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General and Developmental Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:24.10.2024 10:22:13
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LSPA_013 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science | Target Audience: | Sports Trainer | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Agita Ābele | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 22 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 44 | ||||
| Classes (count) | Class Length (academic hours) | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||||
| Total Contact Hours | 44 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | Class Length (academic hours) | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Successfully completed secondary school programme, preliminary knowledge on the structure and functions of the CNS is preferable. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote awareness of psychology as science and the processes and manifestations of psychic phenomena in a personality, as well as to provide knowledge of the nature and manifestations of psychic processes in a personality, emotional states and individual traits. Building awareness of the regularities and characteristics of human development at different stages of life, of opportunities to promote personality development and to stimulate the growth of one’s personality. Promoting a holistic approach to understanding and interpreting the issues of mental development of a personality. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Psychology as science, subject of research, methods and main theoretical directions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Research methods in psychology | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Mental (sensual) cognitive processes | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Mental cognitive processes. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Emotional and willpower states. Motivation and stimulation | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Individual traits of personality. Temperament, character, abilities | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Subject of developmental psychology. Development criteria and drivers, dev. factors. Role of environment and heredity in personality development. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Developmental psychology research methods. Developmental theories (Carl Gustav Jung, Alfred Adler, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, etc.). | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Periodisation of ages (Daniil Elkonin, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget). Characterisation of child’s mental development from birth to the age of 1 year. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Characterisation of child’s mental development from the age of 1 to 3 years and from the age of 3 to 6, 7 years. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Peculiarities of mental development of adolescents. Psychological characterisation of youth. States of moral reasoning according to Lawrence Kohlberg. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Basic principles of development of adults and seniors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Psychology as science, subject of research, methods and main theoretical directions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Research methods in psychology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Mental (sensual) cognitive processes | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Mental cognitive processes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Emotional and willpower states. Motivation and stimulation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Individual traits of personality. Temperament, character, abilities | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Subject of developmental psychology. Development criteria and drivers, dev. factors. Role of environment and heredity in personality development. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Developmental psychology research methods. Developmental theories (Carl Gustav Jung, Alfred Adler, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, etc.). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Periodisation of ages (Daniil Elkonin, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget). Characterisation of child’s mental development from birth to the age of 1 year. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Characterisation of child’s mental development from the age of 1 to 3 years and from the age of 3 to 6, 7 years. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Peculiarities of mental development of adolescents. Psychological characterisation of youth. States of moral reasoning according to Lawrence Kohlberg. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Basic principles of development of adults and seniors. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students deepen their knowledge in the topics learned during the lecture by performing three independent works: 1. Mind map on cognitive processes. 2. Analytical description of one theoretical direction of psychology (essay). 3. Independent integrative study with presentation of one of the psychic phenomena and its development at a particular age. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The total assessment is summative. Independent works; Final examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1. Knows the theoretical foundations of General and Developmental Psychology and knows the groups of psychic phenomena – cognitive processes, emotional states and individual traits of personality. 2. Knows the age periodisation of personality development, the theory of personality development and approaches to explaining personality development. 3. Has mastered the specifics, terminology of the subject of developmental psychology. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 4. Knows how to use the theoretical foundations learned about psychic phenomena and approaches to studying personality in personality characteristic. 5. Able to independently describe each age in physical, social, cognitive and emotional development. 6. Demonstrates skills to apply the acquired knowledge in explaining the development of own personality and skills to analyse the factors determining the development of a child as a personality. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 7. Understands the progress of psychic phenomena and their manifestations in professional activity. 8. Able to theoretically evaluate and apply different psychological methodologies and practical approaches to pedagogical work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Psiholoģija 1. Pamatjautājumi – teorijas un pētījumi. Aut. kol. R.: Zvaigzne ABC, 2015. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ābele A. Vispārīgā psiholoģija. R: RaKa, 2000. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Vorobjovs A. Vispārīgā psiholoģija. R: Izglītības soļi, 2000. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Vorobjovs A. No domas līdz zinātnei: psiholoģijas vēsture. R: Izglītības soļi, 2005. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Sebre S., Miltuze A. Attīstības psiholoģija. R: Zvaigzne ABC, 2022. | ||||||||
| 6 | Kalvāns Ē. Attīstības psiholoģija. Rēzekne: Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija, 2018. | ||||||||
| 7 | Mann S. Psychology. A complete introduction. 2016. | ||||||||
| 8 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 9 | Mann S. Psychology. A complete introduction. 2016. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kā mīlēt savu bērnu / Ross Kempbels ; [no angļu val. tulk. Ziedone Sērmūkša]. Rīga: Amnis, 2004. - 116 lpp. ; 20 cm. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kempbels R. Kā patiesi mīlēt pusaudzi. R.: SIA Amnis, 1991. | ||||||||
| 3 | Karpova Ā. Personība : teorijas un to radītāji : mācību līdzeklis. R.: Zvaigzne ABC, 1998. | ||||||||
| 4 | Vuorinens R., Tūnala E. Psiholoģijas pamati. Psihe - garīgā pasaule. R.: Zvaigzne ABC 1998. | ||||||||
| 5 | Vuorinēns R., Tūnala E. Cilvēka attīstības posmi. R.: Zvaigzne, 1999. | ||||||||
| 6 | Svence G. Attīstības psiholoģija. R.: Zvaigzne ABC, 1999. | ||||||||
| 7 | Кулагина И.Ю. Возрастная психология: развитие ребенка от рождения до 17 лет / Ун-т Рос. акад. Образования, 1999. | ||||||||
| 8 | Реан, Дандарова. Аверин: Психология человека от рождения до смерти. Издательство: АСТ, 2007. | ||||||||
