Measurable Objectives

1. Analyze the developmental changes that take place during the prenatal, infancy, early and middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood stages, and later adulthood, and death.
2. Analyze the attachment process and its impact on psychological development throughout the lifespan.
3. Analyze the stages of bereavement and death with an understanding of cultural differences.
4. Compare the major development theorists including Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Ainsworth, Lorenz, Levinson, Watson, Skinner, Kohlberg, Gilligan, White and Freud.
5. Evaluate scientific research methods (longitudinal, cross-sectional, sequential, twin method) used in developmental psychology.
6. Evaluate the historical and current traditional approaches to the study of developmental psychology.
7. Evaluate the Nature versus Nurture Controversy as it applies to developmental psychology.
8. Evaluate the implication of cultural processes on the psychological development of the individual.