PSYC 335 — Developmental Psychology I
Psychology · University of Ghana
This course is concerned with understanding and explaining the changes that occur between conception and adolescence. Emphasis is placed on the major changes that occur in the physical, cognitive and the psychosocial domains and their implications for parents, educators, and care-giving professionals. *PSYC 337: Learning This course basically deals with the psychology of learning and its application to everyday life situations. It covers the various types of learning such as Pavlovian, instrumental, observational and verbal learning. Topics include: reasons for using animals in research in learning, elements/features of classical and instrumental conditioning, use of reinforcement and punishment, learning principles and behaviour change. Others are cognitive learning, observational learning and various types of verbal learning. *The course has a compulsory practical component.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- PSYC 331 — Statistics for Psychologists
- PSYC 333 — Psychology of Personality
- PSYC 334 — Research Methods in Psychology
- PSYC 336 — Developmental Psychology II
- PSYC 338 — Abnormal Psychology
- PSYC 342 — Psychological Tests and Measurements
- PSYC 101 — Elements of Psychology
- PSYC 102 — Psychology for Everyday Living
- PSYC 221 — Introduction to General Psychology
- PSYC 222 — Motivation and Emotion
- PSYC 223 — Biological Psychology
- PSYC 224 — Introduction to Experimental Psychology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).