PSY 447 - Psychology of Adolescence

• Understand adolescent development, relationships, and culture in a social/ethnic context along with the revolutionary changes in society and how they affect the lives of adolescents.
• Understand and articulate the sexual, physical, intellectual and body image changes that adolescents undergo.
• Understand and critically discuss the changes that adolescent’s undergo concerning self-concept, identity, ethnicity, and gender.
• Understand and critically evaluate the social development of adolescents including adolescent society, culture, relationships, morality, values, beliefs, and behavior.
• Articulate and evaluate the changing world of adolescents and their families.
• Recognize and evaluate the educational and vocational developments and choices that are available to adolescents today.
• Evaluate and articulate the psychosocial problems of adolescents including alienation, substance abuse, addiction, and dependency.
• Develop an appreciation for the varied and extensive sources of information/research that encompass topics that adolescent psychologists explore.
• Understand and assess the various techniques and tools that are available to adolescent psychologists within each the venues that they may be working.
• Learn about and critically evaluate the development of moral judgment character, values, beliefs, and behavior of adolescents.