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PSY 165: PSYCHOLOGY OF THE FAMILY

Winter 2008

Instructor: Ellen Altermatt, Ph.D.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

We will be meeting every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8am to 9am. Please stop by my office (SC 152) anytime. I'm happy to meet with you.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to examine the nature of the family unit and the development of the individual within the family. Special attention will be paid to discussing how family socialization contributes to an array of social-psychological outcomes (e.g., academic achievement and delinquency) and how family socialization differs across sub-cultures in the United States and cross-nationally.

The primary texts for this course will be 1) Golombok, S. (2000). Parenting: What Really Counts? Philadelphia, PA: Routledge and 2) Small, M. (1999). Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent. New York: Anchor.

COURSE MATERIALS

Click on the links below for important course documentation. These links will be updated regularly throughout the semester.

 

Course Syllabus

 

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