Human Development – II

Paper Code: 
PSY 213
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO36: Acquiring the knowledge about self, skills in different aspects of academic  motivation implied in educational settings

CO37: Developing the knowledge regarding the complex dynamics of cognitive development.

CO38: Illustrate the development of two contrasting aspects of humans, viz., aggression & altruism-morality

CO39: Understanding the basics of emotional, temperamental & attachment development.

CO40: Acquiring an ability to decipher key developmental challenges and issues faced in old age.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

  

 

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, Vygotsky, Information-Processing Perspective - Introduction to Multistore model, 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 Aging

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

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: 
  • Suggested Readings
  • 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.
  • Corbett, K. (2009). Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities. Yale University Press. EISBN: 978-0-30015-494-8. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1np9nz
  • 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.
  • Neumann, Erich ; Jung, C. G. (1963). Aging in Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press. EISBN: 978-0-81666-424-5. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttt4x2
  • 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.
  • Tormey, A. (1957). The Concept of Development: An Issue in the Study of Human Behavior. University of Minnesota Press . EISBN: 978-0-81666-281-4. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttttj0x
  • Van Der Veer, R.andValsiner, 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.
  • Wolfe, D. A., Jaffe, P. G., & Crooks, C. V. (2006). Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Why Teens Experiment and Strategies to Keep Them Safe. Yale University Press. EISBN: 978-0-30012-744-7. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1npxh3
  • Wishy, B. (1968). The Child and the Republic: The Dawn of Modern American Child Nurture. University of Pennsylvania Press. EISBN: 978-1-51281-939-7. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv4rftcd

E Resources

  • ResearchGate
  • JSTOR
  • Proquest
  • Shodhganga
  • Delnet
  • Google Scholar
  • National Digital Library (NPTEL)
  • Academia

Journals

  • American Anthropologist
  • Developmental Psychology
  • International journal of social robotics
  • Maltreatment & Trauma
Academic Year: 
2022-23
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