Description:

This course offers you a survey of the literature on human development, covering topics across the human lifespan, from conception to death. Through readings and lecture material, you will examine theories of child development and the research that bears on these theories. You will also explore development across the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive domains. Finally, you will address basic themes in the study of developmental psychology, including: the nature-nurture issue; the special role of early experience; and continuity - discontinuity in developmental change.