The scientific study of human development in the adult years. Attention will be given to continuity and change in intellectual, personality, and biological areas of development and in the areas of family structure and career development. The learning process, its determining conditions and its results will be emphasized. The course will also provide an overview of child and adolescent development as it relates to student behavior. In-depth examination of techniques and designs currently employed in psychological research and writing report according to A.P.A. format.
Course includes lab demonstrations and exercises.
Emphasis will be given to test construction, reliability, and validity. The course provides practical experience in the development and use of instruments, Students are required to design and analyze an instrument. An introduction to theory and practice in psychological measurement. Classical and modern theories of measurement are studied. The relevance and use of current measure of personality, achievement, and aptitude are examined.