Attention is given to all aspects of family violence, including courtship violence and spousal, sibling, child, parental, and elderly abuse. Current research and legislation in the field is included as well as prevention, intervention, and treatment measures. E1 This course is a study of the psychological processes through which people manage to cope with the demands and challenges of everyday life. Effective and ineffective personal growth and adjustment is analyzed in the context of a contemporary and complex society. This course is an introduction to developmental psychology.
Human development is traced from conception through death.
The biological, intellectual, emotional and social factors affecting human development and potential and the interaction of these factors throughout the lifespan will be studied. The dynamic nature of biological, societal and cultural influences on individual development will be considered. Developmental tasks and potential developmental crises in contemporary multicultural society are identified for each age group. D This course is the study of adolescence as a normal developmental period of the human life span but qualitatively distinct from other periods and significantly connected to continuous change in an individual s life. Adolescent development is studied as it occurs within the ecological milieus of a multicultural society which include family, school, peers, work, and the media.