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PSYK3400 Developmental Psychology Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Utviklingspsykologi
Study programme
Bachelorstudium i psykologi med vekt på atferdsanalyse
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Curriculum
FALL 2019
Schedule
Course history

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 has

  • knowledge of developmental psychology and modern development theories

  • knowledge of behaviour analytic approaches to developmental psychology and modern development theories

  • knowledge of development in the prenatal/birth/postnatal periods

 

Skills 

The student is capable of

  • giving an account of and reflecting on key developmental theories related to cognitive development, communication, personality, social and emotional development

  • giving an account of and reflecting on the development of antisocial behaviour and behavioural disorders

 

Competence 

The student is capable of:

  • describing and reflecting on their own presentation technique

  • conducting and reflecting on discrete trials training

  • describing, conducting and reflecting on precision teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Work and teaching methods used in the course are lectures, seminar presentations and coursework related to teaching parts of the syllabus to fellow students. The seminar presentations will be assessed according to given criteria. Participation in these seminars is compulsory.

Course requirements

Students must

  • Present three seminar assignments

  • Identify an area with room for improvement in presentation techniques and evaluate this in the students’ own presentations

  • Evaluate three presentations by fellow students (both academic content and presentation technique)

  • Teach fellow students topics from the syllabus using flash cards (discrete trials training) and establish flow (precision teaching)

The required coursework must be approved before the students can take the supervised written exam.

Assessment

Portfolio exam comprising four tests and a supervised written exam lasting four hours. All four tests must be approved before the student can take the digital, supervised written exam. All the components must be awarded a pass grade before the exam as a whole can be passed.

If the student fails one test, the student can retake this test. Resit/rescheduled attempts at the four tests can be taken once before the ordinary, digital, supervised written exam. Before the resit/rescheduled digital, supervised written exam, students will be given a third and final attempt at one or more of the tests.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

None

Grading scale

A–F. A grade will be awarded on the basis of the tests taken during the course (60%) and the result of the final written exam (40%). The student has a right to appeal the overall exam grade for the whole portfolio.

Examiners

Two internal examiners