PSYC 459 Socioemotional Development in the Digital Age Units: 3.00
The purpose of this course is to consider how digital experiences reflect, shape, and interact with normative child and adolescent socioemotional development.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Seminar, 36 Online Activity, 36 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite PSYC 203/3.0 and PSYC 251/3.0.
Recommended PSYC 351/3.0.
Exclusion PSYC 450/3.0 (Topic Title: Socioemotional Development in the Digital Age - Fall 2022).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Develop and hone high-level critical inquiry skills.
- Review and apply theories of normative social and emotional development.
- Critically evaluate research on digital phenomena in youth and families.
- Formulate a coherent application of social or emotional developmental theory to one aspect of digital experiences in youth or families.