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Physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of adolescents and emerging adults in context (e.g., family, relationships, culture). Developmental concepts, theory, and research relevant to typical development including behavioral and emotional outcomes. Emphasis on diversity of experiences as a function of social and ecological factors.
In this course, students will examine the normative changes that adolescents and emerging and young adults experience in physiological/biological, social/emotional, and cognitive domains. In addition, the course covers multiple and diverse contexts in which adolescent and emerging and young adult development occur including family and peer relationships, and at a broader level, the areas of school, work, and culture. This course also explores problems in adolescence and emerging and young adulthood including health risk behaviors. Throughout the course, identity and ecological issues related to adolescents’ and emerging and young adults’ experiences vary as a function of their gender, sexual orientation, income, education, race/ethnicity and other critical factors of their ecology.
Course Learning Objectives
HDFS 101 (Individual and Family Development) or PSY 100 (General Psychology) or Course Restriction: No Freshman; and completion of 30 credits
9704913971 | jaime.rotner@colostate.edu
Jaime Rotner is an instructor in the HDFS deparment. She has been teaching various courses for 13 years. Her areas of interest are early childhood and adolescent development, parenting, relational proceses, attachment and risk/reslience.