Unit Content
Outcomes
- Describe the main developmental tasks and milestones associated with each stage in human development over the lifespan, and outline the issues and needs that commonly arise in each stage;
- Examine different developmental theories and use these as a vehicle to critically reflect on your own developmental journey;
- Appraise critical perspectives on developmental psychology and consider cultural differences in development across the lifespan;
- Discuss effective strategies to assist people in accomplishing developmental tasks associated with each stage in the lifespan and with transitions between stages.
Subject Content
- Introduction to Basic Research, Methodologists, Theorists & Theories
- The Beginning of the Lifespan: Conception to Birth
- Infancy
- Toddlerhood
- Preschool
- Middle Childhood
- Adolescence
- Young Adulthood
- Middle Adulthood
- Late Adulthood
- Old Age
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Onsite (face-to-face)
- Online (e-Learning)
- Intensives
- Extensive
This subject typically runs as an online recorded unit which are watched weekly, with online-live tutorials.
Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.
Assessment Methods
- Exam (10%)
- Pictorial Timeline and Critical Reflection (45%)
- Minor Essay (45%)
Prescribed Text
- Hoffnung, M. Hoffnung, R,J., Seifert, K.L., Brooker, A., Ellis, S., Riggs, D., Warbuton, W., & Warner, E. (2022). Lifespan development (5th ed.). Wiley.
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