Psychology BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)
Human Development 3 PSYCH4006
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Psychology and Neuroscience
- Credits: 10
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Semester 1
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course provides insight into aspects of human development across the lifespan.
Timetable
Weekly one hour lectures
Excluded Courses
None
Assessment
100% written assignment, completed and submitted in a group.
Course Aims
This course explores development and its diversity across the lifespan including childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. It explores brain development, social and emotional development, cognitive development and their necessary interactions and the impact of factors such as culture and context on the interplay of these developmental strands.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of the course students will be able to :
■ Evaluate data collecting procedures in developmental psychology, especially in complex and vulnerable cohorts
■ Evaluate evidence from a range of empirical studies on age-related change at key stages through the life span from prenatal development through childhood, to adolescence, adulthood and into old age.
■ Discuss the evidence for risk and protective factors in development
■ Discuss the interplay between genetics and environment on development