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Lecturer(s)
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Banárová Katarína, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Adult psychology - definition of the discipline, development, overlaps. 2. The concept of adulthood. Subdivision of adulthood. Signs of adulthood. 3. The period of young adulthood. Definition of the stage, basic characteristics and developmental tasks. 4. Partnership and parenting in young adulthood. 5. Professional roles in young adulthood. 6. The period of middle adulthood. Stage definition, basic characteristics and developmental tasks. Midlife crisis. 7. Transformations of partnership and parenting in middle adulthood. 8. Changes in professional roles in middle adulthood. 9. Issues of the "sandwich" generation. 10. The period of older adulthood. Stage definition, basic characteristics and developmental tasks. 11. Transformations of partnership and parenting in older adulthood. 12. Professional role changes in older adulthood. Preparing for retirement.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Group work
- Homework for Teaching
- 25 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 100 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to psychologically reflect the specifics of the life stage of adulthood - from early adulthood, through middle adulthood to late adulthood. Students will learn not only about the typology of the stages of adulthood, but above all about the developmental tasks of each respective stage, since failure to meet this developmental task can be a precipitator of a crisis in the next developmental period(s). The so-called critical nodes in the life path of an adult will be identified, which are subsequently perceived in the context of andragogy as challenges for andragogical intervention (education, care, counselling, etc.). Attention will be paid not only to the professional aspects of the adult, but also to private matters, including crisis situations and the possibilities of psychological or andragogical interventions.
Knowledge and skills acquired: - Student knows the specifics of the stages of adulthood. - Student is able to recognize individual crisis situations in adult life and to react adequately to them. - Student knows the causes and consequences of moratorium in the period of adulthood and sandwich generation. - Student can argue the importance of marriage, parenting, and work in adult's life.
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Prerequisites
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No previous knowledge in psychology.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Completion method: written test
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Recommended literature
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Langmaier, J., Krejčířová, D. Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Grada, 1994..
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Říčan, P. Cesta životem. Praha: Panorama, 1989..
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