Child Psychology Level 3

This course covers:

Unit 1: An introduction to child psychology

• Introduction to childhood
• A history of childhood education
• Branches of psychology
• History of psychology
• Psychoanalysis
• Behaviourism
• Alternate approaches to psychology
• Ways of researching
• Working with children

Unit 2: Cognitive development

• Language basics
• The stages of cognitive development
• Using language in child psychology
• Forming logic
• Steps in the perceptual process
• Piaget’s theory
• Socialisation in children

Unit 3: Relationships and attachment

• Versions of attachment
• Different types of attachment
• Disruption of attachment
• Nature and nurture
• Natural behaviour
• John Bowlby
• Early relationships

Unit 4: Cognition and memory

• Memory processes
• Short-term memory
• Long-term memory
• Memory and learning
• Stimulating memory
• How a child’s mind works
• A child’s perception
• Child psychology in context

Unit 5: Emotional changes

• Learning theories
• Cognitive priming
• Kohlberg’s perspective
• Stages and levels of moral development
• Eisenberg’s theory
• Developing emotions
• Temperament

Unit 6: Development into adolescence

• Adolescence theories
• Milestones
• Changes into adolescence

This course can be taken over a 12 month period but you can complete it as fast or as slowly as you wish.

To pass this course learners must pass 6 assignments. These are completed after navigating through the corresponding lessons and writing your answers to assignment questions. Once these have been read and marked by your personal tutor, feedback and marks are provided to students which contain helpful tips to improve work in future assignments.