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Lifespan Social & Emotional Development (PSYC30016)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
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This subject investigates issues of social and emotional development across all life periods of the life-span: childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. Students taking this subject will learn about major developmental tasks and issues for each life period, including: identity development, gender and sexuality development, moral development, family and peer relationships, and education.
Intended learning outcomes
The subject aims to provide students with opportunities to:
engage in critical evaluation of competing (and complimentary) theories of social and emotional development across the lifespan
identify the developmental tasks and challenges associated with different life periods
apply developmental theory to personal, interpersonal, and cultural contexts of development
Generic skills
Students in this subject will be given appropriate opportunity and educational support to:
contrast and integrate theoretical perspectives of lifespan development
demonstrate advanced skills in critical engagement and reflective thinking
demonstrate advanced skills in creating and responding to peer-reviews
apply theory to practice in everyday life
further skills in written communication
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
512380 Personal and Social Development 3
512305 Developing Persons in Social Worlds
Recommended background knowledge
Prior coursework in at least two Level 2 psychology subjects, including Developmental Psychology, is recommended. Level 2 psychology subjects are: Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Personality & Social Psychology.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
1 written reflective piece addressing 3 questions (500 words per question, to total 1500 words) due week 10, percentage: 40%
5 lecture revision quizzes (1 released each fortnight) due week 12, percentage: 10% Note, each quiz is worth 2% of the final grade. Students can complete the quizzes any time up to week 12.
1 written examination (2 hours), end of semester, percentage: 50%
Hurdle Requirements:
Attendance of 80% of allocated tutorials. Failure to meet the attendance hurdle will result in additional assessment pieces being set before students can be considered to have satisfactorily completed the subject.
Participation in 2x peer review activities (week 4 and week 8). Failure to meet the peer-review hurdle will result in additional assessment pieces being set before students can be considered to have satisfactorily completed the subject. Each peer review activity includes I. Submitting 1 draft answer to one of 3 questions (500 words) for peer review, II. Completing an anonymous review of 2 other students' drafts. Meeting the peer review hurdle therefore requires submission of 2 draft answers and completing 4 reviews.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Abi Brooker Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment for this subject is 170 hours.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Hoffnung, M., Hoffnung, R. J., Seifert, K. L., Hine, A., Pausé, C., Swabey, K., Yates K, & Burton Smith R. (2016). Lifespan development: Third Australasian Edition. John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
Note: An ebook version of this text is available through the university library website.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Psychology Major Psychology Informal specialisation Science-credited subjects - new generation B-SCI and B-ENG. Major Psychology - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 11 April 2024