Learning Objectives: Module 11

Module Objectives:

The "Course Roadmap" button on the home page provides a brief introduction for each module.  In addition to that general overview, each module in the semester also has specific objectives to help frame and direct our study together. You recall from the syllabus that there are Student Learning Outcomes for this course as well as Specific Instructional Objectives for this course. The objectives flow from and connect with the student learning outcomes and instructional objectives.  

Learning Objectives: Module 11

Learning Objectives: Emerging Adulthood

Explain emerging adulthood 

Explain how emerging adulthood differs from adolescence and adulthood 

Describe cultural variations of emerging adulthood 

Identify the markers of adulthood 

Identify where emerging and early adults currently live

 

Learning Objectives: Physical Development in Emerging and Early Adulthood

Summarize the overall physical growth in early adulthood 

Describe statistics, possible causes, and consequences of obesity 

Explain how early adulthood is a healthy, yet risky time of life. 

Identify the risk factors for substance use 

Describe the changes in brain maturation 

Define sexuality and explain the female and male reproductive systems 

Describe the brain areas and hormones responsible for sexual behavior 

Identify sexually transmitted infections 

Describe cultural views related to sexuality 

Describe research on sexual orientation