Human Development-I

Paper Code: 
PSY 502
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 This course aims at providing conceptual foundation of human development. It focuses on development in the life span in different domains with an emphasis on the cultural context.

9.00
Unit I: 
Introduction

Concept of human development; Theories of human development – Freud, Erikson.       

9.00
Unit II: 
Methods of studying human development

 Experimental, Longitudinal, Observation    

9.00
Unit III: 
Foundation of human development

 Genetic, cultural and social factors; The nature-nurture debate in human development   

9.00
Unit IV: 
Socialization

Role of family, peers and school;  Media and Socialization

9.00
Unit V: 
Cognitive development

  Nature; Approaches -Piaget;  Language development - Chomsky.         

Essential Readings: 
  • Berk, L.E. (1989). Child Development, Boston : Allyn & Bacon.
  • Santrock  J.W. (1999). Lifespan Development. New York : McGraw Hill.
References: 
  • Barnes, P. (Ed.) (1995) Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Oxford : Blackwell.
  • Berry, J.W., Dasen, D.R. and Saraswathi, T.S. (1997). Handbook of Cross-cultural psychology : Basic Processes and Human Development, Vol. 2 M.A. : Allyn and Bacon.
  •  Bickerton, D. (1996). Language and Human Behavior. Washington D.C. : Psychology Press.
  •  Bloom, L. and Margaret, . (1978). Language Development and Language Disorders. NY : John Wiley.
  • Brodzinsky, D.M. Gormly, A.V. & Aniborn, S.R. (1986). Life Span Human Development New Delhi: CBS Publisher.
  • Heatherington, E.M.  & Parks, R.D. (1986). Child Psychology, New York : McGraw Hill.
  • Schaeffer, R. (1996). Social Development. Oxford : Blackwell.
  •  Sinha, D. (1981). Socialization of the Indian Child. N.D. : Concept.
  •  Srivastava. A.K. (1998). Child Development : An Indian Perspective, New Delhi : NCERT.
  •  Thompson, R.A. (Ed.) (1990). Socio Emotional Development, : Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1988. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press.
  •  Van Der Veer, R.and Valsiner, J. (1995). The Vygotsky reader. Oxford : Blackwell.
  •  Vygotsky, L.S. (1962). Thought and Language. Cambridge, Mass : NIT Press.
  • Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in Society : The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press.
Academic Year: 
2016-17
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