UPPVIK008 Developmental Psychology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marta Kolaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Marta Kolaříková, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Znalosti z obecné psychologie a psychologie osobnosti
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.
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. A brief history of the development of the field.
  • 2. The concept of intellectual development, basic forms, factors and mechanisms of development. Methods of developmental psychological examination, longitudinal, semi-longitudinal and transverse research approach
  • 3. Theory of determination and periodization of development
  • 4. Prenatal period and its importance for further development. Neonatal period
  • 5. Infant and toddler age - development of gross and fine motor skills, perception and development of pre-speech expressions; cognitive development; socialization
  • 6. Preschool age – development of basic abilities and skills, cognitive development, development of children's identity, emotional development and socialization
  • 7. School maturity. School readiness. Socially pathological phenomena occurring in this period
  • 8. Younger and middle school age – development of basic abilities and skills, cognitive development, emotional development and socialization.
  • 9. Adolescence - physical transformation, main psychological characteristics of adolescence, the development of basic skills, abilities and interests, cognitive development, identity development, emotional development and socialization.
  • 10. Adolescence - the development of an adolescent identity, socialization - relationships with adults, peers, going to work.
  • 11. Periods of young adulthood – cognitive development, socialization, identity of young adulthood; professional roles, partnerships, marriage, parenting, period of 1st retrospection. Socially pathological phenomena occurring in this period
  • 12. 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.
  • 13. 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.
  • 14. Period of old age – physical changes, psychological changes, retirement, change in the way of life, problems of dying and death.
Literature
    required literature
  • BLATNÝ, M. (Ed.) Psychologie celoživotního vývoje. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3462-3.
  • BREMMER, G. & SLATER, A. An Introduction to Developmental Psychology. 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, 2017. ISBN 978-1-118-76720-7.
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Vývojová psychologie. Studijní opora. Opava: Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2017. Dostupné z: https://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/enrol/index.php?id=218.
  • ŘÍČAN, P. Cesta životem: [vývojová psychologie]: přepracované vydání. 3. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0772-6.
  • THOROVÁ, K. Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Vývojová psychologie: dětství a dospívání. Vyd. 2., dopl. a přeprac. Praha: Karolinum, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2153-1. info
    recommended literature
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Dítě předškolního věku v prostředí sociální exkluze. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-161-7.
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, Marta, Alena PETROVÁ and Eva URBANOVSKÁ. Profesní připravenost učitelů základních škol v oblasti řešení rizikového chování a možnosti jeho prevence v Moravskoslezském kraji II PSYCHOLOGICKÉ ASPEKTY (Professional readiness of primary school teachers in the field of solution of risk behavior and possibilities of its prevention in the Moravian-Silesian Region II PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS). 1st ed. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2017, 190 pp. ISBN 978-80-7510-236-2. Výstupy projektu MSK info
  • KOOIJMAN, A. 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.
  • LORENCOVÁ, V. et al. Ontogenetická psychologie, neboli, Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Powerprint, 2015. ISBN 978-80-87994-43-6.
  • ŠVAMBERK ŠAUEROVÁ, M. Jak přežít svou vlastní pubertu: i s učiteli a rodiči. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5395-9.
  • VRTBOVSKÁ, P. O ztraceném dítěti & cestě do bezpečí: attachment, poruchy attachmentu a léčení. Tišnov: Scan, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86620-20-6.
Teaching methods
direct teaching, consultation, self-study
Assessment methods
oral exam: from compulsory literature and lectures- + discussion of the selected correspondence task
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 10 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
During the semester, 12 hour tutorial will take place which includes explanations of difficult parts of the curriculum. In the course of continuous study, students use the study material which they process to fulfil selected correspondence assignments which are discussed in individual and group consultations.

At the exam, students demonstrate knowledge of compulsory literature, study material and lectures of the contact instruction. Students will be able to continuously consult the topics studied individually via e-mail, or in individual or team consultations upon request.

Consultation days and hours are set by the instructor at the beginning of the semester but the instructor is also available by prior arrangement according to the students’ needs.

The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2019, Winter 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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