Psychology 211 – Developmental Psychology



Psychology 211 – Developmental Psychology

Summer 2002

Instructor: Philip Lee

Class Time: TR 7:20-10:00 PM

Classroom: Robinson B124

Phone: TBA

E-Mail: plee5@gmu.edu

Office: DK 2056

Office Hours: W 1:00-2:15 PM

|Date |Topic |Reading Assignment |

|5/30 |Introduction | |

| |Major Developmental Theories and Theorists | |

|6/4 |Major Developmental Theories and Theorists – Cont. |Ch. 1 |

| |Biology and Environment |Ch. 2 |

|6/6 |Prenatal Development |Ch. 3 |

| |Birth and Infancy |Ch. 4 |

|6/11 |Physical Development - Infancy |Ch. 5 |

| |Cognitive Development – Infancy |Ch. 6 |

|6/13 |Emotional and Social Development – Infancy |Ch. 7 |

| |Physical Development – Early Childhood |Ch. 8 |

|6/18 |Cognitive Development – Early Childhood |Ch. 9 |

| |Emotional and Social Development – Early Childhood |Ch. 10 |

|6/20 |Midterm Exam Distributed | |

| |Physical Development – Middle Childhood |Ch. 11 |

| |Cognitive Development – Middle Childhood |Ch. 12 |

|6/25 |Emotional and Social Development – Middle Childhood |Ch. 13 |

| |Physical Development – Adolescence |Ch. 14 |

|6/27 |Midterm Exam Due | |

| |Cognitive Development – Adolescence |Ch. 15 |

| |Emotional and Social Development – Adolescence |Ch. 16 |

|7/2 |Childhood and Adolescent Psychopathology | |

| |Personality Development |Schaie & Willis Ch. 9 |

|7/11 |Early Adulthood |Schaie & Willis Ch. 2 |

| |Middle Adulthood |Schaie & Willis Ch. 3 |

|7/16 |Late Adulthood |Schaie & Willis Ch. 4 |

| |Death and Dying |Kastenbaum Ch. 4 |

|7/23 |Final Exam | |

TEXTBOOK:

Berk, L. E. (2002). Infants, children, and adolescents (4rth ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

REQUIRED TEXTS ON RESERVE:

Kastenbaum, R. J. (1995). Death, society, and human experience (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Schaie, K. W., & Willis, S. L. (1991). Adult development and aging (3rd ed.). New York: Harper Collins Publishing.

OPTIONAL TEXT:

Churchill J.L., & Berk, L. E. (2002). Study guide for Berk: Infants, children, and adolescents (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

COURSE GOALS:

This course surveys the broad field of human development, focusing on the period from birth to adolescence. Students are expected to demonstrate their knowledge of social, cognitive, emotional, and biological changes at various periods of human development.

GRADES:

There will be two written essay exams, including the final. The midterm exam will be take-home; students have 1 week to complete the midterm. The final exam will be an in-class essay exam. The final exam will not be cumulative. Make-up exams will not be given without a legitimate excuse (i.e. death in the family, illness requiring hospitalization). The semester grade will be the average of these two exams; extra credit (see below) will be added to this average.

RESERVE READINGS:

The reserve readings are available in the Johnson Center Library at the reserve desk (on the 1st floor of the Johnson Center) or online on the Library’s web page. To access the reserve readings online, go to and click on ‘Electronic Reserves.’ You can then either select the course (Psyc 211 section B01) or the instructor (Phil Lee). The User Name for this class is ‘Lee’ and the Password is ‘Summer02.’

EXTRA CREDIT:

You may choose to participate in the psychology department’s experiments for up to 5 extra credit points on your final grade. You will receive 1 extra credit point for each hour of participation; any participation over 5 hours will not count towards extra credit. For those of you who are not 18 years old or who do not wish to participate as a subject, you may choose to attend the alternative lectures. Each experiment or lecture must be offered by the psychology department (no non-university affiliated experiments, please). Approved experiments and lectures are posted on the internet at gmu. If you wish to do extra credit, plan on participating early in the semester, as the experiments and lectures fill quickly at the end of the semester. I am not responsible if you cannot find an open experiment or lecture, and cannot offer alternative extra credit opportunities.

HONOR CODE:

For those of you not already familiar with the university’s honor code, please familiarize yourself with it. Copies of the honor code are available in the Honor Committee office in SUB I. Any violation of the honor code will be prosecuted, ignorance of the code is not a valid excuse.

ATTENDANCE:

Attendance is not mandatory, but you will be held responsible for material covered in class. I strongly encourage you to attend (or get notes from a classmate), as I will often test on material covered in class that does not appear in any of the assigned readings. Unfortunately, I do not provide lecture notes to those who cannot attend.

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