ATLANTIC CAPE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE ALIGNMENT REVIEW FORM
Name of ACCC Program:
Psychology 135
Child Psychology
Name of ACCC Course:
Child Psychology
Name of High School:
Egg Harbor Township High School
High School Course:
High School Text:
Foundations of Education I
Laura E. Berk. Infants, Children, and Adolescents. 6th Ed.
Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2008. (ISBN: 13:978-0-205-51138-9
Faculty Reviewer:
Carole Weidman
Date:
February 4, 2010
Is HS Curriculum
ACCC Competency
Chapter 1
 The Field of Child Development
 Basic Issues
 Historical Foundations
 Mid-Twentieth-Century Theories
 Recent Theoretical Perspectives
 Comparing Child Development
 Studying the Child
Yes or No
No
Where found in HS Curriculum
– Additional Comments
This Course will be a new
class at Egg Harbor
Township High School
EHTHS we will be completely
adapting the ACCC Course
Psychology 135 – Child
Psychology curriculum
Chapter 2 – Biological and
Environmental Foundations
 Genetic Foundations
 Reproductive Choices
 Environmental Contexts for
Development
 Understanding the Relationship
Between Heredity and
Environment
Chapter 3 – Prenatal Development
 Motivations for Parenthood
 Prenatal development
 Prenatal Environment Influences
 Preparing for Parenthood
No
Chapter 4 – Birth and the Newborn
Baby
 The Stages of Childbirth
 Approaches to Childbirth
 Medical Interventions
 Precious Moments After Birth
 The Newborn” Capacities
 The Transition to Parenthood
No
No
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Chapter 5 – Physical Development in
Infancy and Toddlerhood
 Body Growth
 Brain development
 Influences on Early Physical
Growth
 Learning Capacities
 Motor Development
 Perceptual Development
No
Chapter 6 – Cognitive Development in
Infancy and Toddlerhood
 Piaget’s CognitiveDevelopmental Theory
 Information Processing
 The Social Context of Early
Cognitive Development
 Individual Differences in early
Mental Development
 Language Development
No
Chapter 7 –Emotional and Social
Development in Infancy
 Erikson’s Theory of Infant and
Toddler Personality
 Emotional Development
 Development of Attachment
 Self-Understanding
No
Chapter 8 – Physical Development in
Early Childhood
 Body Growth
 Brain Development
 Influences on Physical Growth
and Health
 Motor Development
No
Chapter 9 – Cognitive Development in
Early Childhood
 Piaget’s Theory: The
Preoperational Stage
 Vtgotsky’s Sociocultural Theory
 Information Processing
 Individual Differences in Mental
Development
 Language Development
No
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Chapter 10 - Emotional and Social
Development in Early Childhood
 Erikson’s Theory: Initiative
versus guilt
 Self- Understanding
 Emotional Development
 Peer Relations
 Foundations of Morality
 Gender Typing
 Child Rearing and Emotional and
Social Development
Chapter 11 – Physical Development
 Body Growth
 Common Health Problems
 Health Education
 Motor Development and Play
Chapter 12 – Cognitive Development in
Middle Childhood
 Piaget’s Theory: The concrete
Operational Stage
 Information Processing
 Individual Differences in Mental
Development
 Language Development
 Children’s Learning in School
No
Chapter 13 – Emotional and Social
Development in Middle Childhood
 Erikson’s Theory: Industry verus
Inferiority
 Self-Understanding
 Emotional Development
 Understanding Others:
Perspectives Taking
 Moral Development
 Peer Relations
 Gender Typing
 Family Influences
 Some Common Problems of
Development
No
No
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Chapter 14 – Physical Development in
Adolescence
 Conceptions of Adolescence
 Puberty: The physical Transition
to Adulthood
 The Psychological Impact of
Pubertal Events
 Health Issues
Chapter 15 – Cognitive Development in
Adolescence
 Piaget’s Theory: The Formal
Operational Stage
 An Information- Processing View
of Adolescent Cognitive
Development
 Consequences of Adolescent
Cognitive Charges
 Sex Differences in Mental
Abilities
 Language Development
 Learning in School
 Vocational Development
No
Chapter 16- Emotional and Social
Development in Adolescence
 Erikson’s Theory: Identity versus
Role Confusion
 Self-Understanding
 Moral Development
 Gender Typing
 The Family
 Peer Relations
 Problems of development
 At the Threshold
No
Chapter 17 – Emerging Adulthood
 A Period of Unprecedented
Exploration
 Cultural Change and Emerging
Adulthood
 Risk and Resilience in Emerging
Adulthood
No
ATLANTIC CAPE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE ALIGNMENT REVIEW FORM
Comments:
1. Provide your explanation as to why this course meets the criteria with ACCC course.
Be specific in these comments in terms of:
 Course content – we will be completely adapting the ACCC Course Psychology 135 – Child
Psychology curriculum
 Textbook
This textbook is used at ACCC and will also be used at EHT
Laura E. Berk. Infants, Children, and Adolescents. 6th Ed.
Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2008. (ISBN: 13:978-0-205-51138-9

Assessment -Will be administered as per ACCC course syllabus and textbook publisher’s end of chapter tests.
2. If this course does not meet the criteria, explain why not and offer suggestions as what the high school
can do to improve the course so that it will meet the ACCC criteria.