Lifespan Social & Emotional Development

This subject investigates issues of social and emotional development across all life periods of the life-span: childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. Students taking this subject will learn about major developmental tasks and issues for each life period, including: identity development, gender and sexuality development, moral development, family and peer relationships, and education.

• 1critically evaluate competing (and complimentary) theories of social and emotional development across the lifespan
• 2key developmental concepts and theories that inform scholarly understanding of different life periods
• 3developmental tasks and challenges associated with different life periods (childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood)
• 4apply developmental theory to personal, interpersonal, and cultural contexts of development