Преподавател(и):

доц. Милена Мутафчиева  д-р

Описание на курса:

Компетенции:

The students will have:

1) knowledge about:

• the development of psychological processes during the life spam;

• the research methods appropriate for a certain age

2) abilities to:

• make discussions and to think critically about developmental issues

• make some preliminary psychological assessments and to create experimental designs in developmental psychology

Предварителни изисквания:

Форми на провеждане:
Редовен

Учебни форми:
Лекция

Език, на който се води курса:
Английски

Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:

1. Understanding Development (Lecture, 2 hours)

2. Theories about Development – Freud: Psychoanalytic Theory. Erikson: Neo-Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory (Lecture, 2 hours)

3. Theories about Development – Learning Theories. Piaget: Cognitive Development Theory. Systems Theories (Lecture, 2 hours)

4. Prenatal Development (Lecture, 2 hours)

5. Sensation, Perception and Attention (Lecture, 2 hours)

6. ADHD (Seminar, 2 hours)

7. Cognition. Piaget’s Theory (Lecture, 2 hours)

8. Vygotsky’s Approach to Cognitive Development (lecture, 2 hours)

9. Memory and Information Processing (Lecture and seminar, 2 hours)

10. Intelligence (Lecture, 2 hours)

11. Creativity (Seminar, 2 hours)

12. Presentation of the abstracts

13. Presentation of the abstracts

14. Presentation

15. Test

Литература по темите:

Sigelman, K., Rider, E. (2010). Life Span: Human development. Wodsworth: Cengage Learning

Miller, P. (2013). Theories of Developmental Psychology. 5th edition, Worth Publishers: New York

Средства за оценяване:

60% Test

40% Interpretation of two studies