Human Development - II

Paper Code: 
PSY 213
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

 

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

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

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PSY 213

 

 

 

 

 

Human Development - II

The students will be able to –

CO29: Developing knowledge regarding the development in cognitive, affective and behavioural domains.

CO30: Understanding the basics of emotional and moral development.

CO31: Acquiring an ability to decipher key developmental challenges and issues faced in old age.

CO32: Applying the knowledge in various areas of life as academics, vocation, etc.

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 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: 
2020-21
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