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PSY3303 EMOTION DEVELOPMENT

Course Code: 2333303
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 7.0
Department: Psychology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 2332301
The course set above should be completed before taking PSY3303 EMOTION DEVELOPMENT.

Course Content

How emotions emerge and change from infancy through childhood by bringing together theoretical. neurobiological. and social perspectives: Major emotion theories. methodological challenges and contemporary tools used in affective science. neural and physiological mechanisms. developmental changes in discrete emotions such as anger. fear. joy. and self-conscious emotions and how these changes are shaped by culture and family contexts.