Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NPEP-0019
Organization:
Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
Estimated 28 hours (self-study)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 2 Psychology
Description

Objective:

To provide students with the second of a two part series of an introductory level life-span psychology course. The course will examine the significant events from the lives of people as they move from infancy and early childhood, into adolescence, early and middle adulthood, and late adulthood and explore the theme that life is governed by three developmental 'clocks' that pace the biological, social, and psychological changes in the individual.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Will understand the more complex thought process that occurs in adulthood and the physical factors of the human body as well as the way these change as we progress into old age
  • Have knowledge of the many factors that affect the quality of life in late adulthood, including dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and a change that happens in thought process that disrupts secondary memory as well as disengagement, activity, and continuity-
  • Have knowledge of the nature and consequences of the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development that occurs during adolescence and how the human body and mind transform into adulthood
  • Will understand issues of intimacy in young adulthood
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
Supplemental Materials