Unit 1: Introduction
Nature and scope of development psychology
Historical perspective of development psychology
Research methods for studying developmental changes
Assessment in developmental psychology
Ethical issues in research on developmental psychology
Unit 2: Theories of development
Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
Erik Erikson psychological stages of development
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
Vygotsky’s socio cognitive cultural theory
Kohlberg’s theory of moral development
Unit 3: Prenatal development
Prenatal development phases
Genetic influences in development
Prenatal environmental influences
Unit 4: Infancy
Physical development
Cognitive development in infancy with reference to piaget’s theory
Language development in infancy
Socio emotional development in infancy
Unit 5: Childhood
Physical development, Emotional development
Cognitive development in childhood with reference to piaget’s theory
Personality development (role of familial and extra familial influences
Unit 6: Adolescence
Physical development, Emotional development
Identity formation in adolescence
Cognitive development in adolescence with reference to piaget’s theory
Social development
Problem and disturbance in adolescence
Unit 7: Early adulthood
Physical development, Occupational adjustments
Family adjustments
Unit 8: Middle adulthood
Physical changes, Social adjustments
Occupational adjustments, Family adjustments
Unit 9: Gerontology
Physical changes, Challenges faced by the elderly
The elderly and death
