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EPY2050 - Human Growth and Development 
(Spring 2003, Section 3)

Instructor Art Russell
Class Times Monday and Wednesday; 1:30 PM until 2:45 PM
Class Locations Room 501 General Classroom Building

Contents


This site is intended to supplement instruction presented during the Spring 2003 semester.

Syllabus - The syllabus presents my concept for course objectives and requirements. Note - syllabus content is subject to change, although I will attempt to notify class participants whenever a change is made to the syllabus. A copy of the syllabus is available here in Adobe portable document format (PDF). Note - Adobe Acrobat (PDF reader) is available for free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Quiz Dates:
Quiz 1                 
5 Feb 03
Quiz 2               
10 Mar 03
Quiz 3                 
9 Apr 03
Quiz 4 / Final      30 Apr 03

Class Schedule - In no case should the notes be seen as fully representative of the topics covered. They are simply notes and as such are incomplete and only representative of the general direction of my thoughts for that class. Expect that there will be variation from the information published here.

Class Dates: Note that these are only approximate dates on which subject material will be covered. Expect deviation from the schedule listed below, as well as from the class syllabus.

6 Jan
First day of class -Introduction
8 Jan
Chapter 1 - History, Theory, and Research Strategies
13 Jan Chapter 2 - Biological and Environmental Foundations
15 Jan Chapter 2 - continued
20 Jan MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY - NO CLASSES
22 Jan Chapter 3 - Prenatal Development
27 Jan Chapter 3 - continued
29 Jan Chapter 4 - Birth and the Newborn Baby
3 Feb Chapter 4 - continued
5 Feb QUIZ 1
10 Feb Chapter 5 - Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
12 Feb Chapter 5 - continued
17 Feb Chapter 6 - Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
19 Feb Chapter 6 - continued
24 Feb Chapter 7 - Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
26 Feb Chapter 7 - continued
3-5 Mar Spring Break - No Classes
10 Mar QUIZ 2
12 Mar Chapter 9 - Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
17 Mar Chapter 9 - continued
19 Mar Chapter 10 - Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood
24 Mar Chapter 10 - continued
26 Mar Chapter 12 - Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
31 Mar Chapter 12 - continued / Group Presentation 1
2 Apr Chapter 13 -- Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood / Group Presentation 2
7 Apr Chapter 13 - continued / Group Presentation 3
9 Apr QUIZ 3
14 Apr Chapter 14 - Physical Development in Adolescence / Group Presentation 4
16 Apr Chapter 14 - continued / Group Presentation 5
21 Apr Chapter 15 - Cognitive Development in Adolescence / Group Presentation 6
23 Apr Chapter 15 - continued / Group Presentation 7
28 Apr

Chapter 16 - Emotional and Social Development

Pages 608 - 616 - Moral Reasoning

Pages 628 - 636 - Problems of Development

Group Presentation 8

30 Apr FINAL EXAMINATION - 12:30 PM - Room 501 General Classroom Building

Lecture notes - The following notes begin with Chapter 10 and are presented in order to afford students with a fuller view of the chapters as they are presented during class.

Chapter 10
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16

Group Presentations

Each student will participate in making a group presentation. Details are available here as an Adobe PDF file.

Group Topics:

Group 1 - Chapter 12 - p. 446 - Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Group 2 - Chapter 13 - p. 514 - The Impact of Ethnic and Political Violence on Children

Group 3 - Chapter 13 - p. 517 - Children's Eyewitness Testimony

Group 4 - Chapter 14 - p. 544 - Homosexuality: Coming Out to Oneself and Others

Group 5 - Chapter 14 - p. 551 - Like Mother, Like Child: Intergenerational Continuity in Adolescent Parenthood

Group 6 - Chapter 15 - p. 574 - Sex Differences in Spatial Abilities

Group 7 - Chapter 15 - p. 582 - Dispositions Toward Collective Struggle: Highly Achieving Optimistic African-American High School Students

Group 8 - Chapter 16 - p. 634 - Two Routes to Adolescent Delinquency