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Adolescent Psychology –
mat504
(3 credits)
This course provides an overview of adolescent development, including the biological, cognitive, and social changes during the period between childhood and adulthood. The psychosocial developmental period is explored, and current trends and methods of teaching and learning in a middle school are examined and practiced.
This graduate-level course is 6
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Middle-Level Factors, Characteristics, and Effects on Adolescence
- Classify factors that affect adolescent achievement in middle school.
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Middle-Level Factors, Characteristics, and Effects on Adolescence Cont.
- Evaluate characteristics of effective middle-level instruction, management, and organization.
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Contexts of Adolescence Cont.
- Inspect the role of the school in adolescent development.
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Contexts of Adolescence
- Examine adolescent relationships with family and peer groups.
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Psychosocial Development
- Utilize technology to access reliable adolescent development resources from electronic media.
- Examine psychosocial problems in adolescence.
- Assess the importance of intimacy and sexuality as adolescent issues.
- Examine the development of emotional and behavioral autonomy.
- Compare and contrast the theoretical perspectives of the adolescent identity crisis.
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Fundamental Changes During Adolescence
- Identify the process of social redefinition.
- Analyze changes in social status.
- Evaluate popular theoretical perspectives on adolescent thinking.
- Examine cognitive transitions during adolescence.
- Examine biological transitions in adolescence including puberty and somatic development.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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