Psychology of human development WSR-NR-1-WP
Lecture topics:
1. Introduction to the psychology of human development.
2. Basic theories of human development.
3. Research methods in human development psychology.
4. Prenatal period: characteristics of selected developmental changes.
5. Early childhood: characteristics of selected developmental changes.
6. Middle childhood /preschool age: psychomotor development, cognitive development, language and communication, fun.
7. Middle childhood /preschool age: emotional development, social development, moral development, personality development.
8. Late childhood/school-age: psychomotor development, cognitive development, language, and communication.
9. Late childhood/school-age: emotional development, social development, moral development, and personality.
10. Adolescence: youth development and life course development, a socio-cultural approach to growing up.
11. Adolescence: cognitive development, morality, identity, development of the value system.
12. Early adulthood: characteristics of selected developmental changes.
13. Middle adulthood: characteristics of selected developmental changes.
14. Late adulthood: characteristics of selected developmental changes.
15. Summary.
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
- Student understands the specificity of human development psychology
- Student differentiates the main theories of human development and defines basic concepts
- Student has knowledge of various concepts and theories in the field of developmantal psychology, knows how to identify them
- Student knows the basic methods of assessing various areas of human development, knows their theoretical and practical specificity
Skills:
- Student classifies the regularities inscribed in harmonious human development
- Student is able to use techniques to measure various areas in the field of developmantal psychology and to interpret the results
- Student individually describes a given area of human development from the perspective of the theories learned
Competence
- Student is aware of the need to take into account the specificity of diagnostic needs and social and cultural conditions when selecting methods
- Student is aware of the importance to conduct scientific research or diagnosis in accordance with the ethical norms
ECTS description:
lecture attendance - 30 h
preparation for lectures - 15 h
consultations - 5 h
preparation for exam - 40 h
Total hours: 90 [90/30(25)=3]
ECTS number: 3
Assessment criteria
Assessment method:
Written exam in the form of a test.
Assessment criteria:
for grade 5: the student has acquired and understands very well the
the role and directions of psychological processes; he/she knows very well the research methods enabling the assessment of various areas of human development
for grade 4: the student has acquired and understands well the
the role and directions of psychological processes; he/she knows well the research methods enabling the assessment of various areas of human development
for grade 3: the student has acquired and understands suffciently the
the role and directions of psychological processes; he/she knows suffciently the research methods enabling the assessment of various areas of human development
for grade 2: the student does not understand the role and directions of psychological processes; he/she does not know the research methods enabling the assessment of various areas of human development
Practical placement
Not applicable.
Bibliography
Mandatory literature:
Trempała J. (2011) (red.). Psychologia rozwoju człowieka. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. (rozdziały: 1-13, 18).
Notes
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Term 2022/23_Z:
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