Janet Belsky, Experiencing the life span (chapters 1-10) New York Worth Publishers
Léonie Sugarmann, Life – Span Development, 2001
Learning Objectives
To get a sufficiently detailed and whole knowledge on human development from conception, infancy and childhood with a particular regard to affective, social and cognitive aspects.
To know the main developmental processes in these periods of age
Prerequisites
no one
Teaching Methods
Lectures, practical exercises, group discussion on course’s issues , tests
Further information
no one
Type of Assessment
Written test consisting in 20 questions with four possible answers, and 1 question requesting a more detailed answer. If the written test receives a sufficient score a student can sustain the oral test.
Course program
Pregnancy, prenatal development, and birth. Infancy: physical and cognitive development. Infancy: socio emotional development: the theory of attachment. Childhood: physical and cognitive development. Socioemotional development. Settings for development: home and school.
The life-cycle psychology: introduction