The goal of this course is to introduce the concepts and topics of developmental psychology within the scope of lifespan development.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
Course Code Course Name…
Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Meryem Demir Güdül
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Wednesday, 10:00-11:50, B-501 and 14:00-15:50 A-602 Basınekspres Campus
Steinberg, Laurence (2007) Ergenlik. (Çev. Ed. Figen Çok). Ankara: Nobel Yayın.
Santrock, J.W. (2011). Yaşam Boyu Gelişim, Gelişim Psikolojisi (13. Basımdan çeviri). (Çev. Ed. Galip Yüksel). Ankara: Nobel Yayın.
Onur, Bekir (2004).Gelişim Psikolojisi (6.Basım). Ankara:İmge Kitabevi.
Selected articles.
Other Sources
Kulaksızoğlu, A. (2004). Ergenlik Psikolojisi (6. Basım). İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Overall View About Lifespan Development
Lecture
2. Week
Attachment Theory
Lecture
3. Week
Parental Attitudes, Divorced Parents and Working Parents
Lecture
4. Week
Preschool Child and Play
Lecture
5. Week
Adolescent Theories and Living with an
Adolescent
Lecture
6. Week
Communication and Empathy with Children and
Adolescents
Lecture
7. Week
Overall View
Discussion
8. Week
Midterm
9. Week
Addiction: Substance, Internet, Technology...
Lecture
10. Week
School Phobia, School Success, Exam
Anxiety, Choice of Profession
Profession
Lecture
11. Week
Bullying: Schoolbullying, Cyberbullying
Lecture
12. Week
Gifted Children and Atypical Children
Lecture
13. Week
Physical, Sexual , Emotional Abuse and
Neglection
Lecture
14. Week
Resilience
Lecture
15. Week
Student Observations and Presentations
Discussion
16. Week
Overall View
Discussion
17. Week
Final Examination
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Class Participation
1
20
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Possess knowledge about the theories on children’s, adolescent’s and adults’ physical, emotional, cognitive and ethical development characteristics and applies the methods to solve problems that appear within that domain.
PO-2
Design, develop and apply plans and activities on psychological counseling and guidance targeted to rehabilitate teachers, administrators, parents and individuals to accord with their corresponding institutions.
PO-3
Understand the assessment criteria and the methods in the field of Psychological Counseling and Guidance and can apply these purposefully and evaluate their outcomes.
PO-4
Possess the knowledge of professional ethics and the legal obligations while providing guidance service and follows the progress and performs within its limits.
PO-5
Respect all who wants to benefit from the guidance services without discriminating on the grounds of religion, language, race, social class, belief and ideas and tries to support them by paying close attention to the cultural differences.
PO-6
Put their skills on research, inquiry, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity into use for solving problems faced both in professional life and the daily life.
PO-7
Distinguish the pathological cases from the regular cases and correctly identify behavioral and pathological problems and redirects the cases to the related institutions when necessary.
PO-8
Form joint work, run projects and plan activities with colleagues, teachers, administrators, families, social organizations, diverse group of individuals and institutions to help support students’ development and learning.
PO-9
Make use of their technological knowledge and cognitive abilities in following the professional advancements, in literature review, in research and data analysis, in creating plans and various other professional activities.
PO-10
Possess knowledge on learning theories, on the ways in which learning is initiated, on what the effective learning strategies are, and on how these strategies are applied inside and outside the classroom settings and facilitates appropriate environments and organizes programs to this end to support effective individual and group learning.
PO-11
Gain practical skills to perform individual and group psychological counseling to the counselees in the process of identifying individual specific goals, in helping problem solving, in understanding self and developing character.
PO-12
Possess knowledge on special education and identifies individuals in need of special education, and creates individualized educational programs and redirects related cases to the relevant institutions.
PO-13
Help students in their career plans, possesses skills in doing the necessary research for helping students understand the nature of various professions and making the right choices for themselves.
PO-14
Possess the technical information for gathering data about the student, for getting to know the student and in helping the students get to know themselves, and possesses the knowledge of putting their skills on effective communication into use such as listening, posing questions and supporting the case.
PO-15
Take charge in social service efforts with an understanding of the social responsibilities.
PO-16
Present the knowledge and skills acquired within the academic framework of the Psychological Counseling and Guidance program by making links to the interdisciplinary themes and the information on research and inquiry techniques.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Examination of current issues in developmental psychology within the framework of lifespan development perspective.
LO-2
Introducing main concepts and topics of developmental psychology.
LO-3
Studying developmental stages with examples.
LO-4
Comprehending and apprehending basic dynamics of developmental psychology.
