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Developmental Psychology 1 - APS100080
Title: Vývojová psychologie 1
Guaranteed by: Department of Psychology (21-KPS)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/1, C [HT]
Capacity: 60 / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Kamila Urban, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): PhDr. Eva Dragomirecká, Ph.D.
PhDr. Alice Maulisová, Ph.D.
PhDr. RNDr. Tereza Nekovářová, Ph.D.
Mgr. Ondřej Pešout, Ph.D.
prof. PhDr. Filip Smolík, Ph.D.
Mgr. Kamila Urban, Ph.D.
Is pre-requisite for: APS100081
Annotation -
The course covers the basic topics of general and special developmental psychology. They are presented in both lecture and seminar form and supplemented with current research findings and a variety of current practice materials. <br>
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basics of general and special developmental psychology. <br>
Acquired knowledge: The student knows the definitions, history, and main topics of developmental psychology; understands the perspectives on individual development as presented by Freud, behaviorists, Piaget, Vygotsky, Wallon, and Gesell. They can explain key concepts such as nature vs. nurture, continuity vs. discontinuity, mechanisms of change, the sociocultural context, and individual differences. The student understands common societal practice issues linked to developmental psychology knowledge. <br>
Acquired Skills: The student can explain the differences in overall perspectives on individual development, taking into account specific issues. They are able to characterize and differentiate between developmental stages and apply the acquired knowledge to current societal issues. <br>
Course content: Introduction to developmental psychology; Research methods and ethical issues in developmental psychology; Language development and communication; Theories of cognitive development; Theories of social development; Emotional development and Temperament; Family and parenting; Development of the Self; Moral development; Neurobiological development <br>
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Last update: Urban Kamila, Mgr., Ph.D. (26.09.2024)
Course completion requirements -

Credit requirements: group presentation of an empirical study + successful completion of a credit test.

Last update: Dragomirecká Eva, PhDr., Ph.D. (13.10.2023)
Literature -
Required:
Siegler, R.S., Saffran, J., Eisenberg, N., Gershoff, E. (2020). How Children Develop.(6th ed). Worth Publishers. ISBN: 978-1319184568

Feldman, R. S., & Bishop, J. (2018). development across the life span (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

McDevitt, T. M., Ormrod, J. E. (2019). Child development and education. 7th edition. Pearson Higher Education AU.

Required readings for individual lectures will be specified during the course.

Recommended:
Berger, K. S. (2016). Invitation to the life span. Worth Publishers, Inc.

Berk, L. E. (2013). child development 9th ed.

Bornstein, M. H., & Lamb, M. E. (Eds.) (2015). Developmental science: An advanced textbook. Taylor & Francis Group

Erikson, E. H. Childhood and Society. (1963). New York: W. W. Norton.

Fingerman, K. L., Berg, C., Smith, J. & Antonucci, T. (2011). Handbook of Lifespan Development. Springer.

Harris, M. (2008). exploring developmental psychology: understanding theory and methods. Sage.

Hopkins, B., Geangu, E., & Linkenauger, S. (Eds.) (2017). The Cambridge encyclopedia of child development. Cambridge University Press.

Hubmann, P. (2017). Child Development: Adaptive Behavior and Biological Embedding. Cuvillier Verlag.

Jones, N. A., Platt, M., Mize, K. D., & Hardin, J. (2019). Conducting Research in Developmental Psychology. Taylor & Francis Group.

Richardson, K. (2005). Developmental psychology: How nature and nurture interact. Psychology Press.

Shiller, V. M. (2017). The attachment bond: Affectional ties across the lifespan. Lexington Books.

Sigelman, C. K., & Rider, E. A. (2021). life-span human development. Cengage Learning.

Zittoun, T., Valsiner, J., Gonçalves, M. M., Vedeler, D., Salgado, J., & Ferring, D. (2013). Human development in the life course: Melodies of living. Cambridge University Press.

Last update: Dragomirecká Eva, PhDr., Ph.D. (13.10.2023)
 
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