College of Agricultural, Human, & Natural Resource Sciences

Department of Human Development

HD 511

Theory and Substance of Human Development I

 

Course Description:

This course covers the history and current applications of the major theories in human development. Theories will be compared on their explanatory processes and levels of analysis, and research designed to test the theories will be reviewed and critiqued. Students will examine the values and assumptions underlying the different theories and learn to apply theories to developmental issues of interest to them.

Objectives:

Students will understand.....

  • What is a theory
  • What is development
  • Theoretical paradigms (mechanistic, organismic, and contextual)
  • Grand theories, mid-level theories, theoretical models, etc.

Students will learn about specific theories commonly used in human development research:

  • Behavioral Genetics
  • Social Learning
  • Attachment
  • Information Processing
  • Constructivism
  • Ecological
  • Risk and Resiliency
  • Vygotsky
And will be introduced to the following theories:
  • Gesell (Historical Perspective)
  • Freud (Historical Perspective)
  • Erikson (Historical Perspective)
  • Attribution
  • Lifespan
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Dynamic Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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