PSYC468-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Special Topic: Adolescent Behaviour

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 17 May 2013

Description

Issues of adolescent behaviour, with a focus on risky behaviours looking at the evidence that adolescents do engage more in risk-taking than either adults or children. The contributions of neurological and cognitive development, changes in peer and family relationships, the identity search, and some evolutionary psychology will be explored. This is an advanced course in Developmental Psychology

Learning Outcomes

To enable students to:
1. Critically analyse and synthesize a number of biological, cognitive/psychological and environmental theories of adolescent development.
2. Investigate and understand the roles that these theories play in explaining adolescent risk-taking behaviour
3. Consider the application of these theories to specific types of risk-taking behaviour
4. Critically evaluate the role of society (time and place) in influencing how adolescence (and adolescents) are perceived and understood.
5. Examine some of the prevention and intervention strategies used to curtail poor decision-making.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Gabrielle Wall

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Two Reflective Analysis worth 20% each 40%
Departmental Test 60%

Textbooks / Resources

No set text; readings or links to readings will be posted on Learn.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $847.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Psychology .

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