PSY 205 - Child Psychology

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Learn about cognitive, physical, social and emotional development from infancy through pre-adolescence. Study theories of child development and research methods used to study it. Learn about conception and the prenatal period and its influence on later development.

Prerequisite(s): PSY 111 or PSY 111H or permission of department chair.

Note: Also offered as PSY 205H; credit is not given for both PSY 205 and PSY 205H. Typically offered at MC and OL; fall, spring, and summer terms.

Course Outcomes:

Explain the research methods used by behavioral scientists to study human development.
Identify the principal differences among current theories of human growth and development.
Identify basic genetic concepts, and the mechanisms of gene-environment interactions.
Identify processes and milestones related to conception, prenatal development, and delivery.
Identify the major developmental milestones at each stage of life from infancy through the end of childhood.
Explain the ways in which different domains of development - biological, sociocultural, emotional and cognitive - influence each other throughout infancy and childhood.