Life-span Developmental Psychology I

SHINTANI, Kazuyo
Elective  2 credits
【Department of Psychology】
17-1-1360-0290-08

1. Course Description
One aim of this study is to overview the major theories and topics in life-span development from infants to elderly person. Another aim is to highlight individual difference and cultural variation about processes of human developments. For these purposes we also handle perspectives of cognitive psychology, educational psychology, evolutionary psychology, and so on. And topics we cover in this class include temperament of infant, parenting, family and school influences, self-esteem, adolescent, moral development, acquirement of identity, middle age, and aging.