Child Psychology Level 3

• Course Code: OSC506
• Award Level 3, Similar to - A-Level

Pursue your career in Child Psychology, from home!

• Join one of the most widely studied areas of psychology.
• The course will provide you with an in-depth look at the minds and behaviour of children from newborn to pre-school and beyond. 
• Child psychology is one of the most fascinating and rewarding subjects you could choose to study.
• The unique and complex study of a child's development is detailed throughout this course.

All course materials will be delivered to you by post or via email, so it couldn't be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors will help you every step of the way by email.

You can work at your own pace. Completed coursework can be delivered by post or via email, so handing in an assignment is simple.

Achieve your dream career and equip yourself with the skills you need for your long term success. Home learning is simple and stress-free, so enrol with us today!

Course Content

Module 1: Defining Child Psychology

• How can we define childhood?
• Historical perspectives of childhood
• Emergence of psychology
• Psychoanalytical perpective
• Behaviourism
• Classical conditioning
• Changing behaviour
• The cognitive, physiological, scientific, humanistic and evolutionary approches to psychology
• Research methods in psychology
• Child psychology tools

Module 2: Forming Relationships in Childhood

• Attatchment
• Nature/nurture debate
• Bowlby's theory
• Innate programming
• Different types of attatchment
• Disruption of attatchment
• The childs first relationship

Module 3: Perception, Cognition and Language

• Understanding language
• Cognitive structure and input
• Plurals, syntax and grammar
• The relevance of language to child psychology
• Cognition
• Vision and cognitive development
• Hearing and cognitive development
• Perception
• Piaget
• Socialization

Module 4: Emotional, Social and Moral Development

• Social learning theory
• Cognitive priming
• Kohlberg's perspective
• Eisenberg's perspective
• Emotion and morality
• Temperament and emotional development

Module 5: Children's Minds

• Memory and memory processes
• Short and long term memory
• Models of memory
• Prenatal memory and learning
• From memory to mental activity
• The organisation of children's minds
• How children view others in their world
• How does all this relate to child psychology?

Module 6: Moving Towards Adulthood

• Adolescence
• Development
• Having a sense of gender
• Change

Course Duration

This home learning course has a time limit of 12 months. This is a lot more time than you need, so you are able to work at your own pace.

Assessment

The Child Psychology course assessment takes the form of a series of written assignments, which are submitted and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required.

Study Method

The course is designed for study by distance learning at home or at work. Students receive a course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support by mail or email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of registration.

Qualifications

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a level 3 NCFE Award certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3).

This award has been designed by Open Study College to meet specific learners' or employers' requirements. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE.

You can read more about NCFE and our awarding bodies here: Awards