Study level: Undergraduate study programme in psychology
Lecturers: Gordana Keresteš, Ph.D., Aleksandra Huić, Ph.D.
ECTS: 6
Language: Croatian
Semester: 4th (summer)
Status: mandatory
Form of instruction with class hours: 30 hours of lectures, 10 hours of seminars, 10 hours of methodical exercises, 10 hours of field exercises
Prerequisites: Introduction to developmental psychology
Student evaluation: written and oral exam
Course description
Stages of prenatal development. Risk factors in prenatal development. Prenatal care. Birth and perinatal period. Physical, motor, perceptual, cognitive, language, moral, emotional and social development during infancy and toddlerhood, early and middle childhood, and adolescence. Introduction to developmental psychopathology.
Course objectives
Students will become familiar with age-related changes in behavior and abilities that occur from conception to adulthood, the influences that affect these changes, and mechanisms of change. Through the course the students will comprehend complexity and multidimensionality of developmental process and gain understanding of both normative aspects of development and individual differences in development. After completing the course the students will become able to differentiate between factors that promote development during childhood and adolescence and those that undermine it.
Required readings
Berk, L. (2005). Psihologija cjeloživotnog razvoja. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap. (str 75-409)
Recommended readings
Vasta, R., Haith, M.M. i Miller, S.A. (1998). Dječja psihologija:
Moderna znanost (Pogl. 5-16). Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
Additional readings
1. Brajša-Žganec, A. (2003). Dijete i obitelj. Naklada Slap, Jastrebarsko.
2. Buggle, F. (2002). Razvojna psihologija Jeana Piageta. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
3. Čuturić, N. (2000). Psihomotorički razvoj djeteta u prve dvije godine života. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
4. Duran, M. (1995). Dijete i igra. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
5. Gardner, H., Kornhaber, M.L. i Wake, W.K. (1999). Inteligencija: različita gledišta (Pogl. 4: Piaget). Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
6. Klarin, M. (2006). Razvoj djece u socijalnom kontekstu – roditelji, vršnjaci, učitelji. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
7. Lacković-Grgin, K. (1999). Samopoimanje mladih. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
8. Lacković-Grgin, K. (2005). Psihologija adolescencije. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
9. Oatley, K. i Jenkins, J.M. (2001). Razumijevanje emocija (pogl. 6 i 7). Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
10. Vulić-Prtorić, A. (2004). Depresivnost u djece i adolescenata. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
11. Wenar, C. (2003). Psihopatologija i psihijatrija od dojenačke dobi do adolescencije (pogl. 4-17). Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
12. Oatley, K. i Jenkins, J.M. (2001). Razumijevanje emocija (Pogl. 8: Emocije i psihopatologija u djetinjstvu). Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
13. Wenar, C. (2003). Psihopatologija i psihijatrija od dojenačke dobi do adolescencije (pogl. 1-3). Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.