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2017-2018 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PSY 201 - Child Psychology

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: PSY 101; Not open to Psychology Majors
A study of the child from both the developmental and experimental approaches. Topics that may be included are methodology in child research, heredity and environment controversy, intelligence, language and communication, learning in infancy and childhood, and motor, cognitive, perceptual, personality, and social development. This course meets the Massachusetts Office for Children requirement for day care center certification, OFC Category A, Child Growth and Development.
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