Course: Developmental psychology

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Course title Developmental psychology
Course code KPS/RVVPS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kvintová Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Holásková Kamila, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Plevová Irena, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The developmental psychology, as a basic psychological discipline, observes the longlife development of Man. It provides an orientation to the mental development of human individual from its prenatal development up to old age inclusive of dying. Besides the ordinary description of developmental changes attending single life phases, the given subject provides information on development regularities and, first of all, on factors affecting the development of human psyche.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Methods of Written Work
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Developmental psychology will focus in these lessons on a periodization of individual's development in early stages. Part of the subject will be dedicated to practical illustration of prenatal development and information about emotional experience of gravidity, puerperium and breast-feeding. The extra hours will be devoted to the chapter on birth and a primipara's emotional situation.
Students will be eligible explanations of terms and definitions from the field of psychology
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of developmental psychology and ontogeny

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Literature study, active participation in seminars, working up tasks according to teacher's requirements.
Recommended literature
  • Atkinson, R. L., Atkinson, R. C., Smith, E. E., Bem, D. J., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Herman, E., Petržela, M., & Brejlová, D. (2003). Psychologie. Praha: Portál.
  • ČÍŽKOVÁ , J. a kol. (2001). Přehled vývojové psychologie. Olomouc : PdF UP.
  • ČÍŽKOVÁ, J. a kol. (2008). Přehled vývojové psychologie. Olomouc : UP.
  • NICOLSON, P. (2001). Poporodní deprese. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • POUTHAS a kol. (2000). Psychologie novorozence. Praha : Grada.


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