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Apr 06, 2025
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2025-2026_College Catalog
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PSY 240 - Developmental Psychology
Credits: 3
Lecture: Three lecture.
Life span development, including the scientific study of normal physiological, emotional, cognitive, and social development and the factors that influence this development, from conception until death.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- describe the theoretical frameworks used to understand the development of humans from conception until death;
- list and describe the research methodologies used to study human development;
- describe the concepts that explain “how” nature and nurture interact to influence complex human characteristics;
- summarize the processes of physical growth as they occur over the life span;
- explain how brain development and cognitive abilities develop throughout the lifespan;
- discuss the biosocial and psychosexual factors that influences human development.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 101 .
General Education: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Special Requirement(s): Ethnic, Race, and Gender Awareness
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