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Human Development - I
This course aims at providing conceptual foundation of human development. It focuses on development in the life span in different domains with an emphasis on the cultural context.
Concept of human development; Theories of human development – Freud, Erikson.
Experimental, Longitudinal, Observation
Genetic, cultural and social factors; The nature-nurture debate in human development
Role of family, peers and school; Media and Socialization
Nature; Approaches -Piaget; Language development - Chomsky.
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Ø Barnes, P. (Ed.) (1995) Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Oxford : Blackwell.
Ø Berry, J.W., Dasen, D.R. and Saraswathi, T.S. (1997). Handbook of Cross-cultural psychology : Basic Processes and Human Development, Vol. 2 M.A. : Allyn and Bacon.
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