PSY 206 CHILD and ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

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APA Style

• Organizations
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Kids Health (Nemours Foundation)
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

TOPICS IN CHILD and ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Theoretical Perspectives

• Cognitive-developmental
• Evolutionary
• Learning
• Social-cognitive
• Sociocultural

Research strategies and methodology

          Case study

• Correlational
• Cross-sectional
• Experimental
• Longitudinal
• Observational

Biological development throughout the life span

• Development of brain and nervous system
• Heredity, genetics, genetic testing
• Hormonal influences
• Influences of drugs
• Motor development
• Nutritional influences
• Perinatal influences
• Physical growth and maturation, aging
• Prenatal influences
• Sexual maturation
• Teratogens

Perceptual development throughout the life span

• Sensitive periods
• Sensorimotor activities
• Sensory acuity
• Sensory deprivation

Cognitive development throughout the life span

• Attention
• Environmental influences
• Executive function
• Information processing
• Memory
• Piaget, Jean
• Play
• Problem solving and planning
• Thinking
• Vygotsky, Lev
• Wisdom

Language development

• Bilingualism
• Development of syntax
• Environmental, cultural, and genetic influences
• Language and thought
• Pragmatics
• Semantic development
• Vocalization and sounds

Intelligence throughout the life span

• Concepts of intelligence and creativity
• Developmental stability and change
• Heredity and environment

Social development throughout the life span

• Aggression
• Attachment
• Gender
• Interpersonal relationships
• Moral development
• Prosocial behavior
• Risk and resilience
• Self
• Social cognition
• Wellness

Family, home, and society throughout the life span

• Abuse and neglect
• Bronfenbrenner, Eurie
• Death and dying
• Family relationships
• Family structures
• Media and technology
• Multicultural perspectives
• Parenting styles
• Social/class influences

Personality and emotion

• Attribution styles
• Development of emotions
• Emotional expression and regulation
• Emotional intelligence
• Erikson, Erik
• Freud, Sigmund
• Stability and change
• Temperament

Learning

• Classical conditioning
• Discrimination and generalization
• Habituation
• Operant conditioning
• Social learning and modeling

Schooling, work, and interventions

• Applications of developmental principles
• Facilitating role transitions
• Intervention programs and services
• Learning styles
• Occupational development
• Preschool, daycare, and elder care
• Retirement

Atypical development

• Antisocial behavior
• Autism spectrum disorders
• Asocial behavior, fears, phobias, obsessions
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Chronic illness and physical disabilities
• Cognitive disorders including dementia
• Genetic disorders
• Giftedness
• Learning disabilities
• Mental retardation
• Mood disorders
• Trauma-based syndromes