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Course: Developmental Psychology

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Course title Developmental Psychology
Course code KPS/VYPSO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Boháčová Aneta, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Šulová Lenka, Prof. PhDr. CSc.
  • Kosíková Věra, PhDr. et PaedDr. Ph.D.
  • Šámalová Kateřina, Mgr.
  • Buršíková Dana, Doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basic issues of Developmental Psychology. The patterns of the developmental processes. 2. Determinants of Mental Development. Periodization. 3. Characteristics of integrative period - childhood, (physical, mental, and social characteristics). 4. Characteristics of culmination period - adulthood, middle age, (physical, mental, and social characteristics). 5. Characteristics of involutional period - old age, (physical, mental, and social characteristics). 6. Mental Deprivation. 7. Development disorder. 8. Development of motor and static functions. 9. Development of language. 10. Development of drawing ability. 11. Development of cognitive and emotional processes. 12. Development of character and moral properties. 13. Genesis of personality, self-knowledge.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with practical applications, E-learning, Discussion, One-to-One tutorial, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Seminar, Field trip
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Basic knowledge of terminology of psychology, above all, of General Psychology.
Skills
to define basic psychic processes, states and phenomena, to recognize their developmental specifics, to apply their general knowledge to the field of their study.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
use the fields terminology, define individual development periods, explain the needs and pecularities of behaviour and experiencing of students withrespect to the age, differ the specifics of the genesis of basic mental functions and processes, explain personality genesis evaluate the basic ontogenesis theories.
Skills
determine deviations of normal development, apply theoretical knowledge to the field of educational practice, analyze the child's drawing with the respect to the age, process the underlying history of a child of school age, assess the level of school preparedness of the child.
Competences
N/A
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N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Interactive lecture
Self-study of literature
One-to-One tutorial
Skills
Seminar
Task-based study method
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Competences
Continuous assessment
Self-evaluation
Recommended literature
  • Heydebrand, Caroline von. O duševní podstatě dítěte. 1. vyd. Praha : Baltazar, 1993. ISBN 80-85791-00-5.
  • Hradecká, Milada. Kapitoly z vývojové psychologie. 1. vyd. Brno : Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity J. E. Purkyně, 1979.
  • Hříchová, Miloslava; Miňhová, Jana; Novotná, Lenka. Vývojová psychologie pro učitele. 2. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita. Pedagogická fakulta, 2000. ISBN 80-7082-626-6.
  • Kon, Igor' Semenovič. Kapitoly z psychologie dospívání. 1. vyd. Praha : SPN, 1986.
  • Langmeier, Josef; Krejčířová, Dana; Langmeier, Miloš. Vývojová psychologie : s úvodem do vývojové neurofyziologie. 2. vyd. Praha : H & H, 2002. ISBN 80-7319-016-8.
  • Langmeier, Josef; Krejčířová, Dana. Vývojová psychologie. 3. přeprac. a dopl. vyd., v Gradě Publishing 1. Praha : Grada, 1998. ISBN 80-7169-195-X.
  • Langmeier, Josef. Psychická deprivace v dětství. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha : Státní zdravotnické nakladatelství, 1968.
  • Langmeier, Josef. Vývojová psychologie pro dětské lékaře. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha : Avicenum, 1991. ISBN 80-201-0098-7.
  • Matějček, Zdeněk; Langmeier, Josef. Počátky našeho duševního života. Praha : Panorama, 1986.
  • Novotná, Lenka; Hříchová, Miloslava; Miňhová, Jana. Vývojová psychologie. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2004. ISBN 80-7043-281-0.
  • Piaget, Jean; Inhelder, Bärbel. Psychologie dítěte. Vyd. 4, v Portálu 3. Praha : Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-608-X.
  • Piaget, Jean. Psychologie inteligence. Vyd. 2., v Portálu 1. Praha : Portál, 1999. ISBN 80-7178-309-9.
  • Příhoda, V. Ontogeneze lidské psychiky I. - IV. SPN Praha, 1963.
  • Říčan, Pavel; Krejčířová, Dana. Dětská klinická psychologie. 4., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1049-8.
  • Švancara, Josef. Diagnostika psychického vývoje. Praha : Avicenum, 1974.
  • Švancara, Josef. Psychologie stárnutí a stáří. SPN Praha, 1983.
  • Taxová, Jiřina. Pedagogicko-psychologické problémy dospívání : Skripta pro posl. filozof. fak. Univerzity Karlovy. 1. vyd. Praha : Univ. Karlova, 1985.
  • THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Vývojová psychologie: proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6.
  • THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Vývojová psychologie: proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6.
  • Vágnerová, Marie. Variabilita a patologie psychického vývoje : Skripta pro posl. pedag. fakulty Univ. Karlovy. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 1993. ISBN 80-7066-797-4.
  • Vágnerová, Marie. Vývojová psychologie : dětství, dospělost, stáří. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-308-0.


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University of West Bohemia, date of update: 26.07.2024 23:53. Data created for academic year 2024/2025