Course DescriptionAdvanced Child Psychology is the study of growth and change between conception and adolescence; our emphasis will be on normal development. The beginning of the course will focus on methodology and major themes in child psychology. These will be the conceptual tools that you will apply as we study the various content areas. The course is organized topically so that you will have an idea of the very diverse areas in which child psychologists specialize. Three major goals that will be emphasized are: 1) an appreciation of how research is formulated, carried out, and evaluated; 2) critical appreciation of primary sources in child psychology, and 3) the application of knowledge gained from the course to real world situations. By the end of the semester, you should understand the major issues in the field of child psychology and think critically about primary sources in the field of child psychology as well as issues in the field that have relevance to everyday situations (educating, parenting, babysitting) with children. The course will consist of lectures.