Bi8691 Human Individual Development

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Čuta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D.
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
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-AN)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC, specialization Fyzická antropologie)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC, specialization Sociokulturní antropologie)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
Course objectives
At the end of this course the students should be able to: explain the biological background of classification of the human individual development phases; understand growth and development mechanisms in particular phases; identify intrinsic and extrinsic factors of growth and development; know the main "tasks" and "pitfalls" of each stage of development; apply the standard methods of growth and development assessment; explain human ontogenesis from the viewpoint of the Theory of life history; interpret specifics of human life history in the context of primates
Syllabus
  • Block I - Theoretical approach to individual development
  • Introduction
  • Life-history
  • Interconnection of developmental stages
  • Growth and development
  • Block II - Biological-psycho-social development of man from conception till death
  • Human prenatal development
  • Delivery and newborn
  • Childhood
  • Prepuberty, puberty, adolescence
  • Adolescent and young adult
  • Development of man in adulthood
  • Aging and dying
  • Phenomena along the course of life
  • Course summary, students' presentations, discussion, consults
Literature
  • Langdon, J.H. (2005): The Human Strategy: An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Anatomy. Oxford University Press, NY (kapitola: 21. Life History).
  • Flegr J. (2005): Evoluční biologie. Academia, Praha. (kapitola 12. Evoluce ontogeneze a životního cyklu).
  • Bjorklund D.F., Pellegrini, A.D. (2002): The Origins of Human Nature: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
  • Burgess R., MacDonald K. (Eds.) (2004): Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development, 2nd edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Eveleth, P. B., Tanner, J. M. (1999): Worldwide Variation in Human Growth. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA.
  • Šmahel, Z. (2001): Principy, teorie a metody auxologie. Karolinum, Praha.
  • Malina, R. M., Bouchard, C., Bar-Or, O. (2004): Growth, Maturation and Physical Activity. Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, USA.
  • LeVine, R. A., New, R. S. (2008): Anthropology and Child Development: A Cross-Cultural Reader. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, USA.
  • Vágnerová, M. (2007): Vývojová psychologie II. Dospelost a stáří. Karolinum, Praha.
Teaching methods
The tuition in the course is in form of lectures and individual work based on scientific papers published on various topics; the outcome of individual work will be in presentation in which each student presents to colleagues results of his/her work.
Assessment methods
3 written tests during the semester, presentation of student's papers, oral, eventually written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.