| Type: | Undergraduate Subject |
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| Code: | PSYC12-315 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Society and Design |
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| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
This subject deals with human development from birth to old age. You will learn about important developmental topics, including the impact of childhood adversities and drug/alcohol abuse on development, ADHD, dyslexia, autism, and emotional development. For your assessments, you will be able to choose a topic that aligns with your interests.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Analyse theories and empirical findings in lifespan developmental psychology, including cognitive, social, emotional, and language development across the lifespan, and developmental psychopathology.
- Write a literature review on a developmental psychology topic using APA conventions.
- Apply ethical principles and professional standards when evaluating developmental psychology research.
- Investigate psychological questions using appropriate scholarly sources and methods.
- Apply culturally responsive principles in psychological inquiry, including with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to the diversity of individuals more broadly.
- Present developmental psychology research findings orally to a tutorial audience.
Enrolment requirements
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Nil |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge. All Psychology programs are accredited in the sequence presented and designed to provide students with learning and graduate outcomes in line with APAC accreditation standards. In order to meet these outcomes, students in the Undergraduate program should complete PSYC11, then PSYC12, and finally PSYC13 subjects in the order sequenced. |
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Subject outlines
- May 2026 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- May 2025 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- May 2024 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- May 2023 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- May 2022 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- May 2021 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- May 2020 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- September 2019 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- May 2019 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- September 2018 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
- May 2018 [Standard - Developmental Psychology]
Subject dates
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May 2026
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 22/03/2026 Semester start: 18/05/2026 Subject start: 18/05/2026 Last enrolment: 31/05/2026 Teaching census: 12/06/2026 Withdraw - Financial: 13/06/2026 Withdraw - Academic: 04/07/2026
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| Enrolment opens: | 22/03/2026 |
| Semester start: | 18/05/2026 |
| Subject start: | 18/05/2026 |
| Last enrolment: | 31/05/2026 |
| Teaching census: | 12/06/2026 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 13/06/2026 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 04/07/2026 |