Learning objectives
The course aims to promote theoretical knowledge related to the main study models of development from infancy to adolescence. The course also proposes to show how this knowledge can be applied to a professional reality through the use of survey instruments and development assessment.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites required.
Course unit content
The aim of the course is to provide students with adequate knowledge of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the developmental psychology. It is expected that students become able to identify the key concepts underlying the various theories of development in connection with appropriate methodologies. Specifically we expect students: discuss the key processes and four stages in Piaget’s theory; identify the main concepts in Vygotskij’s theory; define language and describe its rule systems; describe how language develops; discuss the models of social development from infancy to adolescence; describe attachment theory and the main theories of emotional development.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Santrock, J. W. (2013). Psicologia dello sviluppo. Milano: Mc Graw-Hill
Corsano P. (2020). In solitudine. Milano: Edizioni San Paolo.
Rollo, D. e Fogassi, L. (2018). L'altro sono io. Milano: Edizioni San Paolo.
Teaching methods
The course offers a teaching in blended with lessons in the presence an on line classes, all accessible via web.
At lesson topics are treated in their general aspects and in an order that does not necessarily reflect that of the book’s chapters.
Assessment methods and criteria
The test includes a written exam with open questions and multiple answers.
The written exam consists of 30 multiple choice questions with four answer alternatives and 4 open questions (two Modulo A and two Modulo B). The exam is approved if the candidate correctly answers at least 18 answers closed and if he obtains the vote of 18 in the open questions both in part A and B.
The evaluation of open questions is based on the following criteria:
1) Content skills or how detailed the candidate addresses the topic: up to 10 points
2) Exposing skills, or how precise is the language used by the candidate to expose the concepts: up to 10 points
3) Argumentative skills, that is how consistent and logical is the concatenation of the concepts exposed: up to 10 points
The final grade will be given by the average between the different parts of the task.
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely, as follows:
remote oral questions, through the Teams platform
Other information
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