If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Summarize and explain the major theories of child development (e.g., behavioral, cognitive).
- Identify and explain important topical issues (e.g. family relationships, academic achievement, morality and aggression,
and school readiness) in modern child development.
- Describe the basic biological and contextual/cultural influences on child development.
- Explain the bidirectional interactions between the developing child and a dynamic environment.
- Describe and interpret typical and atypical development in cognitive, emotional, social, and moral domains.
- Identify the factors that foster development as well as be able to identify factors that are related to less than optimal
development.
- Articulate how social and cultural differences impact child development.