PSY-351 CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY
This course uses a holistic cultural perspective to describe and explain the interplay of biological and contextual influences on the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of children and adolescents of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural background. To that end, the course presents a review of cultural groups and the way a range of formative contextual experiences including socio-economic status, minority status, immigration status intersects to shape individual development.