Objectives :
1) To aware the students about principles of human development. 2) To aware the students about different theories of human development.
Course Content :
Unit-I
Meaning of human development, principles of human development, study & it’s historical overview; research method, theoretical perspectives.
Foundation of development – Biological, prenatal devt. & Birth. Development of Infancy & toddler hood (physical, motor & intellectual) Milestones of an Infancy & toddler hood.
Unit-II
Development in childhood ( age group 3 to 6 & 6 to 12) (Physical, motor, intellectual, language, emotional, social, play & personality development.) Milestone in every development of early & late childhood.
Development in Adolescence. (Physical development in adolescence). Health concerns of Adolescence Maturation of adolescence. Intellectual, emotional, social, personality development during Adolescence.
Unit-III
Adulthood & Death
(Physical, Intellectual & Emotional) & social & personality during adulthood, scientific aging theory & death.
Introduction to the field of theory, need for a theory, characteristics of theory & overview of theories of development.
Unit-IV
Piaget’s Theory – cognitive theory – stages of theory, key concepts, characteristics of thoughts at various stages – Neopiagetion research, cross cultural research. Meta cognition & cognitive developmental inquiry. Information processing theory.
Vygotsky’s cultural, historical theories – key concepts. Levin’s field theory.
Unit-V
S.R. Social learning & social cognition theory – Key concept. Psychoanalytic theories of psychosexual development (theories of Sigmond Freud).
Towards & Integrated theories of developments.
Practical
:
To observe developmental tasks of human life through visit and interviews.
