Adolescent and Adult Development Psychology

Code:

E203

Acronym:

PDJA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology of Education

Instance: 2008/2009 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=771
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	First degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCED	95	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	4,5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Based on an ecological and socio-historical perspective on human development across the life cycle the course focus on different domains and tasks of development (cognitive, bodily, moral, interpersonal, vocational, identity, sexual, ...) along adolescence and adulthood on different life contexts (school, work, family, leisure, ...), and aims to:
- further the knowledge and understanding of the development of adolescents and adults as a socio-historical process resulting from the interaction between the individual and their life contexts;
-promote competencies for the analysis of the main developmental tasks and transitions across adulescence and adulthood; and
- stimulate the reflection on the implications for socio-educational interventions in education and training contexts.

Program

Chapter 1. The life cycle perspective.
The relevance of an ecological and socio-historical perspective for understanding human development as development-in-context. Bronfenbrenner's conceptualization of the ecossistems of human development.
Major changes across the life cycle - Erikson's psychosocial theory social de Erikson. Identity as the central tak of adolescence and Marcia's identity statuses. Intimacy, generativity and integrity as nuclear tasks of adulthood.
Chapter 2. Bodily development across the life cycle.
Body changes and boby image across life.
Chapter 3. Cognitive devlopment across the life-cycle.
Structural cognitive perspective: processes of change, assimilation and accomodation, stage. Potentials amd limits of formal development.
Post-formal thinking and wisdom during adulthood.
Chapter 4. Moral development across the life cycle.
The difference between form and context and Kolhberg's perspective of moral reasoning stages.
Educational intervention: changing contents (vaues) vs. changing processes (reasoning).
Chapter 5. Interpersonal development across the life cycle.
The relevance of the peer group. The development of intimacy and social support across the lifespan.
Selman's model of interpersonal development.
Educational intervention: strategies for conflict resolution.
Chapter 6. Psychosexual development across the life cycle.
Adolescent sexuality: ambivalences and misunderstandings. The process of sexual socialization. Adolescents' sexual behaviors. Processes and contexts of sex education.
Psycosexual development in adulthood. Heterosexualty and homosexuality.
The de-sexualization of old age.
Chapter 7. The family as a development context across the life cycle.
The systemic perspective of the family and its development across the lifespan.
Motherhood and fatherhood. The process of becoming a mother/pather. Educational practices and family communication. Adolescence and individuation.
Divorce and remarriage.
Chapter 8. Vocational development across the life cycle.
Adolescence as the time for vocational voice. Vocation and construction (vs. discovery). como período privilegiado de escolhas vocacionais. Stages of vocational development - and their inadeuqacy to explain current relationships with work and training. Exploration and commitment as nuclear processes of vocational development.
Chapter 9. Education and psycological development.
Psycological development as the aim e«of education? On the impact of formal and informal learning experences on human development.

Mandatory literature

Miranda Guilhermina Lobato 570; Psicologia da educação. ISBN: 972-708-830-9
Lourenço Orlando M.; Psicologia de desenvolvimento cognitivo. ISBN: 972-40-1002-3
Vandenplas-Holper Christiane; Desenvolvimento psicológico na idade adulta e durante a velhice. ISBN: 972-41-2157-7
Campos Bártolo Paiva; Psicologia do desenvolvimento e educação de jovens. ISBN: ISBN 972-674-037-2 (v.1)
Menezes Isabel; Desenvolvimento psicológico na formação pessoal e social
Costa Maria Emília; Divórcio monoparentalidade e recasamento. ISBN: 972-41-1408-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical courses with expectations for the active involvement of students.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Developmental psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	26,00
	Exame	2,00
Realização de uma pequena entrevista biográfica e sua análise de acordo com o modelo desenvolvimental-ecológico do ciclo vital	Trabalho escrito	3,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Final test and individual assignment.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final test (14/20) and individual assignment (6/20).

Examinations or Special Assignments

According to institutional regulations.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to institutional regulations.

Classification improvement

According to institutional regulations.

Observations

Students should check classes summaries for more detailed references and powerpoint presentations.