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Module Offerings
4516ARCCS-JAN-PAR
4516ARCCS-SEP-PAR
Aims
To provide an introduction to developmental psychology, introducing students to core areas of the discipline by placing particular emphasis on the multiple and sometimes competing levels of explanation in these areas.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Outline and discuss a range of theoretical approaches to developmental psychology.
2.
Identify current models and theories of behaviour to enable learners to assess their implications for human behaviour and relationships.
3.
Explain how research evidence is used to refute or support psychological theories and perspectives.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Part 1 – childhood development - attachment theories
Part 2 – adult relationships and adult development
Attachment theories – Bowlby, Harlow, Ainsworth, Lorenz
Psychosocial theories – Freud, Erikson, Jung
Moral Development theories – Piaget, Kohlberg, Bruner
Social Learning Theory
Humanistic theories – Rogers, Maslow
Factors determining inter-personal attraction
Components of adult relationships and adult development
Models of relationship breakdown
Additional Information:The module seeks to make students aware of the changing and multiple nature of psychological explanations regarding society and human development. Students will develop an awareness of the relationship between person and situation and how this dynamic relationship both influences and is crucial to, the understanding of behaviour. Students will explore the influence of social processes in the primary, secondary and wider social contexts on individual and group behaviour drawing upon examples from the following themes; early socialisation and interpersonal interaction, cognitive development, development of personality, making and breaking relationships, influences on behaviour, attitudes and attitude change, and group processes. Finally the module aims to make students aware of issues raised by psychological research within this specific area of psychological thought.
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