Spring 2018 - PSYC 355 D100
Adolescent Development (3)
Class Number: 7456
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 21, 2018
Sat, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Bob Ley
ley@sfu.ca
1 778 782-6667
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Prerequisites:
PSYC 201 and 250.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Considers human development from the end of childhood to the beginning of the adult stage, from a bio-social point of view. Included among the topics are psychological effects of sexual maturation, choice of vocation and marriage partner, effects of participation in the gang and youth organization, cultural variations in the patterns of growth.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course serves as an introduction to adolescent psychological development. Adolescents face the challenge of coping with significant and concurrent biological, psychological, and social changes while completing a variety of developmental tasks, including identity formation, separation from caregivers, and gaining peer acceptance. The stress of having to navigate through this developmental period can be quite significant and will be explored in this course. Peer, familial, societal, and technological influences on adolescent development will be examined. Psychological disorders and social problems of adolescence that will be studied include, depression, anxiety, suicide, self-injurious behaviour, delinquency, substance abuse, and eating disorders. The course will integrate theories, research, and clinical findings on adolescence. While this is designed to be a survey course of adolescent psychological development, it will include an emphasis on clinical issues of adolescence.
Grading
- Midterm Exam: 35%
- Term Paper/Project: 30%
- Final Exam: 35%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Santrock, John. Adolescence (16th edition). McGraw-Hill Education.
ISBN: 9780078117183
Registrar Notes:
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