| Course Title: Developmental Psychology |
| Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2025 |
| Description: Examines changes in cognitive, social, and emotional functioning, including theory and research that illuminate central issues in characterizing these changes: the relative contributions of nature and nurture, the influence of diverse contexts on development, continuity versus discontinuity in development, and the concept of stage. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Megan Stutesman   |           | mstutesman@mtholyoke.edu   |
| KC Haydon (email: kchaydon@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 0) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions. |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025   | Lecture   | Tuesday and Thursday   | 09:00AM - 10:15AM   | REES - Reese   | 316   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| Prereq: A 100-level Psychology course or AP Psychology. | Take previously   | Required   |
| Comments         |
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| Course Tags         | ||
| NXEDP0001   | NXEDP: Nexus in Educational Policy and Practice   | This course is approved for the Educational Policy and Practice Nexus track   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed     | Capacity: 28     | Enrollment: 28     | Available: 0     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| No book purchases are required/recommended for this class. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: No textbook required.   |