Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
M-PSI/04 (PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2023 - 09/06/2023)
Lesson hours
54 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Prerequisites
None.The course is in the first year.
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge on the themes of development in the life cycle, integrating them with: a) the presentation of the research methodology, and b) the main theoretical orientations.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to: a) know the typical development phases in the different domains of development (physical, cerebral, motor, cognitive and perceptive, social, emotional-relational, and moral). This knowledge will allow the student to identify potential atypical development times
b) know the main research methods
Course contents
The course will focus on: i) the essential aspects of typical psychological development in a life span perspective, ii) the methodological aspects that support the current knowledge . The changes that occur during life will be presented taking into account some of the major theoretical approaches to the study of development.
Course topics:
The main theoretical guidelines and assumptions in development psychology
The research methods in development psychology
Notes on physical and cerebral development in prenatal age and in childhood
Notes on perceptual and motor development
Cognitive development and its main reference frameworks
The development of memory and intelligence
linguistic development
The theory of mind and its development in the life cycle
Social development
Emotional, relational and attachment development
Moral development
The subjects of the course correspond with the research projects of the Laboratory of Intervention Study on Socio-Cognitive Development - LASC of the Course Dependence Department (http://psicologia.unipv.it/laboratori/lasc/163-lasc.html)
Teaching methods
Lectures will be given in the frontal mode
Reccomended or required readings
The bibliography is identical for attending and non-attending students and consists of the slides uploaded on the site of the Psychology Section download area and the following Psychology Development Manual:
- Gillebrand, Lam, O'Donnel, Tallandini. Development Psychology. Pearson, 2019 (with video and flashcards online).
Assessment methods
The exam will take place in written form with open and closed questions on the topics presented in the manual and / or on the slides provided by the teacher during the course and uploaded to the download area.
The student who refuses the vote is required to accept the last grade received.
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