PSYC 240 - Adolescent Psychology

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 with a grade of C or better
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course provides an introduction to the study of adolescent psychology, including a review of the biological, cognitive and social transitions that characterize adolescence; the effects of context (e.g., families, peers, schools, etc.) on these transitions; and the psychosocial changes that characterize adolescence (e.g., those impacting identity, autonomy, intimacy and sexuality, achievement, and the development of psychosocial problems). Within all of these topics, gender-based and cultural differences will also be reviewed.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Under standing of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical and interpretive analysis; and
Knowledge of major concepts, models and issues of at least one discipline in the social sciences.