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  • Workbook & Quick
    Reference Guide
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  • Self-Paced Online
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• Premier Product - Online access for this course is 18 weeks. After you purchase a Premier course, you will receive your online ID and password via email within two business days.
• Academic Support - If you purchase the additional Academic Support for this course you will receive 18 weeks of support.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology course is a one-semester under-graduate course that meets the requirements of both the DSST/DANTES and the Excelsior College examinations. The exams involve the various stages of the life span and measure your understanding of the concepts, principles, theories, and applications that are associated with life-span development. Both exams consist of four-option multiple-choice questions to be completed within three hours.

Topics covered in this course are:

• Study of Lifespan Development
  • Models and theories
  • Methods of study
  • Ethical issues
  
  
• Biological Development
  • Genetic factors
  • Prenatal development
  • Physical development
  • Motor development
  • Sexual development
  • Neurological development
  • Sensory development
  • Aging process
  • Death and dying
  
  
• Perception, Learning, and Memory
  • Perceptual development
  • Learning, conditioning, and modeling,
  • Memory development
  • Learning disabilities
  • Attention and information processing
  
  
• Cognition and Language
  • Cognitive-development theory
  • Problem solving
  • Mental abilities
  • Cognitive styles
  • Language development and theories
  • Social cognition
  
  
• Social, Emotional, and Personality Development
  • Personality development
  • Social behaviors
  • Family life cycle
  • Extrafamilial settings
  • Singlehood and cohabitation
  • Occupational development and retirement
  • Adjustment, life stresses, and life-styles
  • Bereavement and loss

(Taken from “Lifespan Developmental Psychology,” DSST, Prometric, Inc., ©2002, and “Excelsior College Examination Content Guide for Life Span Developmental Psychology,” Excelsior College Examinations, ©2008.)

*Important - Please be sure to order the correct required textbook(s) for the type of product that you would like (Traditional, Advanced or Premier)

The required textbook(s) for the Advanced and Premier Course are listed below.

Life Span Developmental Psychology Package for IAS   Pearson