Course Profile

sap course 1564400055

Course Code:

PCG 102

Course Title:

Developmental Psychology 1

Course Level:

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits:

(2+0+0) 2 TEDU Credits, 4 ECTS Credits

Catalog Description:

Basic concepts and principles about development, factors influencing development: genetic factors, environmental factors, historical time factor; theories of development: Freud’s psychosocial development theory, Erikson’s psychosocial development theory, Piaget’s cognitive development theory, Maslow’s personality development theory, Levinson’s development theory, ecological approach (Bronfenbrenner); prenatal development, physical development in childhood, cognitive development, personality development, moral development; physical development in adolescence, adolescence-specific developmental tasks, cognitive development in adolescence, personality development, moral development and psychosocial development. Basic concepts and principles about development, factors influencing development: genetic factors, environmental factors, historical time factor; theories of development: Freud’s psychosocial development theory, Erikson’s psychosocial development theory, Piaget’s cognitive development theory, Maslow’s personality development theory, Levinson’s development theory, ecological approach (Bronfenbrenner); prenatal development, physical development in childhood, cognitive development, personality development, moral development; physical development in adolescence, adolescence-specific developmental tasks, cognitive development in adolescence, personality development, moral development and psychosocial development.

Pre-requisite:
Co-requisite:

Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Course Coordinator: 
Kürşad Demirutku
Semester: 
Spring
Type of Course: 
Compulsory
Mode of Delivery: 
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction: 
English
Course Objectives: 

Objective of this course is to examine the basic concepts, perspectives, theories, and subfields of developmental psychology.

Course Learning Outcomes: 
  1. Defines basic developmental psychology phenomena and theories.
  2. Differentiates and explains physical, cognitive, moral, and personality development.
  3. Explains the debates on developmental psychology.
  4. Compares developmental theories.
  5. Compares different developmental periods.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: 
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Reading
Oral Presentations/Reports
Guest Speakers
Assessment Methods and Criteria: 
Test / Exam
Quiz

Student Workload:

Lectures
28
hrs
Course Readings
28
hrs
Exams/Quizzes
42
hrs
Report on a Topic
14
hrs

Prepared By:

Begüm Serim Yıldız

Revised By:

Nergis Hazal Yilmaztürk