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HDFS 401 Socialization and Development
4 hours (3 hours lecture, 1 hour discussion)
Fall Semesters
Course Objectives
As the final required course for Child and Adolescent Development concentrators in the HDFS major, this course examines selected "big issues" in socialization and development. These issues include the "ecological model" of human development; genetic influences on development; parental influences; peer influences; and risk and resilience in development.
The first course objective is to learn about the major concepts and ideas in each of the topic areas covered by the course, and to learn how to think critically about them. The second objective is to further develop writing and oral communication skills, specifically as applied to human development. This is a "writing-intensive" course, fulfilling the English Composition II requirement. (Undergrads can take the course only as a Comp II course for 4 hours.)
Topics
- The ecological model of human development
- Genetic influences and gene-environment interaction
- Parenting
- Peer influences
- Risk and resilience in development
Graded Activities
- Exams (3)
- Reaction paper, evaluating a parenting website
- Minithemes (4)
- Poster summarizing a research article
- “Poster reaction” about another student's poster.