472-301 Social and Emotional Development

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472-301 Social and Emotional Development
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	Sharne Rolfe
Prerequisites	472-201 Cognitive Development.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Lectures and tutorials totalling 36 hours
Subject Description	A study of normative patterns and individual differences in children's social and emotional development in infancy and early childhood. Key theories, models and research about the effect of biological predispositions such as temperament and contextual factors such as child rearing practices on development will be considered. Emotional expression, regulation and intelligence will be introduced and the attachment process described and discussed along with the inter-relationships between developmental domains.
Assessment	Assignments totalling 2000 words and a 2-hour written examination.
Prescribed Texts	S. Rolfe, Rethinking attachment for early childhood practice. Allen & Unwin 2004.

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