Human Development – II

Paper Code: 
PSY 213
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: 
Development of Self Concept:

Development of Self concept,  Self-Esteem: The Evaluative Component of Self, Development of Achievement Motivation and Academic Self-Concepts, Identity Formation

9.00
Unit II: 
Cognitive Development:

Nature and Approaches; Piaget, Vyogotsky, Information-Processing Perspective, Language: Structure of language, theories of language development

9.00
Unit III: 
Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development:

Development of aggression, Development of Prosocial Self, Development of Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Components of Morality

9.00
Unit IV: 
Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment:

Emotional Development: The Development of Emotional, Expressions, Recognizing and Interpreting Emotions; Temperament and Development:  Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Temperament, Stability of Temperament; Attachment and Development: Attachments as Reciprocal Relationships, Fathers as Caregivers, Factors That Influence Attachment Security, Attachment and Later Development

9.00
Unit V: 
Problems of Ageing:

Physical, Cognitive and Psychological development in late adulthood; Problems of ageing; Successful ageing

Essential Readings: 
  • Berk, L.E. (1989). Child Development.  Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Santrock , J.W. (1999). Lifespan Development. New York : McGraw Hill.
  • Shaffer. D.A.(2014). Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Adolescence. 9th, USA: Cengage Learning.
  • Srivastava. A.K. (1998). Child Development: An Indian Perspective. New Delhi: NCERT.
References: 
  • Barnes, P. (Ed.) (1995) Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Berry, J.W., Dasen, D.R. & 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. New York: John Wiley.
  • Gilligan, C. (1982). In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Cambridge.  Mass: Harvard University Press.
  • Mishra, G. (Ed. 1999). Psychological Perspective on Stress and Health. New Delhi: Concept.
  • Pestonjee, D.M. (1999). Stress and Coping: The Indian Experience. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • Schaeffer, R. (1996). Social Development. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Sinha, D. (1981). Socialization of the Indian Child. New Delhi: Concept.
  • Taylor, I. (1976). Introduction to Psycholinguistics. New York: Holt.
  • 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: NIT Press.
  • Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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