Learn how to interact with children, influence their behaviour and connect with them with this free online course. This free online introduction to psychology course will help you gain an understanding of the stages of psychological development of a child from birth to adulthood. You will learn about the fuzzy-trace theory, operant conditioning, concept of serve and return, technicalities and applications of the various parenting styles such as the authoritative and authoritarian styles, as well as which factors can affect the gene variants in a child.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188886 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Discuss the theory of psychosocial development • State the fuzzy-trace theory • Explain how the prefrontal cortex influences the behaviour of adolescents • Describe how positive and negative reinforcement can be used to modify the behaviour of a child • Summarize how to apply reinforcements in changing the behaviour of a child • Explain the four types of parenting styles • Recall how environmental factors can activate a gene variant • Distinguish between heritability and inheritance |
| Course Code | 3943 |
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