If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Summarize and explain the major theories of adolescent development (e.g., behavioral, social-emotional, cognitive).
- Identify and explain important topical issues (e.g. family relationships, academic achievement, morality and aggression,
and identity formation) in modern adolescent development.
- Describe the basic biological and contextual/cultural influences on adolescent development.
- Explain the bidirectional interactions between the developing adolescent 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 adolescence.