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Dec 05, 2025
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PSYC& 200 - Lifespan Psychology
Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No
Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0
Course Description: A systematic study of the developmental processes in humans from conception to late adulthood. Special emphasis will be given to the topics of physical development, cognitive development, and personality/social development.
Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 and PSYC& 100 with a C or higher.
Distribution Requirements: - Social Sciences Distribution Requirement
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No
Student Learning Outcomes
- Accurately describe prenatal environmental impacts on brain development and human psychology.
- Identify major physical impacts on human psychology.
- Correctly describe influences on cognitive development from infancy to late adulthood.
- Accurately discuss impacts on social development by observing social complexity as the individual ages.
- Analyze unique attributes and influences within each stage of the life span through comparing different individuals.
- SOCIAL SCIENCES: Apply concepts from the social sciences to analyze individual or social phenomena, processes, events, conflicts, or issues.
Course Contents
- Concept of development
- Review of major personality and learning theories
- Discussion of nature-nuture concept
- Basics of genetics and inheritance
- Prenatal development
- Infancy
- Language development
- Intellectual development
- Childhood
- Adolescence
- Adulthood
- Aging and death
- Cognitive and moral development
- Physical changes across the life span
- Special problems in development such as child abuse, anorexia, drug abuse, and euthanasia
Instructional Units: 5
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