School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Developmental Psychology
  • Unit Code

    PSY2231
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Deirdre Giulietta DRAKE

Description

This unit takes a lifespan perspective in considering developmental psychology, emphasising contemporary theories and models of growth. The unit looks at the course of human growth and development from conception to adolescence as well as growth and development through adulthood and old age to the end of the life cycle. Research strategies that have been developed to validate the theories of development will be critiqued.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from PSY1101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY4231

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify the culturally specific aspects of major psychological developmental theories and consider the implications of cross cultural applications of these theories.
  2. Describe the major common characteristics of development of the individual through the lifespan giving particular attention to the integration of physical, cognitive, language, social and personality development.
  3. Specify the advantages and disadvantages of the various scientific procedures of data collection used in developmental psychology.
  4. Identify the key characteristics of the study of growth and development through the lifespan.
  5. Discuss the place of theory and models in child and adolescent psychology and adult development.

Unit Content

  1. Cross cultural perspectives of developmental psychology.
  2. Data collection methods in developmental psychology.
  3. Theoretical approaches to human development.
  4. Research approaches in developmental psychology.
  5. Overview of development during infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and online materials

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseQuizzes15%
AssignmentResearch report50%
TestEnd of semester test35%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseQuizzes15%
AssignmentResearch report50%
TestEnd of semester test35%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Developmental Psychology
  • Unit Code

    PSY2231
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Deirdre Giulietta DRAKE

Description

This unit takes a lifespan perspective in considering developmental psychology, emphasising contemporary theories and models of growth. The unit looks at the course of human growth and development from conception to adolescence as well as growth and development through adulthood and old age to the end of the life cycle. Research strategies that have been developed to validate the theories of development will be critiqued.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from PSY1101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY4231

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify the culturally specific aspects of major psychological developmental theories and consider the implications of cross cultural applications of these theories.
  2. Describe the major common characteristics of development of the individual through the lifespan giving particular attention to the integration of physical, cognitive, language, social and personality development.
  3. Specify the advantages and disadvantages of the various scientific procedures of data collection used in developmental psychology.
  4. Identify the key characteristics of the study of growth and development through the lifespan.
  5. Discuss the place of theory and models in child and adolescent psychology and adult development.

Unit Content

  1. Cross cultural perspectives of developmental psychology.
  2. Data collection methods in developmental psychology.
  3. Theoretical approaches to human development.
  4. Research approaches in developmental psychology.
  5. Overview of development during infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and online materials

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseQuizzes15%
AssignmentResearch report50%
TestEnd of semester test35%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseQuizzes15%
AssignmentResearch report50%
TestEnd of semester test35%

Core Reading(s)

  • Michele Hoffnung, R. J. H., Kelvin L. Seifert, A. H., Cat Pausé, L. W., Tania Signal, K. S., & Karen Yates, R. B. S. (2019). Lifespan Development: Australasian Edition (4th ed.).     Milton Qld: Wiley. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ECU/detail.action?docID=5561263

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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