PSY103 Developmental psychology I

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Masopustová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kristína Chabadová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kristína Kotrčová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martina Koubíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lenka Pivodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Tomotaka Umemura, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kamila Dufková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 14:00–15:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PSY103/SA: each odd Tuesday 16:00–17:40 U32
PSY103/SB: each even Tuesday 16:00–17:40 U32
PSY103/SC: each even Tuesday 18:00–19:40 U23
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
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Course objectives
The course is taught at Bachelor study program. The course will cover the relevant history, theories, research, and methods of developmental psychology. It will introduce students to a variety of topics relating to developmental psychology. Discussions will cover biological and environmental influences on development. Research discussions will include both classic and current studies within the field. We will also discuss the various themes relevant to developmental psychology, such as continuity vs. discontinuity of development, and nature and nurture sources of development. Course objectives: At the end of this course students should be able to: 1. Describe development – including biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial as an ongoing set of processes, involving both continuity and change; 2. Be able to recognize the major developmental theories when used by others to analyze events. Be able to recognize important developmental concepts and be able to recognize these concepts in various situations; 3. Formulate questions about developmental processes and events.
Syllabus
  • Lecture 1. Developmental psychology – basic issues, terminology, history.
  • Lecture 2. Methodology of developmental psychology (longitudinal, cross-sectional, sequentional design; observation, experiment, interview, questionnaire, product analysis)
  • Lecture 3. Developmental theories and models I. (Biogenetic - endogenic theories: A .L. Gesell, S. Freud; social and behavioral - exogenetic theories: J. B. Watson. B. F. Skinner. Psychodynamic developmental theories, psychosexual stages of development (S. Freud), psychosocial stages of development (E. H. Erikson). Behavioral theory (B. F. Skinner), social learning theory (A. Bandura, W. Mischel). Theory of cognitive development (J. Piaget), interactionism (L. Vygotskij), humanistic theory (K. & Ch. Bühler). Information processing theory (N. Chomsky).
  • Lecture 4. Developmental theories and models II. (Sociobiology, ekological model (U. Bronfenbrenner). Culture and onthogenesis, historical dimension of onthogenesis (W. Koops). Situational and contextual aspects (D. Magnusson, R. M. Lerner), developmental psychology of personality, social developmental psychology (K. Durkin). Life-span psychology (P. Baltes).
  • Lecture 5. Emotional development (Onthogenesis of emotions, connections with maturation. Emotional rich life stages – toddlerhood, puberty. Attachment theory, close relationships. Social consequencies of emotion, emotion regulation.
  • Lecture 6. Gene-enviroment interaction (Biological, psychological and social determinants of development. Heredity, nature vs. nurture. Social izolation and its developmental consequencies. Separation, deprivation, subdeprivation (Z. Matějček, J. Bowlby, R. Spitz). Feral children. Twins studies. Culture and enviroment.
  • Seminar 1. Introduction to scientific writting; resources; APA; presentation.
  • Seminar 2. History of developmental psychology: important authors and theirs works.
  • Seminar 3. Research design in developmental psychology.
  • Seminar 4. Psychological deprivation.
  • Seminar 5. Attachment.
  • Seminar 6. Nurture vs. nature.
Literature
  • LANGMEIER, Josef and Dana KREJČÍŘOVÁ. Vývojová psychologie [Langmeier, 1998]. Vyd. 3., přeprac. a dopl., v. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1998, 343 s. : i. ISBN 80-7169-195-X. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2005, 467 s. ISBN 9788024609560. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2007, 461 s. ISBN 9788024613185. info
  • PIAGET, Jean and Bärbel INHELDER. Psychologie dítěte. Vyd. 3., v nakl. Portál 2. Praha: Portál, 2000, 144 s. ISBN 80-7178-407-9. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1996, 353 s. ISBN 8071843172. info
  • KOUKOLÍK, František and Jana DRTILOVÁ. Vzpoura deprivantů :o špatných lidech, skupinové hlouposti a uchvácené moci. Praha: Makropulos, 1996, 303 s. ISBN 80-901776-8-9. info
  • LANGMEIER, Josef. Vývojová psychologie pro dětské lékaře. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Avicenum, 1991, 284 s. info
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Cesta životem. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1990, 435 s. ISBN 80-7038-078-0. info
  • ŠVANCARA, Josef. Kompendium vývojové psychologie [Švancara, 1986]. Vyd. 4. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 235 pp. info
  • KURIC, Josef. Ontogenetická psychologie [Kuric, 1986]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 264 s. info
  • SCHMIDT, Hans-Dieter. Obecná vývojová psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 411 s. info
  • KOCOURKOVÁ, Jana. Problémy psychického vývoje a osobnosti. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1978, 343 s. URL info
  • VYGOTSKIJ, Lev Semenovič and Jan PRŮCHA. Vývoj vyšších psychických funkcí. Translated by Miluše Sedláková. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1976, 363 s. URL info
  • HELUS, Zdeněk. Psychologické problémy socializace osobnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1973, 259 s. info
  • LANGMEIER, Josef and Zdeněk MATĚJČEK. Psychická deprivace v dětství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1963, 297 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, group discussion, group work, review.
Assessment methods
The course is taught two lessons a week. Mandatory seminars attendance. Fulfilling requirements: group work (10 points), review (40 points) Exam: written test - multiple choice, cca 25 questions, max 50, min 33 points
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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