SOP
3015
SOCIAL AND
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Spring, 2013
Dr.
Mary Levitt
Office
Hrs: TR 2-4, AI 379A
E-mail: levittmj@fiu.edu, Phone: 305-919-5953
Web
site:
www.fiu.edu/~levittmj (See web site for
class notes and other course information)
TEXT: Shaffer, D. R. (2005
or 2009). Social and personality development, 5th or 6th
ed., Belmont, CA: Thompson-Wadsworth.
OBJECTIVES: This course will
provide students with an overview of theories and research on the
social-emotional side of human development, with a focus on the years of
infancy through adolescence. The knowledge gained in the course will help
students to understand the social processes involved in their own personal
development and that of those around them.
REQUIREMENTS:
(a) EXAMS:
Three regular exams plus an optional cumulative final exam. Students who miss a
regular exam must take the cumulative final exam. No make-up exams will
be given. Students who complete the regular exams, but wish to improve
their grades, may take the cumulative final exam, and substitute the final exam
grade for their lowest regular exam grade.
Exams are worth 95% of your final grade.
(b) SUMMARY:
One summary of a recent (5 years or less) empirical research article (not a
review or brief report) related to the course content. The article must be from a peer-reviewed developmental
psychology journal, such as Child Development, Developmental Psychology, or
Social Development. (See website for instructions to access these
journals online).
The summary should include an overview
of the Background, Method, Results, and
Implications of the study, along with a Personal Evaluation of the article. The summary should be 1 typewritten page,
and must include a copy of the article.
The summary must be written in your own words! The summary will count for 5% of your final
grade.
(c) EXTRA CREDIT: Students may earn up to 3 extra points on their final
course grades by (a) submitting up to three additional article summaries,
following the above guidelines, or (b) participating in research projects, if
available, (1 pt. each hour). See http://fiu.sona-systems.com/
for research participation opportunities. (You may need to unblock
messages in your spam filter from psyexp@fiu.edu to receive messages from this system).
|
DATE |
CHAPTER/TOPIC |
|
1/8 |
Introduction |
|
1/10-15 |
Ch. 1/
Fundamentals |
|
1/17-22 |
Ch. 2/ Classical
theories |
|
1/24-29 |
Ch. 3/ Recent perspectives |
|
1/31-2/5 |
Ch. 4/ Emotional development and
temperament
|
|
2/7 |
EXAM 1 |
|
2/12-14 |
Ch. 5/ Intimate
relationships/attachments |
|
2/19 |
Ch. 6/ Self-concept and social
cognition |
|
2/21 |
Ch. 7/
Achievement |
|
2/26 |
Ch. 8/ Sex role development |
|
2/28-3/5 |
Ch. 9/ Aggression and antisocial
behavior |
|
3/7 |
EXAM 2 |
|
3/19-21 |
Ch. 10/ Altruism and moral
development |
|
3/21 |
SUMMARY DUE |
|
3/26-28 |
Ch. 11/ The family |
|
4/2 |
Ch. 12/ Extrafamilial
influences I: Schools and media |
|
4/4-9 |
Ch. 13/ Extrafamilial
influences II: Peers |
|
4/11 |
EXAM 3 |
|
4/16 |
Review |
|
4/18 |
OPTIONAL EXAM (Required if you miss Exam
1, 2, or 3) |