PS_BA015 Developmental Psychology II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Katarína Millová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Iva Maarová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Irena Komendová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 U25
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PS_BA015/01: each even Friday 7:30–9:05 U29, I. Burešová, I. Maarová, K. Millová
PS_BA015/02: each even Friday 9:10–10:45 U29, I. Burešová, I. Maarová, K. Millová
PS_BA015/03: each even Friday 10:50–12:25 U29, I. Burešová, I. Maarová, K. Millová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PS_BA008 Developmental Psychology I
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
Aim of this course is to introduce students to basic themes from developmental psychology: influential developmental psychologists, history of developmental psychology, "traditional" themes and actual trends with focus on the second half of life (young adulthood to old age).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to use the information from the developmental psychology (based on historical personalities, theories, actual topics and paradigmas...) to make reasoned decisions about the basic/applied topics from all over the human lifespan and apply them in the context of the related disciplines of applied psychology.
Syllabus
  • Young adulthood: specifics of "emerging adulthood", social relationship, family and work. Middle adulthood: middle age crisis, social relationship, family and work. Older adulthood: biopsychosocial changes, retirement, social relationship and family, age stereotypes and prejudice. Old age: social relationship and family, health care, dying and bereavement. Developmental disorders and their diagnosis in different stages of development of the individual.
Literature
    required literature
  • Blatný, M. (Ed.) (2016). Psychologie celoživotního vývoje. Praha: Karolinum. ISBN 978-80-246-3462-3
  • THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Vývojová psychologie : proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2015, 575 stran. ISBN 9788026207146. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2007, 461 s. ISBN 9788024613185. info
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Cesta životem. Přepracované vydání. Praha: Portál, 2006, 390 stran. ISBN 8073671247. info
  • ARNETT, Jeffrey Jensen. Emerging adulthood : the winding road from the late teens through the twenties. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, viii, 270. ISBN 9780195309379. URL info
  • ŠVANCARA, Josef. Psychologie stárnutí a stáří (The Psychology of Aging and Aduldhood). In Z. Kalvach a kol., Úvod do gerontologie a geriatrie. 1. vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1997, p. 57-77. Učebnice. ISBN 80-7184-366-0. info
  • MILLOVÁ, Katarína. Psychologie celoživotního vývoje : uvedení do moderních teorií. 1. vyd. Brno: Host, 2012, 126 s. ISBN 9788072946990. info
    recommended literature
  • Socioemotional development in cultural context. Edited by Xinyin Chen - Kenneth H. Rubin. New York: Guilford Press, 2011, x, 342. ISBN 9781609181864. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Stárnutí z pohledu pozitivní psychologie : možnosti, které čekají. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2011, 141 s. ISBN 9788024736044. URL info
  • Handbook of the psychology of aging. Edited by K. Warner Schaie - Sherry L. Willis. 7th ed. London: Academic Press, 2010, xiv, 419. ISBN 9780123808820. info
  • FARKOVÁ, Marie. Dospělost a její variabilita. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2009, 136 stran. ISBN 9788024724805. URL info
  • Handbook of adult development and learning. Edited by Carol Hren Hoare. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, xviii, 579. ISBN 9780195171907. info
  • Middle adulthood : a lifespan perspective. Edited by Sherry L. Willis - Mike Martin. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005, x, 425. ISBN 076198853X. info
  • ROGOFF, Barbara. The cultural nature of human development. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xiii, 434. ISBN 0195131339. info
  • LEMME, Barbara Hansen. Development in adulthood. 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2002, xiv, 562. ISBN 0205331742. info
  • SIGELMAN, Carol K. Life-span human development. 3rd ed. Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1999, xxi, 678. ISBN 0534354424. info
  • GARDINER, Harry W., Jay D. MUTTER and Corinne KOSMITZKI. Lives across cultures : cross-cultural human development. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998, xxi, 330. ISBN 0205191827. info
    not specified
  • Human development in adulthood. Edited by Lewis R. Aiken. New York: Plenum Press, 1998, ix, 430 p. ISBN 0306457342. info
Teaching methods
Lectures (weekly) and seminars (1x14 days).
Assessment methods
This course is completed with an oral examination comprising curriculum of Developmental psychology I and Developmental psychology II. Which means topics of developmental psychology that cover theoretical and methodological questions and human development across whole life-span. For admission to the oral examination, the student must meet the following requirements: attendance at seminars, on time submission of homework given in seminars (e.g. presentations). If these requirements are not met, student will be evaluated by "X" grade and will be not admitted to final exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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