MPOG071 Ontogenetic Psychology

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Leona Mužíková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Sekaninová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Mon 9:20–11:00 učebna 1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Optometry (programme LF, N-SZ)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation)
Course objectives
The study leads to an acquisition of understanding the elements and governing principals of the processes in mental development, including understanding the dynamics of changes in mental development process, focusing on both, the process of mental development as a whole, as well as the distinctive aspects of its individual developmental stages. It also offers suggestions how to optimize care-giving, upbringing, and education. At the end of the course student should be abble: understand and tell to an individual developmental stages of the child; interpret the knowledge about the changes in development of the individual psychic functions;use the information about the changes in mental development in a special approach to education;
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student should be abble: understand and tell to an individual developmental stages of the child; interpret the knowledge about the changes in development of the individual psychic functions;use the information about the changes in mental development in a special approach to education.
Syllabus
  • 1. The concept and the factors of mental development and their governing principles. The Theory of Interaction.
  • 2. A brief description of changes in human psyche during the individual developmental stages.
  • 3. Factors of developmental changes' acceleration in the earliest stages of life, and their perils.
  • 4. Specific signs in expression and behaviour of pre-school age children.
  • 5. The qualitative growth in the Rational-Cognitive Processes in childhood and pre-puberty.
  • 6. The growth in the Imaginative-Emotional functions during childhood and pre-puberty, and the respective changes.
  • 7. External influences and their impact on mental development of an individual in childhood and pre-puberty.
  • 8. Difficulties in adaptability, various disorders, and symptoms of neuroses in childhood and pre-puberty.
  • 9. A brief look at different approaches used in upbringing children, and their impact on the forming of a child's personality.
  • 10. A general definition of the individual stages in the process of growing up. The Puberty and Adolescence.
  • 11. The quality of the Rational-Cognitive Processes in adolescents.
  • 12. The developmental process of the Imaginative-Emotional Functions in adolescence.
  • 13.The psychology of language
Literature
    required literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie : dětství a dospívání. Vydání druhé, rozšířen. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2012, 531 stran. ISBN 9788024621531. info
    not specified
  • Shaffer, D. R., & Kipp, K. (2013). Developmental psychology: Childhood and adolescence. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.
  • LANGMEIER, Miloš, Dana KREJČÍŘOVÁ and Josef LANGMEIER. Vývojová psychologie s úvodem do vývojové neurofyziologie. 2. vyd. Praha: H & H, 2002, 132 s. ISBN 8073190168. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written test, which consists of 20 questions, 12 correct answers is needed to pass
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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