Syllabus
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Course Code: PSY305(E) Course Name: Life Span Human Development (i) |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Human Development: Nature, Domains, Periods and Basic Issues of Development. Genetic and Environmental Foundations of Development: The Nature-Nurture Debate and Cultural Influences. |
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| 2 | Theories of Development: Psychoanalytic, Behaviouristic, Social Learning, and Ecological. Methods of Study: Systematic Observation, Interview, and Case Study. Longitudinal,Cross-Sectional,and,Cross-sequentialDesigns. |
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| 3 | Prenatal Development: How life begins, Major Periods in Prenatal Development, Prenatal Environmental Influences, and Maternal Factors. Postnatal development: Birth Process, Adjustment to Postnatal Life, Complications, and Postpartum Period. |
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| 4 | Physical Development: Course of Physical Growth, Development of Brain, Factors Affecting Physical Growth. Motor development: Sequence of Motor Development, Gross and Fine Motor Skills. Perceptual Development in Infancy: Touch , Taste, Smell, Hearing and Vision. |
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