SC4BK_ONPS Ontogenetics psychology

Faculty of Education
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Denisa Denglerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Josef Lukas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Denisa Denglerová, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
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
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.
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
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Cesta životem. 2., přeprac. vyd., v Portá. Praha: Portál, 2004, 390 s. ISBN 8071788295. info
  • DITTRICHOVÁ, Jaroslava, Mechthild PAPOUŠEK and Karel PAUL. Chování dítěte raného věku a rodičovská péče. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2004, 188 s. ISBN 8024703998. info
  • ŠULOVÁ, Lenka. Raný psychický vývoj dítěte. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 247 s. ISBN 8024608774. info
  • MACEK, Petr. Adolescence. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2003, 143 pp. ISBN 80-7178-747-7. info
  • PIAGET, Jean and Bärbel INHELDER. Psychologie dítěte. Edited by Eva Vyskočilová. Vyd. 4., V nakl. Portál 3. Praha: Portál, 2001, 143 s. ISBN 807178608X. info
  • Vývojová psychologie :dětství, dospělost, stáří. Edited by Marie Vágnerová. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2000, 522 s. ISBN 80-7178-308-0. info
  • Psychologie stárnutí. Edited by Ian Stuart-Hamilton - Jiří Krejčí. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1999, 319 s. ISBN 80-7178-274-2. 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
  • ŠVANCARA, Josef. Psychologie stárnutí a stáří. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1983, 111 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, homework
Assessment methods
written exam of development knowledge homework - observation and analysis of spontaneous children play
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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