SO119 Developmental psychology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbara Strobachová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Barbara Strobachová, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. et Ing. Jana Šajkovicsová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Mon 14:00–14:50 učebna 51
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
SO119/KombiSem01: Sat 21. 9. 9:00–12:50 učebna 38, 14:00–14:50 učebna 38, Sat 12. 10. 9:00–12:50 učebna 38, Fri 13. 12. 14:00–16:50 učebna 38, B. Strobachová
SO119/01: Mon 12:00–13:50 učebna 56, B. Strobachová
SO119/02: Mon 15:00–16:50 učebna 60, B. Strobachová
Prerequisites
The goal of the subject is to provide students with basic facts on the development of children, about the development of rational-cognitive functions of a man; about the development of imaginative and emotional functions. Students should get acquainted with the social development of a man, basic developmental tasks, development tendencies, bio-psychological rules. Based on these facts, the students will be able to understand peculiarities in the human behaviour depending on the age differences.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 50/80, only registered: 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The goal of the subject is to provide students with basic facts on the development of children, about the development of rational-cognitive functions of a man; about the development of imaginative and emotional functions.
Students should get acquainted with the social development of a man, basic developmental tasks, development tendencies, bio-psychological rules.
Based on these facts, the students will be able to understand peculiarities in the human behaviour depending on the age differences.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to analyze basic facts on the development of children, about the development of rational-cognitive functions of a man; about the development of imaginative and emotional functions.
Students should get acquainted with the social development of a man, basic developmental tasks, development tendencies, bio-psychological rules.
Based on these facts, the students will be able to understand peculiarities in the human behaviour depending on the age differences.
Syllabus
  • 1. Uniqueness of a man 2. Position of developmental psychology in the system of psychological subjects, methods of developmental psychology 3. Development phenomena (definition of a development, rules of the development) 4. Phases of the development of a man 5. Determinants of the development of a man (heritability, ageing, learning) 6. The life before the birth (abilities of the foetus, reactions of the not yet born child to negative emotions of mother, life style influence on the foetus, psychological situation of a mother and not yet born child, the role of a father, birth) 7. Biological rules of the mental development (genotype, phenotype) 8. Development in the first year of life (newborn, toddler) 9. Characteristics of a toddler (somatic development, speech development, psychical world of a toddler, cognitive efficiency, play and its influence, children drawing) 10. Pre-school age (somatic development, development of cognitive functions, psychological world of the pre-school children, emotional and social development). 11. Younger school children (topic of “ready for school”, speech development, development of cognitive functions, differences of cognitive efficiency, development of gentle movements and drawings, level of aspiration, efficiency motivation, emotional development, forms of communication) 12. Adolescence (teenagers, adolescence, acceleration troubles, somatic development and self reflection, separation from the primary family, heterosexual relationships, groups and their importance) 13. Adults (younger adults, middle adults, older adults) 14. Ageing and ageism (mechanism of ageing, life integrity)
Literature
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka, Michal JABŮREK, Ondřej STRAKA, David MACEK, Petr PALÍŠEK, Veronika ŠROMOVÁ, Jana UNČOVSKÁ, Kateřina KREPSOVÁ, Michaela HOLÁNKOVÁ and Tereza HRSTKOVÁ. Invenio: Objevujeme schopnosti dětí hravě. 2022. info
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Cesta životem : vývojová psychologie. 4., doplněné vydání. Praha: Portál, 2021, 399 stran. ISBN 9788026217831. info
  • FOLETTI, Ivan, Luďek JIRKA and Macek PETR. Maska a Identita v transkultuní perspektivě (Mask and Identity in Transcultural Perspective). 2021. URL info
  • ERIKSON, Erik. The life cycle completed. 2015. info
  • SHAFFER, David R. and Katherine KIPP. Developmental psychology : childhood and adolescence. Ninth edition. [Belmont]: Wadsworth, 2014, xxvii, 600. ISBN 9781133492306. info
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka, Ivana POLEDŇOVÁ, David MACEK, Milan RŮŽIČKA, Ondřej STRAKA and Jana URMANOVÁ. Rozumově nadaní studenti s poruchou učení - Cesty od školních výkonových paradoxů k úspěchu (Intellectually gifted students with a learning disability Paths from school achievement paradoxes to success). Masarykova univerzita, Brno: Muni Press, 2014, 140 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7520-7. info
  • VLADIMIR 518. Kmeny : [současné městské subkultury. Edited by Karel Veselý, Photo by Tomáš Souček. 1. vyd. V Praze: Yinachi, 2011, 517 s. ISBN 9788090473539. info
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel and Pavlína JANOŠOVÁ. Jak na šikanu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2010, 155 s. ISBN 9788024729916. URL info
  • KREJČÍŘOVÁ, Dana and Marie VÁGNEROVÁ. Psychodiagnostika dětí a dospívajících. Edited by Mojmír Svoboda. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2009, 791 s. ISBN 9788073675660. info
  • BURMAN, Erica. Deconstructing developmental psychology. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2008, x, 356. ISBN 9780415395625. info
  • LANGMEIER, Josef and Dana KREJČÍŘOVÁ. Vývojová psychologie. 2006. ISBN 80-247-1284-9. info
  • An introduction to developmental psychology. Edited by Alan Slater - J. Gavin Bremner. Malden: Blackwell, 2003, xxv, 583. info
  • ERIKSON, Erik H. Dětství a společnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 387 s. ISBN 8072033808. info
  • ERIKSON, Erik H. Životní cyklus rozšířený a dokončený. Edited by Joan M. Eriksonová. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1999, 127 s. ISBN 807106291X. info
  • LANGMEIER, Josef, Dana KREJČÍŘOVÁ and Miloš LANGMEIER. Vývojová psychologie : s úvodem do vývojové neurofyziologie. 1. vyd. V Praze: H & H, 1998, 132 s. ISBN 8086180034. info
  • Concepts in developmental psychology. London: Routledge, 1990. info
  • HOFFMAN, Lois Wladis. Developmental psychology today. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988, xviii, 616. ISBN 007555027X. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
homework, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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