Teaching Assistant: Lora L. Taira, S307H, (773)794-3076, e-mail: rltaira@earthlink.net
 

Required textbook: Damon, W. (1983). Social and personality development: Infancy through adolescence. New York: W. W. Norton.

Additional readings will be required and available on Reserve in the library.
 

Course requirements (and their points):

PARTICIPATION AND CLASS ASSIGNMENTS (25 pts.): Attendance and participation is mandatory. "Homework" will be assigned during class and will be due at the beginning of the next class unless otherwise stated.

EXAMS: Two short essay exams (25 pts. each). The exams will require that the student integrate and apply the material from the class. There will no make-up exams, unless permission has been given by the instructor before the date and time of the scheduled exam. Permission to take a make-up exam will be given only under extreme circumstances.
 

PAPER: The topics for the paper will be chosen/assigned in class. Writing the paper will be a four part process. 1) Reference list with short summaries of each article/book (10 pts), 2) Outline (10 pts.), 3) Paper (30 pts.), 4) Revision (can earn those pints previously deducted from the paper).
 

The paper should be computer generated, APA style, 15 pages long, with 15 references. Papers will be graded based on quality of content, grammar and presentation, and adherence to APA guidelines. Each aspect of the paper is due at the beginning of class on the date noted in the following schedule. Late summaries, outlines, and papers will be accepted up to two days late but will be marked down two points. After that date, nothing will be accepted. Extensions will be given only for extreme circumstances and must be requested before the due date if it is to earn full credit.
 

PRESENTATION: A lottery will be held to determine the order in which the students will present their papers. The presentations will be graded based on the distribution of an abstract to the class, quality of content, presentation style, length of presentation (10-15 minutes), and the use of audio-visual aids (25 pts.). The presentations will be evaluated by the instructor as well as the other students. The student evaluations will be taken into consideration during the grading of the presentation.
 

EXTRA CREDIT: There are two forms of extra credit. 1) Participate as a subject in one or two research projects currently being conducted by NEIU faculty or students (2 pts. each), and 2) Individualized extra credit - see instructor after the second week of class for more information (4 pts.).
 

Papers and exams not picked up will be kept for one term only.
 

Grading Scale

135-150 A

120-134 B

105-119 C

90-104 D

0-89 F
 

SCHEDULE AND READING PLAN:

8/30 Introduction

9/1, 9/8 Theory and Method Ch. 1

9/13, 9/15 Personality and Self Ch. 3 & 6

9/20, 9/22 Emotion

9/27, 9/29 Language and Socialization References and Summaries Due 9/29

10/4, 10/6 Attachment Ch. 2

10/11 Infancy other

10/13 Exam One

10/18, 10/20 Parent-Child Relationship during Childhood Ch. 5

10/25 Relationships with others Outline Due

10/27 Sibling Relationships

11/1 Play Ch. 4

11/3, 11/8 Pro-social and Aggrssive Behaviors

11/10 Peers

11/15 School

11/17 Adolescent - Self Ch. 8

11/22 Adolescent - Family

11/24 Adolescent - Peer Ch. 7 Paper Due

11/29 Adolescent - Society (morality, politics...)

12/1 Exam Two

12/6, 12/8 Presentations

12/13 Presentations

12/14 Presentations Paper Revision Due