PSYED 2512 - CHILD 6-12 FAMILY AND CULTURE
NORMATIVE AND BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND TWELVE YEARS ARE EXAMINED IN LIGHT OF THEORETICAL FORMULATIONS OF THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF PERSONALI TY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING BASIC DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS OF THE PERIOD. TOPICS INCLUDE: NORMATIVE AND BEHAVIORAL CHARAC TERISTICS OF THE PERIOD, BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL, FUNCTION OF PLAY AND PEER RELATIONSHIPS, SUBCULTURAL VARIA TIONS. SOME ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO COMMON DEVIATIONS.
Credits: 3
This course is not offered in the Summer 2010 (2107) or Spring 2010 (2104) or Fall 2009 (2101) terms.
