Course Syllabus
PSYC 160: Intro to Lifespan Psychology
Syllabus
Course Description
Introduction to human development from a psychological perspective. Explores human development from conception through death, including biological and environmental influences. Theories and research of physical, cognitive, personality, and social development are examined. Attention will also be given to both normative and non-normative development.
Course Materials
This course uses digital course materials designed using Open Educational Resources (OER), high-quality, openly licensed educational materials, rather than a traditional textbook.
The OER text we will use in this course is Lifespan Development. While you can access the full text here and in the Resources module, the specific reading selections are embedded i each module for your convenience.
You will not have any additional cost for textbooks. Extra care and effort was involved to assure access to high-quality affordable materials. I am interested in your experience using these materials and welcome your feedback in an anonymous survey at the end of the course and at any time during the course of this class.
Meet Your Instructor 
Rebecca Vasquez Ortiz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Santa Ana College
ortiz_rebecca@sac.edu
Course Learning Objectives
- Describe major developmental milestones from conception to death in the areas of physical, psychosocial, cognitive, and language development
- Analyze elements of a scientific approach to understanding human development in a biopsychsocial context
- Identify and describe the techniques and methods used by developmental psychologists to study human development
- Identify and describe classic and contemporary theories and research in lifespan psychology
- Identify possible causes or sources of developmental change and reasons for disturbances in the developmental process.
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