Course Code: PSYC 1273
Academic Year: 2024-2025
This course is designed to introduce Bachelor of Nursing students to theory, methodology and research findings in the field of lifespan developmental psychology. Organized topically, it will examine developmental changes from conception to death by focusing on biological, cognitive and socioemotional processes. Students will learn about the development of intelligence, language, self, identity, personality, and gender across the human lifespan, taking into account the important contextual influences of family and culture. The course will end with an examination of death and grieving.