COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DIĞDEM MÜGE SIYEZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

With this course, it is aimed that students understand the changes in physical, sexual, cognitive, language and moral development from infancy to adolecence

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1- Students explain the basic concepts of developmental psychology and research methods
2   2- Students describe the changes in brain in the period from infancy to adolescence
3   3- Students explain the social-emotional development in the period from infancy to adolescence
4   4- Students explain the physical and sexual development in the period from infancy to adolescence
5   5- Students explain the personality development in the period from infancy to adolescence
6   6- Students explain importance of social relations in the period from infancy to adolescence

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts in development and research methods
2 Biological aspects of development
3 Physical development
4 Brain and cognitive development
5 Self and identity
6 Self and identity
7 Moral development and values
8 Rehearsal, Midterm exam, and evaluation
9 Sex and sexuality
10 Families
11 Peer relations
12 Romantic relations
13 Problem behaviors in childhood and adolescence
14 Problem behaviors in childhood and adolescence
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Yaşam Boyu Gelişim, John W. SANTROCK, Çeviri Editörü Prof. Dr. Galip YÜKSEL, Nobel Yayın, Ankara
Ergenlik, , John W. SANTROCK, Çeviri Editörü Prof. Dr. Diğdem Müge SIYEZ, Nobel Yayın, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Brain storming, case study, Presentation, Question and answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 13 1 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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