PSYC489F

Prerequisite: PSYC355 or equivalent. Restricted to PSYC (major code: 20010/2001S) students only. An introduction to the subfield of cultural development and psychopathology, which seeks to understand the cultural risk, protective, and promotive factors that contribute to typical and atypical patterns of development. This course will review the theoretical foundations of developmental psychopathology, contemporary models of culture, and current research on how cultural experiences and processes influence the emergence of adaptation and maladaptation at different levels of the human experience.