Psychology 125 Human Development

[Pages:3]Psychology 125 ? Human Development Napa Valley College Spring 2016 Tu-Th 3:30-4:45 pm Room: 831

Instructor: E-mail: Office Hours:

Nathen J. Murawski, Ph.D. nmurawski@napavalley.edu TBA

Text:

Exploring Lifespan Development (3rd Ed.) by Laura E. Berk. ISBN-10: 0205957382. List price: Hardcover ($195.60); Rent from $28.98-40.96.

Additional Readings:

In addition to the text, we will be reading selected journal articles related to discussion topics. All journal articles will be made available on SharePoint.

Course Overview & Objectives

This course in Human Development provides an overview of the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and theoretical aspects of development across the lifespan. Topics in human development include: scientific approaches to studying change over time; theories of development; biological, cognitive, emotional, and social development across infancy, early and middle childhood, adolescence, early and middle adulthood, and late adulthood; and death and dying. We will also discuss developmental disorders (e.g., Autism, FASD) and agerelated disorders (e.g., dementia and Alzheimer's disease).

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains of development across the human lifespan.

2. Analyze key concepts, theories, and research in developmental psychology.

Resources

Course materials will be added to my SharePoint page, which you can access here . This page will include: a course syllabus, PowerPoint slides for lectures, assigned journal articles, and links to websites of interest. If you need assistance using SharePoint, you may contact the IT department at support@napavalley.edu.

Policies

Attendance: I encourage you to attend every class, but I will not be taking attendance passed the first few class meetings. There will be various activities and graded assignments during each class. Please contact me if you will be missing a class; making up missed assignments is addressed below.

Cell Phones/Computers: Please silence your cell phones during class. Phone use (e.g., text messaging) can be a distraction, not only for you but for other students as well. Upon request, computers will be allowed for note taking only. Students who abuse these policies will be asked to leave the class room for the day. There will be breaks during the class allowing you to check your devises. Just remember to silence them when class resumes.

Academic honesty and integrity: Napa Valley College values integrity, honor, and respect in all endeavors, both personally and professionally. Thus, the faculty at Napa Valley College wishes to help our students maintain the highest academic standards of honesty. Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Any student caught violating this policy will be subject to disciplinary action (including suspension). Please visit the Student Services link for Napa Valley College's official plagiarism policy: services/SRR/Pages/AcademicHonesty.aspx.

Accommodation Needs

Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a learning disability should contact Learning Services in the Library and Learning Resource Center (LLRC), room 1766 (707-256-7442). A Learning Disability Specialist will review your needs and determine appropriate accommodations. If you need accommodations for physical or other types of disabilities, schedule an appointment with DSPS Counselor, Sheryl Fernandez, in the Counseling Department located in the 1300 building; you can make an appointment by calling (707) 256-7220. All information and documentation is confidential. Please feel free to make an appointment with me privately to discuss your specific learning needs for this course.

Activities and Assignments

Assignments for this course include four unit exams, four article evaluations, and multiple quizzes. The course comprises 4 Units (Unit I: Prenatal through Toddlerhood; Unit II: Early and Middle Childhood; Unit III: Adolescence and Early Adulthood; and Unit IV: Middle and Late Adulthood, Death and Dying).

Unit exams will consists of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short-answer questions derived from the text and lectures. Exams will only cover unit chapters and the final exam will not be comprehensive.

Exams (400 points; 62% of total grade)

Unit I Exam:

100 pts

Unit II Exam:

100 pts

Unit III Exam:

100 pts

Unit IV Exam:

100 pts

Quizzes will include questions related to lecture/chapter topics, with one quiz per chapter. Although we will be covering a total of 19 chapters in the text, only 17 of these 5 point quizzes will count towards your final grade so you can miss a total of two quizzes without it affecting your grade. Quizzes cannot be made up.

Quizzes (85 points; 13% of total grade)

Quizzes (17x5 points)

5 pts (each)

Journal Article Evaluations will consist of critically reading selected peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and answering questions concerning those articles. We will read four articles over the semester, with one article covering topics for each of the developmental units covered in the lectures (e.g., infancy, adolescence, adulthood, and late adulthood). The articles will cover biological, cognitive, emotional, or social aspects of the appropriate developmental stage. Articles and questions will be made available on the SharePoint page. These assignments can be e-mailed to me or printed out and handed to me prior to class on the due date. All late assignments will receive a 2.5% penalty per day.

Journal Article Evaluations (160 points; 25% of total grade)

Articles (4x40 points)

40 pts (each)

Towards the end of the course, one extra credit assignment (12 points, 3%) will be offered to those on the cusp of a letter grade. For example, if your final grade will be 88% (i.e., B), the extra-credit assignment may help boost your grade to a 91% (i.e., A).

Grades A = 90-100% (580-645 pts) B = 80-89% (516-579 pts) C = 70-79% (451-515 pts) D = 60-69% (387-450 pts) F = 59% ( 386 pts)

Course Calendar

Week Dates

Lecture Topic or Class Activity

Readings, Assignments, and Exams

Quiz

1 Th 1/21 Introduction/Syllabus Review

-

2 Tu 1/26 Theory and Research in Human Development (Ch 1) Th 1/28

Ch. 1 Y

3 Tu 2/2 Genetic and Environmental Foundations

Th 2/4 Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn Baby

4 Tu 2/9

Th 2/11 Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

5 Tu 2/16

Th 2/18 Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

6 Tu 2/23 Th 2/25

Exam 1

Ch. 2

Y

Ch. 3 Y

Ch. 4; Journal Article 1

(2/16)

Y

Ch. 5 Y

Exam 1: Chapters 1-5

7

Tu 3/1 Th 3/3

Emotional and Social Development in Infancy, Toddlerhood, and Early Childhood

Ch. 6

Y

Ch. 8

Y

8

Tu 3/8 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early & Middle Th 3/10 Childhood

Ch 7 & 9

Y Y

9

Tu 3/15 Emotional and Social Development in Middle Th 3/17 Childhood

Ch. 10; Journal Article 2

(3/17)

Y

10 Tu 3/22 Th 3/24

Spring Break (no class)

11 12

Tu 3/29 Th 3/31 Tu 4/5

Exam 2 Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Th 4/7 Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence

Exam 2: Chapters 6-10

Ch. 11

Y

Ch. 12

Y

13

Tu 4/12 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood Th 4/14

Ch. 13; Journal Article 3 (4/21)

Y

14 Tu 4/19 Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood

Ch. 14

Th 4/21

Y

15 Tu 4/26

Exam 3

Th 4/28 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle

Tu 5/3 Adulthood

Exam 3: Chapters 11-14 Ch. 15 Y

16

Th 5/5

Emotional and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Ch. 16

Y

17 Tu 5/10 Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Ch. 17

Th 5/12

Y

18 Tu 5/17 Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood Th 5/19 Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Ch. 18; Journal Article 4 Ch. 19

Y Y

19 Tu 5/24

Exam 4

Exam 4: Chapters 15-19

Note: This calendar is subject to change. I reserve the right to revise the course schedule as necessary. Students will be notified of any changes to the schedule at least a week before hand.

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