Welcome
PSYCH150: Human Development
Jonathan Pickens
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Why Human Development?
What is PSYCH 150?
- Introductory (100) level course
- PSYCHology is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
- We will discuss...
Development from conception to death; biological, physiological, and social factors and their interactions at each stage.
| 1 | Learn the major theories of human development. |
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| 2 | Understand how the influences of biology, environment, and socio-cultural factors interact to shape an individual’s development. |
| 3 | Gain knowledge of processes through which adaptive or maladaptive development progresses. |
| 4 | Learn how research on human development is conducted using the tools of behavioral and biological science. |
What is PSYCH 150 01 Fall '18?
- "Partially Online", not quite hybrid
- Flipped!
- Democratic
- Participatory
- Critical
- Controversial
Introductions
- Name (pronouns)
- Major (or interest)
- Answer a question
- Ask a question
Introducing myself
- Jonathan Pickens
- PhD student in Developmental Psychology (Graduate Center)
- Autism
- Online Communities
- Digital Democracy
- Bottom-up pedagogy
Short life story
Why context matters
- Westchester
- SUNY Albany
- SUNY Geneseo
- Call Center, Red Horse, Kumon
- Columbia/NYSPI CPEG
- Post-structuralism & etc
- CUNY GC
- bluestockings
- cypurr
Democracy in the classroom
- Is Hunter Democratic?
- What does it mean to teach democratically?
- How do we make space for others?
- What is democracy anyway?
- Can we really achieve it here?
CUNY Commons
http://cuny.is/humdevs19
http://humdevf18.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Let's start with the syllabus
What would you want it to include?
How would we agree on one?
(I want the required bits)
- My info
- Learning Objectives
- Academic Integrity
- ADA Policy
- Policy on Sexual Misconduct
My draft of the Syllabus
Please remember
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Intro to PSYCH 150
By cypurr
