For QR156 Better Understand the Developmental Journey of Your Child with an Online Child Psychology Course! (QR3232 Value)
Better Understand the Nearly Un-understandable... Phew!
Raising children is said to be one of the hardest jobs on the planet. No wonder with all that those heathens get into! But when you’re armed with the knowledge, maybe you can battle the challenge better… Maybe. Just maybe. But, we're still betting they'll drive ya bonkers sometimes!
The purpose of this course in Child Psychology is to reveal, by examples and case studies, how the latest theories in Parent/Child Psychology may be applied to real world situations. This course is intended to help those who have children or those who work with children learn to think in new and more conscious ways about the child raising experience. Students will learn alternative ways to understand and relate to children.
*Module One -* Major Developmental Issues
*Unit 1:* The First Year of Life
Infant reflexes; Social development during the first year of life including the social smile and onset of fear of strangers
*Unit 2:* The Formation of Attachments
Imprinting; Attachment (Bowlby) including cross-cultural studies; Harlow and surrogate mothers; Relevance of animal studies in child development
*Unit 3:* Consequences of Breakdowns in Attachments
Maternal deprivation; Implications of theories of attachment and maternal deprivation when placing children with surrogates
*Unit 4:* The Home, Family and School
Group vs family care and studies of effects of maternal employment and father absent families; Importance of peers and siblings
*Unit 5:* Basic Principles of Research Methods
Nature and purpose of research, what is an experiment, supporting and refuting hypotheses, independent and dependent variables, control of variables, standardised instructions and procedures, methods of sampling, design of investigations
*Unit 6:* The Development of Visual Perception
Introduction to the nature/nurture debate on visual perception; Fantz - form perception; Gibson and Walk - depth perception; how the physiology of the human visual system helps us judge depth and distance; Bower - size constancy; animal experiments on early sensory deprivation
*Unit 7:* The Development of Language and Communication
Development of non-verbal communication in humans, gestures etc; comparisons with non-human primates; outline of language development in humans; including naturalistic observational in humans; including naturalistic observational studies and criticisms of these; Innate and reinforcement theories
*Unit 8:* Intelligence and Intelligence Testing
Definitions of intelligence; mental age and IQ; Tests of intelligence; Advantages and disadvantages of IQ testing
*Unit 9:* The Nature/Nurture Debate in the Study of Intelligence
Twins studies; stability of IQ; Are early experiences decisive for later development?
*Unit 10:* Data Collection and Interpretation
Tables and histograms, correlation and scattergrams; Mean; Range; Drawing conclusions from data
*Module Two -* The Child as an Individual
*Unit 11:* How Children Think
Piaget's theory of cognitive development; including studies of egocentrism and criticisms of his work
*Unit 12:* Learning Theory - How Behaviour is Acquired
Learning and conditioning - classical conditioning and operant conditioning; including explanations of extinction, discrimination and generalisation; positive and negative reinforcement; Social Learning Theory and criticisms
*Unit 13*: Freud's Psychodynamic Theory - An Alternative Approach
Personality structure, 5 stage theory, criticisms
*Unit 14:* Moral Development
Definition in psychological terms; investigation of moral behaviour, moral feelings and moral judgement
*Unit 15:* The Development of Gender Roles
Sex-typing; Gender identity; Biological, social and cultural theories
*Unit 16:* Aggression in Children
Biological basis of aggression; Psychological theory and aggression; Aggression as a learned response; Imitation of aggression; viewing violence; Punishment for aggression; sex differences in aggression
*Unit 17:* Methods Used in Child Development Research
Observational, Survey, Correlational, Experimental - advantages and disadvantages
*Unit 18:* Play
The importance of play to learning; Piaget's theory of play; forms of play; Relevance of psychological theories to pre-school education;Play and learning in nursery schools; Play therapy
*Unit 19:* Learning in School
Programmed learning and its relationship to learning theory - advantages and disadvantages; Discovery learning and its effectiveness
*Unit 20:* Behavior Modification
Explanation and examples; Relationship to learning theory; Points systems, Advantages and Disadvantages
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Highlights
*Online Child Psychology Course*
Pay QR156 instead of QR3232
- Gain a fundamental knowledge of child development with an integral look into why children behave the way they do!
- Study mental, social and emotional issues to get a full picture of what's happening inside their developing mind!
- Learn to relate to children in better and new ways for a more beneficial child raising experience!
- Deal with your child's growth backed with expert knowledge and a smart approach!
- E-manual, e-books, exercise/goal setting sheets, weekly planners!
- Full support throughout the course which includes an assigned / dedicated tutor!
- Email support
- Monthly best practice groups in Manchester, UK – provides the opportunity to see live demonstrations of techniques and skills taught on the course!
- Students unable to attend the events will receive these monthly sessions on film by email every month! (The practice groups are optional and not essential for completing the course)
- Course materials include a complete assessment which consists of questions and case studies relating to your study material
- Approximately 200 hours of material to study in your own time, at your own pace!
- No time limit to complete the course!
- Help and support is always available from the training center team throughout your training!
- On successful completion you will receive an in-house Child Psychology Certificate from NLP Centre of Excellence
Fine Print
- Valid from 8 April 2015 - 8 July 2015
- Limit 1 voucher per person
- May buy multiple vouchers as gifts
- Successful completion of the online course is required to gain officially certified recognized qualifications
- Vouchers not redeemed by 8 July 2015 will NOT be refunded
- After completion of the course assessment, you will receive your Child Psychology Diploma certificates from the Centre of Excellence
- Internet access and audio required
- For more information contact [email protected]
- Not valid with other offers
- No cash value/No cash back/No refunds
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