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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(SYLLABUS)
University of Petrosani
Faculty: Sciences
Program Level: Undergraduate
Specialization(s): Social Assistance
Year of study: Second
Semester: II
Number of ETCS credits awarded: 5
Class Objectives:
 Acquire knowledge of the specific features of each age
 Acquire knowledge on styles of parenting
 Awareness of social problems facing individuals in each age stage
 Develop empathic capacity necessary to address social issue
Lectures content:
Content
What is Developmental Psychology?
Developmental behaviour genetics. Environmental
influences on development.
S. Freud’s stages of psychosexual development.
E. Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. J. Piaget’s
cognitive-developmental theory. L. Kohlberg’s theory of moral
development.
Prenatal development and birth. The premature infant.
Infancy. Motor development. The sensoriomotor period.
Emotional development and attachment.
Childhood. Cognitive development: the preoperational period;
the concrete operational period. Socialization processes.
Adolescence. Puberty and maturation. Cognitive development:
formal operations thinking. The development of moral
reasoning. Personality and social development.
Young adulthood. The search for intimacy. Marriage.. Work.
Adulthood. Physical development. Cognitive development.
Social and personality development.
Late adulthood. Demographic studies. Cognitive change in old
age. Retirement, marriage, and health. Approaching life’s end.
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Practical class content:
Content
Developmental stages
Nature-nurture controversy
Genes and chromosomes. Down’s syndrome. Fetal alcohol
syndrome.
The newborn child.
Theories of attachment.
Styles of parenting
Knowledge evaluation.
Rights of the child
Adolescence. Acquiring a sense of identity.
Adolescence. Relations with parents. Relations with peers.
Sexual relationships in adolescence
The aging process.
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Grading Policy:
The student pass the class if obtain more than 50 points from 100 points.
Classroom Rules of Conduct:
 Turn off (or place on vibrate) cell phones and pagers during class
 Food and beverages are not permitted in classroom
 During exams, the use of cell phones, pagers, PDAs, or any other electronic devices is strictly
prohibited
Lecturer: Eva BÓCSA
e-mail: [email protected]