. Relationship between cognitive-developmental and cognitive theory 2. Neo-Piagetian theory |
Maslow |
1. Humanistic perspective 2. Hierarchy of needs 3. Self-esteem |
1. Unconditional positive regard 2. Person-centered therapy |
Evolutionary psychology |
1. Natural selection |
1. Developmental universals 2. Cross-cultural differences 3. Individual differences |
Operant conditioning |
1. Behavioral perspective |
1. Child discipline 2. Behavior modification 3. Disadvantages of punishment |
Classical conditioning |
1. Behavioral perspective |
1. Fear conditioning 2. Abuse |
Observational learning |
1. Social-cognitive perspective 2. Reciprocal determination 3. Modeling 4. Self-efficacy |
1. Media influences |
Intelligence |
1. Intelligence test 2. IQ |
1. History of IQ testing 2. Individual differences 3. Group differences 4. Sternberg 5. Gardner |
Language development |
1. Nativist theory 2. Language acquisition device 3. Behaviorist theory 4. Bilingualism 5. English language learners |
1. Infant-directed speech 2. Cognitive theory 3. Interactionist theory |
Gender development |
1. Gender roles 2. Kohlberg’s stages of gender role development 3. Gender schema theory 4. Social-cognitive gender role theory 5. Gender differences |
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Social-emotional development |
1. Thomas & Chess temperament theory 2. Infant temperament dimensions 3. Attachment 4. Strange situation test 5. Attachment styles 6. Theories of empathy development 7. Personality |
1. Big Five 2. Attachment in adult relationships 3. Parental responsiveness 4. Temperament and attachment |
CSLO 4 Describe changes in the nervous, endocrine, reproductive, sensory, cardiovascular, skeletal, muscular, and immune systems that occur from conception through late adulthood. |
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Required Topics |
Required Key Terms and Concepts |
Recommended Topics |
Prenatal development and birth |
1. Gametes 2. Genes 3. Chromosomes 4. SRY gene 5. Dominant/recessive genes 6. Sex-linked characteristics 7. Conception 8. Zygote 9. Monozygotic twins 10. Dizygotic twins 11. Prenatal sex development 12. Intersex 13. Germinal stage 14. Embryonic stage 15. Fetal stage 16. Teratogens 17. Stages of labor 18. Oxytocin |
1. Contraception 2. Genetic disorders 3. Chromosomal disorders 4. Genetic counseling 5. Effects of teratogens 6. Effects of maternal physical and mental health 7. Environmental hazards 8. Miscarriage 9. Anesthesia 10. Natural childbirth
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Neonatal development |
1. Low birth weight 2. Very low birth weight 3. Small for date 4. Infant mortality |
1. Group differences in low birth weight and infant mortality |
Neurological development |
1. Reflexes 2. Prefrontal cortex 3. Executive skills |
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Motor development |
1. Norms 2. Fine motor skills 3. Gross motor skills |
1. Dynamic systems theory |
Puberty |
1. Menarche 2. Spermarche 3. Primary sex characteristics 4. Secondary sex characteristics 5. Secular trend 6. Estrogen 7. Progesterone 8. Testosterone 9. Pituitary gland |
1. Timing of puberty 2. Body image |
Menopause |
1. Hormone replacement therapy 2. Osteoporosis 3. Presbyopia 4. Presbycusis |
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Physical aging |
1. Primary aging 2. Secondary aging 3. Cardiovascular disease 4. Activities of daily living 5. Gerontology 6. Senescence |
1. Life expectancy 2. Theories of aging 3. Successful aging 4. Ageism 5. Group differences in adult health |
Dementia |
1. Alzheimer’s disease |
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CSLO 5 Describe the stages of the developing person at different periods of the life span from birth to death. |
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Required Topics |
Required Key Terms and Concepts |
Recommended Topics |
Periods of development |
1. Infancy 2. Early childhood 3. Middle childhood 4. Adolescence 5. Emerging adulthood 6. Early adulthood 7. Middle adulthood 8. Late adulthood |
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Infancy |
See other CSLOs |
1. Child care arrangements |
Early childhood |
See other CSLOs |
1. Aggression 2. Early childhood education 3. Prosocial behavior |
Middle childhood |
See other CSLOs |
1. Friendship 2. Social networks 3. Popular, rejected, neglected social status 4. Bullying 5. Schooling |
Adolescence |
See other CSLOs |
1. Adolescence as a period of “storm and stress” 2. Crowds and cliques 3. Intimate relationships 4. Adolescent employment 5. Dropping out of high school |
Emerging adulthood |
See other CSLOs |
1. College attendance |
Early adulthood |
See other CSLOs |
1. Career development |
Middle adulthood |
See other CSLOs |
1. Midlife crisis 2. Sandwich generation 3. Unemployment |
Late adulthood |
See other CSLOs |
1. Fluid intelligence 2. Crystalized intelligence 3. Retirement 4. Primary aging 5. Secondary aging 6. Wisdom |
Physical health concerns of each period of development |
See other CSLOs |
1. Infant mortality 2. Sudden infant death syndrome 3. Well infant/child care 4. Immunizations 5. Obesity 6. Cardiovascular disease 7. Nutrition 8. Exercise 9. Health care needs and concerns 10. Health habits |
Mental health concerns of each period of development |
See other CSLOs |
1. Autistic spectrum disorders 2. Intellectual disabilities 3. Attention deficit disorder 4. Oppositional defiant disorder 5. Specific learning disabilities 6. Conduct disorder 7. Eating disorders 8. Personality disorders 9. Depressive disorders 10. Anxiety disorders 11. Bipolar disorders 12. Schizophrenia 13. Dementia 14. Cognitive impairment |
Death and dying |
1. Hospice care 2. Palliative care 3. Kubler-Ross stages of dying 4. Bowlby’s theory of grief 5. Freud’s theory of grief 6. Stage theories of grief |
1. Caregiver burden 2. Respite care 3. Advanced directives 4. Assisted suicide 5. Euthanasia 6. Widowhood 7. Grief and the immune system |
CSLO 6 Discuss the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that affect the development process of the individual. |
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Concepts |
Key Terms |
Additional Topics |
Cross-cultural differences in schooling |
1. Culture |
1. Cross-cultural differences in achievement 2. Homeschooling |
Cross-cultural differences in parenting |
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Religious coping |
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1. Religious beliefs 2. Religious behavior 3. Social support and religion |
CSLO 7 Identify factors of responsible personal behavior with regard to issues such as sexual activity, substance abuse, marriage and parenting. |
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Concepts |
Key Terms |
Additional Topics |
Sexual activity |
1. Safe sex 2. Sex education 3. contraception |
1. Adolescent parenting 2. Risky behavior 3. Historical trends in sexual behavior |
Substance abuse |
1. Psychological dependence 2. Physical dependence 3. Addiction |
1. Substance abuse treatment 2. Risky behavior 3. Historical trends in substance abuse 4. Adolescent substance abuse 5. Effects of various substances of abuse |
Intimate relationships |
1. Marriage 2. Relationship satisfaction 3. Sexual orientation 4. Cohabitation 5. Divorce |
1. Relationship counseling 2. Sexual orientation group differences in relationships |
Parenting |
1. Parenting style 2. Authoritarian 3. Authoritative 4. Permissive-indulgent 5. Permissive-neglecting |
1. Grandparenting 2. Adolescent parenting |
CSLO 8 Identify examples of some of the cultural and ethnic differences that influence development throughout the lifespan. |
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Concepts |
Key Terms |
Additional Topics |
Individualism versus collectivism |
1. Individualism 2. collectivism |
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Standardized testing |
1. Stereotype threat |
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Family structure |
1. Multigenerational household |
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Parenting styles |
1. Authoritarian 2. Authoritative 3. Permissive-indulgent 4. Permissive-neglecting |
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Racism, prejudice, and discrimination |
1. Racism 2. Prejudice 3. discrimination |
1. Segregation 2. Tokenism 3. Immigration/emigration experience 4. Culture shock
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Gender issues |
1. Gender roles 2. Sexism |
1. Gender equity in the workplace |
Ageism |
1. Social clock |
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CSLO 9 Discuss the various causes or reasons for disturbances in the developmental process. |
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Concepts |
Key Terms |
Additional Topics |
Criteria for classifying behavior as abnormal |
1. Developmentally appropriate behavior
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1. DSM-5 2. Special education 3. Biomedical treatments 4. Psychotherapy 5. Intellectual disabilities 6. Autistic spectrum disorders 7. Attention deficit disorder 8. Oppositional defiant disorder 9. Specific learning disabilities 10. Conduct disorder 11. Eating disorders 12. Personality disorders 13. Depressive disorders 14. Suicide 15. Anxiety disorders 16. Bipolar disorders 17. Schizophrenia 18. Dementia 19. Cognitive impairment |