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Jul 31, 2025
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PSY 2075 - DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
credits: 3.0
This course is intended for students who are enrolled in the Psychology major. The goal of this course is to introduce the study of human development across the lifespan from a biopsychosocial approach. Using a topical approach, we will gain an understanding of typical human development as a series of gains and losses across multiple dimensions (e.g., physical, cognitive, social) and in response to multiple causes (biology, environment, etc.) across the lifespan. Through the use of psychological research, theory, and case studies, we will analyze individual and group differences in patterns of development; apply ideas and concepts to our own and others development; and evaluate common misconceptions about human development. Objectives: A) Identify the principles of a lifespan perspective and contrast these with traditional approaches to human development; B) Describe lifelong patterns of development across multiple dimensions, including physical, cognitive, socioemotional from different theoretical perspectives; C) Debate the individual and interactive influences of biology and the environment that influence individual and group differences in development; D) Apply developmental theories to promote understanding of own and others development; E) Evaluate developmental myths and lay advice in comparison to research and theory. Method of Instruction: Lecture, class discussion, films, and case studies. Method of Evaluation: Exams, in-class activities (as participation), out-of-class experientials (e.g., lifespan interviews, myth-busting, etc.), Virtual Me (paper).
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1010 - INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
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