Studyinfo subject PSYK3400 2024 HØST
PSYK3400 Developmental Psychology Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Utviklingspsykologi
- Study programme
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Bachelorstudium i psykologi med vekt på atferdsanalyse
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2024/2025
- Curriculum
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FALL
2024
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
The course provides an introduction to how general learning principles are relevant in connection with developmental psychology concepts, such as social, emotional and cognitive development.
The course places particular emphasis on modern theories in developmental psychology, where development is seen as an interaction between biological preconditions, learning history and different environmental conditions.
Required preliminary courses
Admission to the programme.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:
Knowledge
The student can
explain developmental psychology and modern development theories
explain behaviour analytic approaches to developmental psychology and modern development theories
describe development in the prenatal/birth/postnatal periods
Skills
The student can
give an account of and reflect on key developmental theories related to cognitive development, communication, personality, social and emotional development
give an account of and reflect on the development of antisocial behaviour and behavioural disorders
General competence
The student can
describe and reflect on their own presentation technique
describe and reflect on central theories in developmental psychology
discuss nature and nurture
Teaching and learning methods
Work and teaching methods used in the course are lectures, seminar with presentations and coursework related to teaching parts of the syllabus to fellow students. The seminar presentations will be assessed according to given criteria.
Course requirements
In order to sign up for the final examination the following has to be approved:
- Attendance and presence throughout the subject's introduction day
- Formulation of a problem and preparing a tentative visual presentation (eg powerpoint) for presentation in a group
- Presence throughout the day of approx. 6 seminars, including participation in 1 group presentation
Assessment
Written exam under supervision (school exam), 4 hours
Permitted exam materials and equipment
None
Grading scale
Grade scale A-F.
Examiners
All answers are assessed by one examiner.
An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.