Child Psychology (Introduction)

Introduction to Child Psychology course aims to give you an overview of research, theory and a broad understanding of the area of developmental psychology. This course is not part of any external qualification, but it is aimed generally at about the level of first year tertiary education. The lessons will provide an excellent resource if you intend to go on to study psychology or childhood development in a tertiary course.

This is a NZQA approved course

Key areas of learning:
• Different Psychological Theories of Development
• Learning Theory and Personality
• Moral Development
• Pre-Natal Development
• Adolescence
• Psychological Disorders

SUBJECTS:
1. Issues in Development
2. Freud's Theory of Psychosexual Development
3. Post-Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory
4. John Bowlby and Maternal Bonding
5. Eight Stages of Development - Erik Erikson
6. Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
7. Learning Theory and Personality
8. Kohlberg and Moral Development
9. Language Development
10. Prenatal Development
11. Development in Infancy
12. One Parent's Experience of the Preschool Child
13. Issues of Middle Childhood
14. Adolescence and History and Childhood and Adolescent Sexuality
15. Gender and Sexual Identity
16. Psychological Disorders and Issues in Childhood and Adolescence

Course Number:	507
Prerequisites:	Open entry
Assessments:	16 lessons / 16 assignments
Duration:	This course must be completed within 24 months.
Level:	Level 3
	Stotts Cengage Education is registered as a private training establishment by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) under the provisions of the Education Act 1989 and its subsequent amendments. This course has NZQA local approval, which indicates it has been quality assessed by NZQA and industry. This course has no National Qualifications Framework accreditation and no credits will be reported to NZQA upon completion.