Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
3PSİ211Developmental Psychology I3+0+036

Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Psychology
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to explain the basic features of the lifelong development approach and the physical, cognitive and socio-emotional changes specific to each developmental period between fertilization and death.
Course Content
With a lifelong development perspective, basic information about the basic concepts, research methods, theoretical approaches to explain the development of behavior, and finally, physical, cognitive and socio-emotional changes and characteristics specific to each life stage from prenatal development to adolescence. are transferred.
Course Methods and Techniques Sunuş yolu, ödev, Beyin Fırtınası, Buluş yolu
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor İREM ALTAN AKSU irem.altan@gedik.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Santrock, J.W. (2015). Yaşam Boyu Gelişim, Nobel Yayınevi.
Plotnik, R. Psikolojiye Giriş
Lofrus, R. G., Psikolojiye Giriş
Yavuzer, H., Çocuk Psikolojisi
Senemoğlu, N., Gelişim Öğrenme ve Öğretim Kuramdan Uygulamaya
Çocuk Psikolojisi, (Ed.) Nilüfer Ş. Özabacı, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
Gelişim Psikolojisi, (Ed.)Hatice Ergin, S. Armağan Yıldız, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
Plotnik, R. Psikolojiye Giriş
Lofrus, R. G., Psikolojiye Giriş
Santrock, W. J., Yaşam Boyu Gelişim
Yavuzer, H., Çocuk Psikolojisi
Senemoğlu, N., Gelişim Öğrenme ve Öğretim Kuramdan Uygulamaya
Ergin & Köseoğlu, 2022 Gelişim Psikolojisi
Santrock, J. W. (2011). Yaşam Boyu Gelişim (13. Basım) (Çev. Ed. G. Yüksel). Ankara: Nobel Yayınları Yazgan Inanç, B., Kılıç Atıcı, M., Bilgin, M. Gelişim Psikolojisi I (14. Basım). Pegem Yayınları.
Makale ve Araştırma Ödevleri
1 Ara Sınav, 1 Final Sınavı

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 9 126
Mid-terms 1 5 5
Final examination 1 7 7
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 6 180

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Students explain the Basic concepts of Development
2 Students interpret cognitive development of children.
3 Students interpret psychological and social development of children.
4 Students combine relationships with family structure.


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Basic concepts and contents of developmental psychology - Textbooks
2 Lifelong perspective, nature of development and developmental theories - Textbooks
3 Interaction of heredity and environment - Textbooks
4 Prenatal developmental and birth - Textbooks
5 Physical development in infancy - Textbooks
6 Cognitive development in infancy - Textbooks
7 Socio-emotional development in infancy - Textbooks
8 Midterm - -
9 Physical development in childhood (preschool) - Textbooks
10 Cognitive development in childhood (preschool) - Textbooks
11 Socio-emotional development in childhood (preschool) - Textbooks
12 Physical development in childhood (school age) - Textbooks
13 Cognitive development in childhood (school age) - Textbooks
14 Socio-emotional development in childhood (school age) - Textbooks


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13
C1
C2
C3
C4

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