HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE- WEST LOOP CAMPUS SUMMER 2014 ________________________________________________________________ Gracie A. Roberts, M.A. Psychology 2314 Human Growth and Development Lifespan CRN: 12455 5-WK M-TH 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. CONTACT INFORMATION E-mail address: gracie.roberts@hccs.edu TEXTBOOKS The textbook for this course is: Berger, K. (2010). Invitation to the Life Span. New York: Worth Publishers. COURSE DESCRIPTION A developmental psychology course designed to provide an understanding of human behavior and characteristics from conception through death. This course includes information on physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes throughout the lifespan. Theory, research, and applications are covered. GRADES Grades will be based upon a point system where you are able to obtain a maximum of 300 points as follows: 11 Quizzes —200 pts. 1 Observation activity—100 pts. You will have the option of dropping the lowest quiz grade for a final total of 10 quizzes. Final grade will be converted into letter grades as follows: 300 – 270 pts. = A 269 – 240 pts. = B 239 – 210 pts. = C 209 – 180 pts. = D 179 pts. & below = F Quiz 1 Quiz 5 Quiz 9 Observation Quiz 2 Quiz 6 Quiz 10 Quiz 3 Quiz 7 Quiz 11 Quiz 4 Quiz 8 QUIZZES For each section listed on the class schedule there will be a quiz. The quizzes will cover only the section covered the previous week and will be approximately 20 questions. Each question will require a short answer, rarely more than 2 sentences. The quizzes will come from the outlines for the section. Anything on the outline should be expected to be on the quiz, so be sure to take very good notes! MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON TIME FOR ALL QUIZZES. ***Make-up exams: There are no make-up exams. You will be allowed to drop the lowest quiz grade in place of a make-up exam. OBSERVATION ACTIVITY You will be given 1 observation activity during the semester. For the activity, you will be required to take notes to write a paper on your observation. In the paper, you must state the age-appropriate concepts that you observed, including a description of what you observed. You must identify 7 concepts within your paper. The paper must be 1-2 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, 12point font, and with 1-inch margins. You will also need a title page with your name, date, and class day and time. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!! ATTENDANCE AND DROP POLICY It is very important that you attend and participate in class. If you have to miss a class, it is your responsibility to get the material/notes that you missed. Please do not contact me for the notes. I do not give out my notes to students. It is your responsibility to take good notes or obtain them from another student in the class if you are absent. It is also important that you arrive to class on time to avoid being marked absent or missing important information or announcements usually given at the beginning of class. I do not drop students so it is your responsibility to drop the class if you are unable to continue in the class. PLAGIARISM and HOW TO CITE INFORMATION Plagiarizing is taking someone’s ideas and/or writings as if they are your own. The penalty for plagiarizing is an “F” for this course. You must give credit when using someone else’s work. It is best to paraphrase the quote or place the quote in quotation marks if it is three words or longer. To avoid any misunderstandings, the best way to cite information for this course will be using APA format where you give the author’s last name, the year the work was published, and the page number all in parentheses. When you paraphrase, you are taking the author’s idea or statement and putting it in your own words. You are not allowed to simply use synonyms in place of the author’s words. This is still considered plagiarism. It may be best to read the information, and without looking at the information, put it in your own words. That way you are less likely to repeat the author’s exact words or wording. Also, even though you paraphrase something, you must include the citation at the end of the sentence. COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1 - July 07-10 Introduction Theories of Development Quiz 1 – Theories of Development (Wednesday, July 09) Heredity and Environment Quiz 2 – Heredity and Environment (Thursday, July 10) Prenatal Development and Birth Week 2 - July 14-17 Quiz 3 – Prenatal Development and Birth (July 14) Infants and Toddlerhood: The First 2 years Quiz 4 – Infants and Toddlerhood (July 16) Early Childhood: The Play Years (2-6 years) Week 3 - July 21-24 Quiz 5 – Early Childhood (July 21) Middle Childhood: School Years (6-11 years) Quiz 6 – Middle Childhood (July 23) Adolescence Week 4 - July 28-31 Quiz 7 – Adolescence (July 28) OBSERVATION PAPERS ON ADOLESCENCE DUE ON THE 28th AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS!!! Early Adulthood Quiz 8 – Early Adulthood (July 30) Middle Adulthood Week 5 - August 04-07 Quiz 9 – Middle Adulthood (August 04) Late Adulthood Quiz 10 – Late Adulthood (Tuesday, August 05) Death and Dying Quiz 11 – Death and Dying (August 07) ***This schedule is tentative and may be changed during the course of the semester. You are responsible for getting the changes if you miss a class.***