ZS1BK_ONPS Ontogenetic Psychology - Lecture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.3. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Kohoutek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Josef Lukas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ZS1BK_UVOS Introduction to Psychology Lec || ZS1BK_UvPs Introduction to Psychology Lec
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the developmental psychology is directed to the understanding of the main principals and regularity in the process of mental development focusing on cognitive, motor, emotional, moral and personal progress. The course focuses on the dynamic changes in each of the individual developmental stages, the influence and impact of partial factors and the difficulties in adaptability,upbringing and education.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:; 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 children education.
Syllabus
  • 1. Developmental psychology in the system of psychological disciplines; the main factors of human development.
  • 2. Developmental change; critical and sensitive stages; periodization of human development.
  • 3. Developmental challenges and crises (Erikson); cognitive development (Piaget); moral development (Kohlberg).
  • 4. Early development: prenatal stage, newborn, infant and toddler.
  • 5. Attachment theory (Bowlby, Ainsworth); concept of psychological deprivation in childhood (Matějček).
  • 6. Pre-school age: emotional, social and cognitive development; game, drawing, school readiness.
  • 7. School age: emotional, social and cognitive development; school failure.
  • 8. Adolescence: emotional, social and cognitive development; formation and changes in self-concept; identity development and identity statuses (Marcia).
  • 9. Adulthood: social criteria; aspects of adult identity; concept of emerging adulthood (Arnett).v 10. Disorders of psychological development; diagnostics of development.
Literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2005, 467 s. ISBN 9788024609560. info
  • 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
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
exam - written test consists of 20 questions, 13 correct answers is needed to pass
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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