FVP:UOSP005 General and Developmental Psyc - Course Information

UOSP005 General and Developmental Psychology

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Boris Iljuk, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PaedDr. Eva Zacharová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
František Hodný (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Boris Iljuk, CSc.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

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

• General Nursing Studies (programme FVP, B5341-OSET)

Course objectives

The course Developmental psychology follows on knowledge in general psychology and personality psychology. The aim of the course is to supply basic knowledge about somatic and psychological development of human in all its stages - pre-natal stage, new-born age, infancy, toddlerhood, pre-school stage, early school age, pubescence, adolescence, early, middle, late adulthood and old age. After finishing the course, the student will have good knowledge of basic theories of development and characteristics of individual stages of ontogenesis, will have a theoretical and practical base for further study of applied psychology disciplines and pedagogy. Seminars are integral part of the course.

Syllabus

• Lectures:
  1. Definition, subject and aims of developmental psychology, its position in the system of sciences and its relation to other scientific disciplines, component disciplines of developmental psychology. Short outline of history of the science.
  2. Methods of developmental psychological research, longitudinal, semi-longitudinal and cross-sectional research approach.
  3. The term mental development - factors, basic mechanism, rules of development, the theory of determinism and periodic development. Theory of psychic development - behaviourism, psychodynamic theories (S. Freud), psychosocial theory (E. Erikson), theory of cognitive development (J. Piaget), social-cognitive theory (L.S. Vygotsky), evolutional theory (J. Bowlby, M.D.Ainswort).
  4. Pre-natal and new-born stage.
  5. Infancy and toddlerhood - development of gross and fine motor skills, perception and development of preverbal expressions; cognitive development; socialization.
  6. Pre-school age - development of basic skills and abilities, cognitive development, development of child's identity, emotional development and socialization. School maturity. Readiness for school.
  7. Early and middle school age - development of basic skills and abilities, cognitive development, emotional development and socialization.
  8. Pubescence - physical changes, main psychological characteristics of the adolescence stage, development of basic skills abilities and interests, cognitive development, development of personal identity, emotional development and socialization.
  9. Adolescence - development of personal identity of the adolescent, socialization - relationships with adults, with peers, starting work.
  10. Early adulthood - cognitive development, socialization, identity of early adulthood; vocational roles, partnership, marriage, parenthood, life-balancing.
  11. Middle adulthood - physical changes, change of vocational roles, changes in partnership, changes in parenthood, changes in relationship to own parents, personal identity of middle age.
  12. Late adulthood - physical changes connected to aging, cognitive processes, development of personality and change of roles, vocational roles, marriage of aging people, becoming a grandparent.
  13. Old age - physical changes, psychical changes, retirement, marriage, relationship to children and grandchildren, change of life-style, dying and death.
  14. Psychology - subject and aims, psychological disciplines. Position of psychology in the system of sciences. Ethical problems of present psychology. Methods of psychological research.
  15. Basic terms of general psychology (psychics, psychological contents, processes and conditions, behaviour and experience). Determination of human psyche.
  16. Consciousness - function of consciousness, states of altered consciousness. Unconsciousness, sub-consciousness and pre-consciousness.
  17. Sensory processes - general characteristics of sense organs, sensory threshold, Weber-Fechner law.
  18. Perception - basic characteristics of the process, constants of perception, organization of the field of perception, perceptual illusion.
  19. Memory - definition of the process, types of memory, organization of data in long-term memory, process of forgetting.
  20. Imagination - definition of terms, types of visions, means of recalling, phantasies (types, means of creating).
  21. Thinking - basic forms of thinking, concept (definite and indefinite), types of thinking, thinking operations, reasoning, factors which influence decision-making.
  22. Abilities and creativity. Intellect and intelligence.
  23. Emotions - basic components of emotions, types of emotions, function of emotions. Volitional processes.
  
  Seminars:
  Seminars extend the contents of lectures in developmental psychology. The aim is to teach students how to analyse a topic, actively and independently search for relevant information for a given/chosen topic, to

Literature

recommended literature
• ČÍŽKOVÁ, J. A KOL. Přehled vývojové psychologie. Olomouc: UP, 1999. info
• PIAGET, J. Psychologie dítěte. Praha: Portál, 1997. Praha: Portál. info
• ŘÍMOVSKÁ, Z. Psychlogické aspekty dětského věku. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
• ŘÍMOVSKÁ, Z. Psychologické aspekty dospívání. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
• PLHÁKOVÁ, A. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2005. ISBN 80-200-1387-3. info
• VÁGNEROVÁ,M. Základy psychologie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze,, 2005. ISBN 80-246-0841-3. info
• ČÍŽKOVÁ,J. Poznávání duševního života člověka. Olomouc: UP,, 2000. info
• Vágnerová, M. Vývojová psychologie. Praha:Portál,, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-308-0. info
• LANGMEIER, J., KREJČÍŘOVÁ, D. Vývojová psychologie. Praha : Grada Publishing, 1998. info
• NAKONEČNÝ, M. Základy psychologie. Praha: Academia, 1997. ISBN 80-200-0689-3. info
• Vagnerová, M. Vývojová psychologie I. Praha: Karolinum, 1996. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Independent work by students consists of:
1. Reading compulsory reading and dealing with heuristic tasks.
2. Preparing their own psychological CV using 2 theories of psychological development (according to student's own choice)
Assessment: submit written report on tasks which are designed as heuristic search of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills (Iljuk, B. Základy psychologie v heuristických otázkách a úlohách).

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