| Teaching Staff
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Güleycan AKGÖZ AKTAŞ |
| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
The of the course is to study theories and approaches and to study and to evaluate current issues from the viewpoint of theories and approaches |
| Course Content |
In this course; the developmental process and change are studied through biological/physical, cognitive, social and emotional mechanisms and individual differences and normative development are evaluated from the viewpoint of recent approaches. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
1- Defining the fundamental theories of developmental psychology,
2- Comprehending research methods and ethical issues of developmental psychology,
3- Defining physical, cognitive, social and emotional development from prenatal period through adolescence,
4- Evaluating the current study results for childhood and adolescence,
5- Comprehending importance of the current study results for establishing social policy,
6- Reviewing literature about selected topics and preparing and presenting report,
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| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction of the course |
| 2. Week |
Physical and perceptual development |
| 3. Week |
Cognitive Developmental Theory of Piaget; Socio-cultural Cognitive Theory of Vygotsky |
| 4. Week |
Information Processing Theory, Gibson’s Perceptual Development Theory |
| 5. Week |
Intelligence |
| 6. Week |
Language Development |
| 7. Week |
Moral Development |
| 8. Week |
Attachment |
| 9. Week |
Self Development |
| 10. Week |
Temperament- personality development |
| 11. Week |
Parent and child (child in the family) |
| 12. Week |
Child in the outside of family |
| 13. Week |
Peer-child development |
| 14. Week |
Atypical Child Development |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
20 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
20 |
| Final (%) |
50 |
| Other (%) |
10 |
| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Bee, H. & Boyd, D. (2009). Çocuk Gelişim Psikolojisi (çev. Okhan Gündüz). Kaktüs: İstanbul.
Santrock, J. (2006). Life-span development (11th. Ed.). New York: McGraw Hill Company.
Gander, M. J. & Gardiner, H. W.(2007). Çocuk ve Ergen Gelişimi (yayına hazırlayan Prof. Dr. Bekir Onur). Ankara: İmge Kitabevi.
Pickren, W.E., Dewsbury, D.A., & Wertheimer, M. (2012). Potraits of pioneers in deelopmental psychology. Psychology Press: UK
Goswami, U. (2009). Cognitive development: The learning brain (2nd.ed.). Psychology Press: UK
Miller, P.H. (2008). Gelişim Psikolojisi Kuramları (çev. Zeynep Gültekin). Ankara: İmge Yayınevi.
Piaget, J. (2005). Çocuğun gözüyle dünya. Ankara: Dost Yayınları.
Piaget, J. (2007). Çocukta dil ve düşünce. Ankara: Palme Yayıncılık.
Piaget, J. (2007). Çocukta Karar verme ve akıl yürütme. Ankara: Palme Yayıncılık
Oakley, L. (2004). Cognitive Development. London: Routledge.
Durkin, K. (1995). Developmental Social Psychology: Fron Infancy to old ages. Blackwell: London.
Broderick, P.C. & Blewitt, P. (2006). The lifespan: Human development for helping
professionals (2nd Ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.
American Psychological Association (2001). Publication Manual (5thEd.). American
Psychological Association.
There are some current research articles on the topics for each week.
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| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | LO1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | LO2 | | 5 | 5 | | | | 4 | | 4 | | LO3 | 5 | | | | | | | 4 | | | LO4 | | | | 5 | | | | | | | LO5 | | | | | 5 | | | 5 | | | LO6 | | | 5 | | | 3 | | | | 5 |
* Degree of Contribution: 1 Very Low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |