Psychology of Childhood (C8813)
15 credits, Level 4
Spring teaching
This module aims to give students an overview of child development from birth through preadolescence. The module provides an overview of development in four main areas: biological (e.g. temperament), emotional (e.g. attachment), cognitive (e.g. categorisation) and social (e.g. peer relations). Additionally, this module places key emphasis on developing group working and independent learning skills by utilising a team-based small group teaching approach.
Teaching and assessment
We’re currently reviewing teaching and assessment of our modules in light of the COVID-19 situation. We’ll publish the latest information as soon as possible.
Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 28 hours of contact time and about 122 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
This module is running in the academic year 2019/20. We also plan to offer it in future academic years. It may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Courses
This module is offered on the following courses:
- Psychology (with a professional placement year) BSc
- Psychology BSc
- Psychology with Business and Management BSc
- Psychology with Clinical Approaches BSc
- Psychology with Cognitive Science BSc
- Psychology with Criminology BSc
- Psychology with Economics BSc
- Psychology with Education BSc
- Psychology with Neuroscience BSc