DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY I

Course Information
TitleΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΙΑΚΗ ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΑ Ι / DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY I
CodeΨΥ-131
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolPsychology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600013490

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos PSychologías (2017-sīmera)

Registered students: 252
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course116

Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours4
Total Hours52
Class ID
600070206
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
i) to enable students to understand how and why the human organism grows and changes (in physical structures, thought processes, emotions, social interactions) from prenatal period, infancy to childhood; ii) to understand changes that appear universal, to explain individual differences and the influence of the context in children’s development; and iii) to understand the importance of early experiences on later development.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Key issues in the study of human development. Historical and contemporary perspectives on human development. Research methods in the study of human development. Ethics in developmental research. Approaches to understanding human development. Heredity and environment. Prenatal development and childbirth. Infancy and toddlers: Physical, cognitive, and language development. Personality and sociocultural development in infancy and toddlerhood. Early childhood: Physical, cognitive, and language development. Personality and sociocultural development in early childhood.
Keywords
human development, prenatal development, infancy, early childhood.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of Power Point as a teaching tool Email to communicate with the students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures1044
Seminars240.9
Reading Assigment261
Exams20.1
Total1566
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Craig, G. J., & Baucum, D. (2007). 'Η Ανάπτυξη του Ανθρώπου'. Tόμος Α΄. Αθήνα: Παπαζήση. 2. Feldman, R. S. (2009). Εξελικτική Ψυχολογία: Δια βίου ανάπτυξη'. Τόμος Α΄. Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
Additional bibliography for study
1. Cole, M., & Cole, S. (2015). Η ανάπτυξη των παιδιών. Gutenberg.
Last Update
07-11-2017