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Unit 1: Introduction
- What is Child Psychology?
- Psychology As a Science
- Research Methods
- Underlying Debates in Child Psychology - nature, nurture and personality
Unit 2: Social development and the family
- Child's sense of self and personality
- Attachment
- Privation, deprivation, institutionalisation
- Parenting styles and effects on child development
Unit 3: Social development
- Gender development (social and cognitive theories)
- Moral development (social and cognitive theories)
- Pro- and anti-social behaviour
- Social interaction, learning and play
Unit 4: Cognitive development
- Development of sensory perception
- Language development and acquisition
- Cognitive development
- Measured intelligence