UPPVMP007 Developmental Psychology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
13/13/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marta Kolaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. et Mgr. Maria Vašutová, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 8:05–8:50 C205
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UPPVMP007/A: Wed 10:35–11:20 C204, M. Kolaříková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA ( FVP ) && TYP_STUDIA ( B ) && FORMA ( P )
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 objective of the Developmental psychology course is to understand the basic definition, subject and objectives of the basic psychological discipline and the application of its findings. Students are familiarized with basic knowledge about the physical and psychological human development in all its developmental stages - during the prenatal, neonatal, infant, toddler, preschool, primary school periods, pubescence, adolescence, young, middle and late adulthood and old age, including the specifics of their possible behaviours provoking conflict situations in the negotiations. An integral part of the subject are complementary seminars.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge:
- Students acquire and demonstrate knowledge of basic terminology related to the subject of developmental psychology.
- Students can describe the key human developmental stages according to different classifications.
- Students can characterize the mental development of individuals in different age periods with their characteristic milestones.
- Students are well versed in the specific conflict and risk situations that are predicted in individual periods.

Professional skills:
- Students can assess the degree of human development and a specific periods.
- Students can apply knowledge of specific ontogenetic periods in a practical situation.
- Students manage to combine theoretical knowledge of the characteristics of individual human developmental stages with crisis moments of life and conflict prevention.
- Students can create a case study of a person.

General qualification:
- Students can use and apply predictive knowledge about human developmental periods in specific situations and education.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition of discipline, object and objectives of developmental psychology, application possibilities, position in the system of sciences and relation to other scientific disciplines. The concept of intellectual development, basic forms, factors and mechanisms of development. Methods of developmental psychological examination, longitudinal, semi-longitudinal and transverse research approach.
  • 2. Theory of determination and periodization of development. Prenatal period and its importance for further development. Neonatal period.
  • 3. Infant and toddler age - development of gross and fine motor skills, perception and development of pre-speech expressions; cognitive development; socialization.
  • 4. Preschool age- development of basic abilities and skills, cognitive development, development of children's identity, emotional development and socialization.
  • 5. School maturity. School readiness. Issues related to premature schooling.
  • 6. Younger and middle school age- development of basic abilities and skills, cognitive development, emotional development and socialization.
  • 7. Adolescence - physical transformation, main psychological characteristics of adolescence, the development of basic skills, abilities and interests, cognitive development, identity development, emotional development and socialization.
  • 8. Adolescence - the development of an adolescent identity, socialization - relationships with adults, peers, going to work.
  • 9. Periods of young adulthood- cognitive development, socialization, identity of young adulthood; professional roles, partnerships, marriage, parenting, period of 1st retrospection.
  • 10. Period of middle adulthood - physical changes, the transformation of professional roles, change of partner relationship, transformation of parental roles, change of relationship to one’s own parents, middle-aged person’s identity.
  • 11. Periods of older adulthood- physical changes associated with the onset of ageing, cognitive processes, personality development and role changes, professional roles, marriage of ageing people, the role of grandparents.
  • 12. Period of old age- physical changes, psychological changes, retirement, change in the way of life, problems of dying and death.
Literature
    required literature
  • BLATNÝ, Marek, ed. Psychologie celoživotního vývoje. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3462-3.
  • LORENCOVÁ, Věra et al. Ontogenetická psychologie, neboli, Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Powerprint, 2015. ISBN 978-80-87994-43-6.
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Cesta životem: [vývojová psychologie]: přepracované vydání. 3. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0772-6.
  • THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Vývojová psychologie: proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie: dětství a dospívání. Vyd. 2., dopl. a přeprac. Praha: Karolinum, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2153-1.
    recommended literature
  • BLATNÝ, Marek, ed. Personality and well-being across the life-span. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. xii, 190 stran. ISBN 978-1-137-43995-6.
  • BRISCH, Karl Heinz. Bezpečná výchova: budování jisté vztahové vazby mezi rodiči a dětmi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2012. 157 s. ISBN 978-80-262-0063-5.
  • ERIKSON, Erik H. Životní cyklus rozšířený a dokončený: devět věků člověka. Překlad Jiří Šimek. Vyd. 2., přeprac., V Portálu 1. Praha: Portál, ©2015. 147 s. ISBN 978-80-262-0786-3.
  • JOŠT, Jiří a kol. Podpora zdravého psychického vývoje: z aspektu dítěte a učitele. 1. vyd. Praha: Eduko, 2013. 167 s. ISBN 978-80-87204-66-5.
  • KLUSÁK, Miroslav. Morální vývoj školáků a předškoláků: paradigmatické výzvy dle Jeana Piageta. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2014. 261 s. ISBN 978-80-246-2325-2.
  • SHALIT, Erel. Cyklus života: témata a příběhy životní cesty. Překlad Ivo Müller. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2017. 239 stran. Spektrum; 105. ISBN 978-80-262-1174-7.
    not specified
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, Marta. Dítě předškolního věku v prostředí sociální exkluze. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-161-7.
  • KOOIJMAN, Anne. Děti a sociální dovednosti: jak pomoci dětem posílit sebevědomí a zlepšit sociální dovednosti. Praha: Didactive Plus s.r.o., 2016. ISBN 978-80-270-0598-7.
  • ŠVAMBERK ŠAUEROVÁ, Markéta. Jak přežít svou vlastní pubertu: i s učiteli a rodiči. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5395-9.
  • VRTBOVSKÁ, Petra. O ztraceném dítěti & cestě do bezpečí: attachment, poruchy attachmentu a léčení. Tišnov: Scan, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86620-20-6.
  • KAGAN, JErome. On Being Human. Yale University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0300-217-360.
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Vývojová psychologie. Opava: Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2018. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě.
Assessment methods
Conditions for signing up for the oral exam: 80% attendance at seminars, presentation on selected topics in the seminar, seminar paper on an assigned topic.
Successful completion of an oral exam of the topics discussed in instruction.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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