UPPVMD007 Developmental Psychology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
9/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marta Kolaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Marta Kolaříková, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(C) && ROCNIK(1)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the Developmental psychology course is to understand the basic definition, subject and objectives of the basic psychological discipline and the application of its findings. Students are familiarized with basic knowledge about the physical and psychological human development in all its developmental stages - during the prenatal, neonatal, infant, toddler, preschool, primary school periods, pubescence, adolescence, young, middle and late adulthood and old age, including the specifics of their possible behaviours provoking conflict situations in the negotiations.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge:
- students acquire and demonstrate knowledge of basic terminology related to the subject of developmental psychology
- students can describe the key human developmental stages according to different classifications
- students can characterize the mental development of individuals in different age periods with their characteristic milestones
- students are well versed in the specific conflict and risk situations that are predicted in individual periods
Professional skills:
- students can assess the degree of human development and a specific periods
- students can apply knowledge of specific ontogenetic periods in a practical situation
- students manage to combine theoretical knowledge of the characteristics of individual human developmental stages with crisis moments of life and conflict prevention
- students can create a case study of a person
General qualification:
- students can use and apply predictive knowledge about human developmental periods in specific situations and education
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition of discipline, object and objectives of developmental psychology, application possibilities, position in the system of sciences and relation to other scientific disciplines. The concept of intellectual development, basic forms, factors and mechanisms of development. Methods of developmental psychological examination, longitudinal, semi-longitudinal and transverse research approach.
  • 2. Theory of determination and periodization of development. Prenatal period and its importance for further development. Neonatal period.
  • 3. Infant and toddler age - development of gross and fine motor skills, perception and development of pre-speech expressions; cognitive development; socialization.
  • 4. Preschool age - development of basic abilities and skills, cognitive development, development of children's identity, emotional development and socialization.
  • 5. School maturity. School readiness. Issues related to premature schooling.
  • 6. Younger and middle school age - development of basic abilities and skills, cognitive development, emotional development and socialization.
  • 7. Adolescence - physical transformation, main psychological characteristics of adolescence, the development of basic skills, abilities and interests, cognitive development, identity development, emotional development and socialization.
  • 8. Adolescence - the development of an adolescent identity, socialization - relationships with adults, peers, going to work.
  • 9. Periods of young adulthood - cognitive development, socialization, identity of young adulthood; professional roles, partnerships, marriage, parenting, period of 1st retrospection.
  • 10. Period of middle adulthood - physical changes, the transformation of professional roles, change of partner relationship, transformation of parental roles, change of relationship to one’s own parents, middle-aged person’s identity.
  • 11. Periods of older adulthood - physical changes associated with the onset of ageing, cognitive processes, personality development and role changes, professional roles, marriage of ageing people, the role of grandparents.
  • 12. Period of old age - physical changes, psychological changes, retirement, change in the way of life, problems of dying and death.
Literature
    required literature
  • BLATNÝ, M. ed. Psychologie celoživotního vývoje. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3462-3.
  • LORENCOVÁ, V. et al. Ontogenetická psychologie, neboli, Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Powerprint, 2015. ISBN 978-80-87994-43-6.
  • ŘÍČAN, P. Cesta životem: [vývojová psychologie]. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0772-6.
  • THOROVÁ, K. Vývojová psychologie: proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M., LISÁ, l. Vývojová psychologie: Dětství a dospívání. Praha: Karolinum, 2021. ISBN 978-80-246-5024-1.
    recommended literature
  • BLATNÝ, M. ed. Personality and well-being across the life-span. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. ISBN 978-1-137-43995-6.
  • BRISCH, K. H. Bezpečná výchova: budování jisté vztahové vazby mezi rodiči a dětmi. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0063-5.
  • ERIKSON, E. H. Životní cyklus rozšířený a dokončený: devět věků člověka. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0786-3.
  • JOŠT, J. a kol. Podpora zdravého psychického vývoje: z aspektu dítěte a učitele. Praha: Eduko, 2013. ISBN 978-80-87204-66-5.
  • KLUSÁK, M. Morální vývoj školáků a předškoláků: paradigmatické výzvy dle Jeana Piageta. Praha: Karolinum, 2014. ISBN 978-80-246-2325-2.
  • SHALIT, E. Cyklus života: témata a příběhy životní cesty. Praha: Portál, 2017. ISBN 978-80-262-1174-7.
    not specified
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Dítě předškolního věku v prostředí sociální exkluze. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-161-7.
  • KOOIJMAN, A. Děti a sociální dovednosti: jak pomoci dětem posílit sebevědomí a zlepšit sociální dovednosti. Praha: Didactive Plus s.r.o., 2016. ISBN 978-80-270-0598-7.
  • ŠVAMBERK ŠAUEROVÁ, M. Jak přežít svou vlastní pubertu: i s učiteli a rodiči. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5395-9.
  • VRTBOVSKÁ, P. O ztraceném dítěti & cestě do bezpečí: attachment, poruchy attachmentu a léčení. Tišnov: Scan, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86620-20-6.
  • KAGAN, J. On Being Human. Yale University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0300-217-360.
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Vývojová psychologie. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods
Seminar paper on an assigned topic. Successful completion of an oral exam of the topics discussed in instruction.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Personal contact in teaching, consulting hours. During continuous study, the student uses the study support and processes selected correspondence tasks. Here he will also demonstrate knowledge of compulsory literature and contact teaching lectures. The student will be able to continuously consult individually studied topics of the subject through e-mail, individual or group consultations.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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