Meaning and concepts of growth and development-Principles of growth and development- difference between growth and development- Impact of nature and nurture on child development
Stages: infancy, early childhood and adolescence and their dimensions of development: physical, cognitive, moral, emotional and social.
Psycho-social stages (Erikson), Cognitive development (Piaget), Moral development (Kohlberg), and Socio-cultural approach to cognitive development (Vygotsky), Ecological systems theory (Bronfenbrenner)
Agencies of socialization: Family, school, peer, and community
Gender stereotypes in early child, middle childhood and adolescence - Influences of gender stereotyping: biological, cultural and environmental -Gender identity in middle childhood and in adolescence - Gender schema theory - strategies for development non-gender – stereotyped children
Reference Book:
Hurlock, Elizabeth. B. (1980). Development Psychology. New Delhi: McGraw Hill Education. Hurlock, Elizabeth. B. (1980). Adolescent Development. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill. Hurlock, Elizabeth. B. (2015). Child development. New Delhi: McGraw Hill Education.
Text Book:
Thangasamy, Kokila. (2014). Psychology of learning and human development. Madurai: Nagarajan.K(2014),Psychology of learner and learning