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OCN Child Psychology

in Open Study College (England)

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This Child Psychology course covers; The First Year of Life, The Formation of Attachments, Consequences of Breakdowns in Attachments, The Home, Family and School Group. Basic Principles of Research Methods, The Development of Visual Perception, The Development of Language and Communication, Intelligence and Intelligence Testing, The Nature/Nurture Debate, Data Collection and Interpretation.

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Type Course Duration 120 Hours
Method / place Contact course provider Distance
Students per class 973
Suitability This course is ideal for anyone who has previous experience in Psychology or anyone who is interested in learning more about Child Psychology
Course objectives This Child Psychology course covers; The First Year of Life, The Formation of Attachments, Consequences of Breakdowns in Attachments, The Home, Family and School Group. Basic Principles of Research Methods, The Development of Visual Perception, The Development of Language and Communication, Intelligence and Intelligence Testing, The Nature/Nurture Debate, Data Collection and Interpretation.
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Course programme

OCN Child Psychology
This Child Psychology distance learning course covers: 
 
Module 1: Major Developmental Issues
 
Unit 1: The First Year of Life
 
 
 
  • Infant reflexes;
  • Social development during the first year of life including the social smile and onset of fear of strangers. Unit 2: The Formation of Attachments 
     

  • Imprinting;
  • Attachment (Bowlby) including cross-cultural studies;
  • Harlow and surrogate mothers;
  • Relevance of animal studies in child development. Unit 3: Consequences of Breakdowns in Attachments 
     

  • Maternal deprivation;
  • Implications of theories of attachment and maternal deprivation when placing children with surrogates. Unit 4: The Home, Family and School Group 
     

  • Family care and studies of effects of maternal employment and father absent families;
  • Importance of peers and siblings. Unit 5: Basic Principles of Research Methods 
     

  • Nature and purpose of research
  • What is an experiment
  • Supporting and refuting hypotheses
  • Independent and dependent variables
  • Control of variables
  • Standardised instructions and procedures
  • Methods of sampling
  • Design of investigations. Unit 6: The Development of Visual Perception 
     

  • Introduction to the nature/nurture debate on visual perception
  • Fantz - form perception
  • Gibson and Walk - depth perception
  • How the physiology of the human visual system helps us judge depth and distance
  • Bower - size constancy
  • Animal experiments on early sensory deprivation. Unit 7: The Development of Language and Communication 
     

  • Development of non-verbal communication in humans, gestures etc
  • Comparisons with non-human primates
  • Outline of language development in humans
  • Including naturalistic observational in humans
  • Including naturalistic observational studies and criticisms of these
  • Innate and reinforcement theories Unit 8: Intelligence and Intelligence Testing 
     

  • Definitions of intelligence
  • Mental age and IQ
  • Tests of intelligence
  • Advantages and disadvantages of IQ testing. Unit 9: The Nature/Nurture Debate 
     

  • In the Study of Intelligence Twins studies
  • Stability of IQ
  • Are early experiences decisive for later development? Unit 10: Data Collection and Interpretation 
     

  • Tables and histograms, correlation and scattergrams
  • Mean
  • Range
  • Drawing conclusions from data. Module Two;The Child as an Individual
    Unit 11: How Children Think
     
     
     
  • Piaget`s theory of cognitive development
  • Including studies of egocentrism and criticisms of his work. Unit 12: Learning Theory - How Behaviour is Acquired 
     

  • Learning and conditioning - classical conditioning and operant conditioning
  • Including explanations of extinction, discrimination and generalisation
  • Positive and negative reinforcement
  • Social Learning Theory and criticisms. Unit 13: Freud`s Psychodynamic Theory 
     

  • An Alternative Approach Personality structure, 5 stage theory and criticisms. Unit 14: Moral Development 
     

  • Definition in psychological terms
  • Investigation of moral behaviour, moral feelings and moral judgement. Unit 15: The Development of Gender Roles 
     

  • Sex-typing
  • Gender identity
  • Biological, social and cultural theories. Unit 16: Aggression in Children 
     

  • Biological basis of aggression
  • Psychological theory and aggression
  • Aggression as a learned response
  • Imitation of aggression
  • Viewing violence
  • Punishment for aggression
  • Sex differences in aggression. Unit 17: Methods Used in Child Development 
     

  • Research
  • Observational, Survey, Correlational, Experimental - advantages and disadvantages. Unit 18: Play 
     

  • The importance of play to learning
  • Piaget`s theory of play
  • Forms of play
  • Relevance of psychological theories to pre-school education
  • Play and learning in nursery schools
  • Play therapy. Unit 19: Learning in School Programmed 
     

  • Learning and its relationship to learning theory - advantages and disadvantages
  • Discovery learning and its effectiveness. Unit 20: Behaviour 
     

  • Modification Explanation and examples
  • Relationship to learning theory
  • Points systems, Advantages and disadvantagesAs this course is studied from home the assessments take the form of written assignments. These will be marked and a report returned to you informing you whether you have passed or whether you need to resubmit it. 
     
    You have a full year to complete this course which is a lot longer that you will actually need, so you really can study in your own time at your own pace, 
     
    This course have been accredited for the OCN Level 3 Diploma in Child Psychology. This qualification also carries UCAS points. 
     
    Included in the cost of this course is your official course manuals, unlimited tutor support throughout the duration of your course, stationary pack, and a FREE record bag to keep all of your course materials in. 
     
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