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Aug 02, 2025
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PSY 3220 - THEORIES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
credits: 3.0
INTENDED FOR PSY MAJORS ONLY. This course is designed to provide psychology majors with an overview of the major developmental theorists and their ideas. Students will study Freud, Erickson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Brofenbrenner, Selman, Bandura, Gibson, Bruner, Cole and other important contributors to the field of human development. Instead of taking a chronological view of the life course, this theory-centered course will explore topics in human development as they naturally emerge as part of the theoretical evolution of the field. Within this context, possible topics to be covered include, but are not confined to, cognition from infancy to adolescence, language development, temperament, attachment and separation, gender development, the role of play, parental influences, development of faith, and the importance of peers. We will read original writings and more recent articles dealing with the evaluation of these theories, comparing and contrasting them with each other as well as considering how they emerge from and reflect the cultures in which they originated. The defining attributes of a theory and the value of developmental theories in organizing and guiding research will be addressed. Method of Instruction: Lecture, films, discussion, and application projects Method of Evaluation: Short papers, an oral presentations, and a research paper.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1010 - INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
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