Covers changes in the area of physical, perceptual, language, emotional, social, and cognitive development. Considers psychological aspects of human development during the period of adolescence. Covers changes in the area of physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development. Prerequisite change in Fall 2001 to 60 credits, including PSYC 220, or ANTH 255, or SOC 255, or CRIM 220. Considers human development from young adulthood to old age.
Language is intrinsically interesting, but also particularly relevant to psychologists.
Experiments rely upon language to convey instructions and collect data and therapeutic interventions rely on communication between psychologist and client. Topics covered in this course will be drawn from many areas of psychology as well as other disciplines in an attempt to understand the complex nature of human language. Specific topics include linguistics theories, animal language, sign language, neural mechanisms of language, language production and comprehension, multilingualism and social context of language. This course introduces students to the work of prominent personality theorists from Freud to modern theorists. The focus of study will progress from Sigmund Freud to Carl Jung, Henry Murray, Eric Erikson, Social Learning Theorists, and Humanists.