PSY 104 - Human Behavior and Development

This course covers a survey of the cognitive, social, physical, and intellectual development of the person from conception through adolescence and adulthood to old age. Major theories of learning, cognitive, contextual, and sociobiological development will be emphasized for each development stage from infancy to the last days of adulthood. Topics include personality development in the growing child, learning and memory, intelligence, psychological changes, sexuality, vocation and retirement, marriage and family, patterns of personality change, and death, as well as the related developmental challenges and psychopathologies. Research methods and ethics will be addressed, along with reading and evaluating information from multiple sources.

Prerequisite(s): Placement in ENG 101 or higher for English section