Fall 2026
Lifespan Growth and Development
Instructor: Carol Barbay, Ph.D.
Email: barbacm@lamarpa.edu
Phone: 409-9846311
Office Hours:
MON & WED: 9:00-9:50 AM; 1:30 – 2:40 PM
TUE & THU: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM; 12:30-1:45 PM; 2:00 – 2:30 PM
Additional Contact Information: Additional office time is available by appointment;
Office Location: EDUC 1 - Room 110
Life-Span Growth and Development is a study of social, emotional, cognitive and physical factors and influences of a developing human from conception to death.
LIFESPAN TEXTBOOK INFORMATION
LINK TO OPENSTAX PDF FOR LIFESPAN TEXTBOOK https://assets.openstax.org/oscms-prodcms/media/documents/Lifespan_Development_-_WEB.pdf Lifespan Development TEXTBOOK FOR PSYC 2314 SENIOR CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS DIANA RISER, CATAWBA COLLEGE ROSE SPIELMAN, CONNECTICUT STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DAVID BIEK, MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY PUBLICATION INFORMATION OER OPENSTAX REQUIRED TEXTBOOK LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT COLOR PAPERBACK BOOK ISBN-13 B&W PAPERBACK BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-711472-93-5 BLACK/WHITE PAPERBACK VERSION ISBN 13 978-1-711472-92-8 DIGITAL VERSION ISBN-13 978- 1-961584-53-2 ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR 2024 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES Required Software (available free of charge) Microsoft Office This software package contains MSWord which you’ll need in this course & other useful programs. Office 365 suite is available to students Free of Charge. The URL for the instruction page and link to download Office 365 is:: https://lamarsupportservices.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/320/Portal-LSCPA/KB/ArticleDet?ID=16454 |
Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer.
Instructor recommends student purchase an inexpensive hand-held calculator capable of calculating the following mathematical calculations: multiplication, division, addition, division, squaring a numerical value and finding the square root of a numerical value.
LEARNING OUTCOMES PSYC 2314
Learning outcomes
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Describe the stages of the developing person at different periods of the life span from birth to death. Measured by course assignments and activities.
2. Discuss the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that affect the development process of the individual. Measured by course assignments and activities.
3. Identify factors of responsible personal behavior with regard to issues such as sexual activity, substance abuse, marriage and parenting. Measured by embedded test questions, course assignments and activities.
4. Explain the biosocial, cognitive and psychological influences throughout the lifespan as an ongoing set of processes, involving both continuity and change. Measured by course assignments and activities
5. Describe the different developmental perspectives of the major theories of development (i.e. cognitive, learning, humanistic and psychodynamic). Measured by course assignments and activities
6. Identify examples of some of the cultural and ethnic differences that influence development throughout the lifespan. Measured by embedded test questions, course assignments and activities.
7. Discuss the various causes or reasons for disturbances in the developmental process. Measured by course assignments and activities.
8. Calculate current course grade accurately, using information provided by instructor relating to individual scores from projects, assignments, quizzes and exams. Measured by course assignments and activities.
| * 1. Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and/or visual communication. |
| * 2. Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. |
| * 3. Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts. |
* 5. Social Responsibility Skills: Students will demonstrate awareness of necessity to avoid harming the quality of life for members of family and community, residents of their state, and citizens of the earth as well as the necessity to support and contribute to the positive quality of life for these people.
| PSYC 2314 LECTURE TOPICS OUTLINE LECTURE TOPICS OUTLINE PSYC 2314 MODULE 1 SYLLABUS Chapter 1 Introduction to Development Chapter 2 Genetic, Prenatal and Perinatal Health Chapter 3 Physical and Cognitive Development-Infancy Chapter 4 Socioemotional Development - Infancy MODULE 2 Chapter 5 Physical and Cognitive Development - Preschool Chapter 6 Socioemotional Development - Preschool Chapter 7 Physical and Cognitive Development - Elementary School Chapter 8 Socioemotional Development Elementary School MODULE 3 Chapter 9 Physical and Cognitive Development - Adolescence Chapter 10 Socioemotional Development - Adolescence Chapter 11 Physical and Cognitive Development Early Adulthood Chapter 12 Socioemotional Development - Early Adulthood MODULE 4 Chapter 13 Physical and Cognitive Development - Middle Adulthood Chapter 14 Socioemotional Development - Middle Adulthood Chapter 15 Physical and Cognitive Development - Late Adulthood Chapter 16 Socioemotional Development - Late Adulthood Chapter 17 Death, Dying and Grieving |
MAJOR ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES 16 WEEKS CLASS - DUE DATES MAY BE CHANGED AS NEEDED
MODULE 1 PSYC 2314
WEEK 1- BONUS Course Pretest Online ____SUN__ AUG 30____
WEEK 2 Required Attendance Assignments 1 and 2; WED___SEP 2_____20
WEEK 2 MODULE 1 Optional Bonus ICC Opinion Survey Assignment__WED__MON SEP 14___
WEEK 2 Required Preview Version 1 Psychology Core Assignment; ___FRI SEP 11____10
WEEK 2 Required Regular Assignment 1 __WED SEP 2_____25
WEEK 3 Required Special RQA Assignment 1 __WED SEP 2 ____10
WEEK 3 Required TED Talk Assignment 1; __WED SEP 9___20
WEEK 3 Bonus Module 1 SOAR Assignment WED __SEP 9___
WEEK 4 Required Quiz 1 - Chapters 1,2, 3,4 – Online SUN _SEP 20_25
WEEK 4 Required Exam 1 Chapters 1,2, 3,4, - Online SUN _SEP 20___100
MODULE 2 PSYC 2314
WEEK 5 MODULE 2 Optional Bonus ICC Opinion Survey ___MON SEP 21___
WEEK 5 Required Preview Version 2 Psychology Core Assignment; __WED SEP 23__10
WEEK 5 Required Regular Assignment 2; __WED SEP 23___25
WEEK 5 Required Special Assignment 2; _WED SEP 23 _10
WEEK 6 Required Attendance Assignments 3 and 4; __MON SEP 28____20
WEEK 6 Optional BONUS Grade Calculation Assignment 1 _WED OCT 7_
WEEK 6 Required TED Talk Assignment 2 ; WED ___SEP 30___20
WEEK 7 Bonus Module 2 SOAR Assignment; WED ___SEP 30__
WEEK 8 Bonus Mid-Semester Bonus Quiz SUN _OCT 18___
WEEK 8 Required Quiz 2 Chapters 3,6,7,8; ONLINE SUN __OCT 18____25
WEEK 8 Required Exam 2 - Chapters 3,6,7,8; ONLINE SUN _OCT 18____100
WEEK 8 Bonus Syllabus/BB Module 2 Quiz Online __SUN __OCT 18_
MODULE 3 PSYC 2314
WEEK 9 MODULE 3Bonus ICC Opinion Survey Assignment - 3___WED___WED OCT 21___
WEEK 10 Required Attendance Assignments 5 and 6; MON __FRI OCT 30___20
WEEK 10 Required Regular Assignment 3 __FRI OCT 30___25
WEEK 10 Required Special Assignment 3 _FRI OCT 30__ ___10
WEEK 11 Required TED Talk Assignment 3 ; WED __NOV 4___20
WEEK 11 Bonus SOAR Assignment 3 FRI __WED NOV 4___
WEEK 12 Required Quiz 3 – Chapters 9,10,11,12; Online SUN _NOV 15___25
WEEK 12 Required Exam 3; Chapters 9,10,11,12; Online SUN __NOV 15___100
MODULE 4 PSYC 2314
WEEK 13 Bonus SOAR Assignment 4 MON__NOV 16 ___
WEEK 13 Module 4 Required TED Talk Assignment 4; MON _NOV 16__40
WEEK 13 Required Regular Assignment 4; _MON NOV 16____25
WEEK 13 Required Special Assignment 4 __MON NOV 16__20
WEEK 13 Required Attendance Assignment 7 __TUE NOV 17 _ 10
WEEK 13 Bonus BAA 123 Assignment TUE _WED NOV 18__
WEEK 13 MODULE 4 Bonus ICC Opinion Survey Assignment 4 _WED NOV 18_
WEEK 13 Required Preview Version 3 Core Assignment; FRI _NOV 20____10
WEEK 14 Bonus PERMA Assignment __MON NOV 23__
WEEK 14 Bonus Orientation Assignment 1 MON _NOV 23__
WEEK 15 Required Final Version Core Assignment TUE __DEC 1__130
WEEK 15 Required Quiz 4 – Chapters 13,14,15,16,17; Online SUN __DEC 6__25
WEEK 15 Required Exam 4; Chapters 13,14,15,16,17; Online SUN _DEC 6__100
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2, 2026 12:00 AM MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY DECEMBER 6, 2026 AT 11:59 PM
90 - 100=A
80 - 89=B
70 - 79=C
60 - 69=D
Below 59 = F
NOTE: THE NUMERICAL VALUES IN THE TABLE ABOVE REPRESENT APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGES OF 1000 REQUIRED COURSE POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COURSE
DETERMINATION OF FINAL GRADE
Your FINAL course letter grade will be based on an approximate percentage of 1000 total possible points as follows. REMEMBER FINAL GRADE IS DETERMINED BY A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POINTS ONLY. FINAL GRADES DO NOT REPRESENT ANY AVERAGE VALUES.
Letter Grades Point Totals Approximate Percentages
A 900-1000+ 90%+
B 800-899 80-89%
C 700-799 70-79%
D 600-699 60-69%
F 599 and lower 59% and below
HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR GRADE AT ANY TIME DURING THE SEMESTER
1. Add all of the points you have earned as of today's date, excluding any points from practice activities.
2. Request current required total course points from instructor.
3. Divide your total points by the total number of required points as of today's date.
4. For your final semester grade divide your current total by 1000 or use the grade chart above.
5. Your final grade or interim grade will be calculated based on total points only, NOT AN "AVERAGE" GRADE.
6. Remember a request for an AVERAGE GRADE IS MEANINGLESS and should be avoided.
7. Your grade at any time during the time of the semester is based on a percentage of total earned points relative to total required points at the time of calculation
CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR FINAL GRADE FROM REQUIRED POINT SOURCES REQUIRED EXAMS = 400/100 = 40% REQUIRED QUIZZES = 100/1000 = 10% REQUIRED REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS = 100/1000 = 10% REQUIRED SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS = 50/1000 = 5% REQUIRED CORE ASSIGNMENT = 160/1000 = 16% REQUIRED TED ASSIGNMENTS = 100/1000 = 10% REQUIRED GRADE CALCULATION = 20/1000 = 2% REQUIRED ATTENDANCE ASSIGNMENTS = 70/1000 = 7% TOTAL 1000/1000 REQUIRED POINTS = 100% |
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ATTENDANCE POLICY
Research has shown a strong positive relationship between attendance, active participation and college success.
I STRONGLY recommend regular participation in this course, both mental and physical. Participation will help you succeed in this course!!
Caution: I will not automatically drop your name from the class roll because you do not participate in class activities.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL COURSES
MON SEP 7,2026 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - CAMPUS CLOSED
MON AUG 24, 2026 – First class day
WED SEP 9, 2026 - Census Date (12th class day)
MON SEP 28, 2026 - Last day to drop a course or withdraw without academic penalty
MON NOV 23, 2026 - Last day to drop a course or withdraw with academic penalty
WED NOV 25, 2026 --ENERGY CONSERVATION DAY; CAMPUS CLOSED
THUR-FRI NOV 26-27, 2026 -- THANKSGIVINGHOLIDAY; CAMPUS CLOSED
THU DEC 10, 2026 Last class day
THU DEC 11, 2026 - Final grades for graduates due by 4:00 pm
FRI DEC 11, 2026 - Final grades for all others due at noon
FRI DEC 11, 2026 – Commencement, 11:00 AM AND 5:30 PM
Be sure to check your campus email and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal. You can also access your grades, transcripts, academic advisors, degree progress, and other services through MyLSCPA.
Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Accessibility Services Coordinator, Room 119, in the Ruby Fuller Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.
No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.
As per Texas law and LSCPA policy, all LSCPA employees, including faculty, are required to report allegations or disclosures of child abuse or neglect to the designated authorities, which may include a local or state law enforcement agency or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. For more information about mandatory reporting requirements, see LSCPA's Policy and Procedure Manual.
LSCPA is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct. All LSCPA employees, including faculty, have the responsibility to report disclosures of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault (including rape and acquaintance rape), domestic violence, dating violence, relationship violence, or stalking, to LSCPA's Title IX Coordinator, whose role is to coordinate the college's response to sexual misconduct. For more information about Title IX protections, faculty reporting responsibilities, options for confidential reporting, and the resources available for support visit LSCPA's Title IX website.
For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website.
If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.