SPSY 231B Child Psychology
231. CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (Credit, 3 hours). This course is designed to provide an in-depth study of children and their development. The overall objectives of the course are to: 1) provide an understanding of the beginning of life¿prenatal development and birth and the newborn child; 2) provide an understanding of the physical child¿physical development and perceptual development; 3) provide an understanding of the thinking child¿cognitive development I (structure and process), cognitive development II (Individual differences in cognitive abilities and the development of language); 4) provide an understanding of the social child¿ personality dvelopment (alternatives views, the concept of self in children, the development of social relationships, and thinking about relationships and the development of social cognition); and 5) provide an understanding of the whole child¿the ecology of development (the child within the family system, beyond the family and the impact of the broader culture, and atypical development). Contents are aligned with state and national standards, and the Unit¿s Conceptual Framework.