10/16 - Infancy & Childhood

Understanding Human Development

• The Emergence of Developmental Psychology
• Methods of Developmental Research
• The Effects of Heredity and Environment

Physical Development

• Prenatal Development and Childbirth
• Growth and Muscular Coordination in Infants & Children

Cognitive Development

• Piaget's Theory
• Information Processing in Children

Language Acquisition

• Language Precursors
• From Babbling to Sentences
• Children's Communication and Egocentric Speech
• Explanations of Language Acquisition

Social Development

• Erikson's Stages
• Development of Attachment
• Parental Styles
• Development of Self-Concept
• Social Rules and Moral Reasoning