PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION (L39/40)
(objectives)
TO DESCRIBE CHILDREN’S COGNITIVE, LINGUISTIC, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FOCUSING ON TYPICAL PATTERNS OF GROWTH (NORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT) AND INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS IN GROWTH. THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATURE AND NURTURE WILL BE CONSIDERED.TO EXPLORE RECENT RESEARCH AND NEW THEORETICAL INSIGHTS IN EMOTIONAL, LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT DURING CHILDHOOD TO RELATE DEVELOPMENTAL INFORMATION AND THEORETICAL INSIGHTS WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL INTERVENTION.
|