PSBA008 Developmental Psychology I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Klára Gajdošíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vít Janů (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Zimová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
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
Course objectives
Aim of this course is to introduce students to basic themes from developmental psychology: influential developmental psychologists, history of developmental psychology, "traditional" themes and actual trends in research with focus on the first half of life (prenatal stadium to adolescence).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to use the information from the developmental psychology(important representatives, history, basics of developmantal research and current trends)   in relation to other general and applied psychological areas (especially counseling psychology, methodology, psychopathology and social psychology). At the end of this course the student will be able to orientate in   the psychology of human development, namely from the prenatal stage to adolescence. For continuation see Developmental psychology II.
Syllabus
  • Students will get acquainted with basic terms and themes in developmental psychology. They will gain basic knowledge of the overall characteristics of each stage of human life from the prenatal stage to adolescence. Introduction to Developmental Psychology. Classical and modern theories of life-span human development. Developmental Science. Basic designs of developmental research. Current trends in developmental psychology. Developmental scales. Schools of developmental psychology. Prenatal period. Neonatal period. Infancy. Toddlerhood. Preschool period. School age. Adolescence.
Literature
    required literature
  • Thorová, Kateřina (2015). Vývojová psychologie. Proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Praha: Portál. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6.
  • BLATNÝ, Marek (Ed.) (2016). Psychologie celoživotního vývoje. Praha: Karolinum. ISBN 9788024634623.
  • MILLOVÁ, Katarína. Psychologie celoživotního vývoje : uvedení do moderních teorií. 1. vyd. Brno: Host, 2012, 126 s. ISBN 9788072946990. info
    recommended literature
  • https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/masaryk-ebooks/detail.action?docID=31233300The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie: dětství a dospívání. Praha: Karolinum, 2012
  • BOWLBY, J. Vazba: teorie kvality raných vztahů mezi matkou a dítětem. Praha: Portál, 2010
  • BOWLBY, J. Odloučení: kritické období raného vztahu mezi matkou a dítětem. Praha: Portál, 2012
  • Vývojová neuropsychologie. Illustrated by Roman Procházka - Miroslav Orel. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2021, 223 stran. ISBN 9788027130801. URL info
  • BARBERA, Mary Lynch and Tracy RASMUSSEN. Rozvoj verbálního chování. Jak učit děti s autismem a jinými neurovývojovými poruchami (The Verbal Behavior Approach. How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disabilities). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 207 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9212-9. info
  • JEDLIČKA, Richard. Psychický vývoj dítěte a výchova : jak porozumět socializačním obtížím. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2017, 280 stran. ISBN 9788027100965. URL info
  • COGNET, Georges. Dětská kresba jako diagnostický nástroj. Translated by Kateřina Bodnárová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2013, 203 s. ISBN 9788026204992. info
  • MACEK, Petr and Lenka LACINOVÁ. Vztahy v dospívání (Relationships in adolescence). Petr Macek - Lenka Lacinová (eds.). 2. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2012, 200 pp. ISBN 978-80-87474-46-4. info
  • Socioemotional development in cultural context. Edited by Xinyin Chen - Kenneth H. Rubin. New York: Guilford Press, 2011, x, 342. ISBN 9781609181864. info
  • ŠOLCOVÁ, Iva. Vývoj resilience v dětství a dospělosti. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2009, 102 stran. ISBN 9788024729473. URL info
  • DAVIDO, Roseline. Kresba jako nástroj poznání dítěte. Translated by Alena Lhotová - Hana Prousková. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2008, 205 s. ISBN 9788073674151. info
  • Handbook of child psychology. Edited by Richard M. Lerner - William Damon. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2006, xx, 1063. ISBN 0471272884. info
  • ERIKSON, Erik H. Dětství a společnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 387 s. ISBN 8072033808. info
  • SIGELMAN, Carol K. Life-span human development. 3rd ed. Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1999, xxi, 678. ISBN 0534354424. info
    not specified
  • The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freudhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/masaryk-ebooks/detail.action?docID=31233300
  • CORNEAU, Guy. Chybějící otec, chybující syn : jak absence otce ovlivňuje utváření mužské identity. Translated by Kateřina Bodnárová. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2012, 191 stran. ISBN 9788026200758. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars (according to the timetable).
Assessment methods
Written test. For admission to the written test, the student must meet the following requirements: attendance at seminars, on time submission of homework given in seminars. If these requirements are not met, student will be evaluated by "X" grade and will be not admitted to final exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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