Development in the Context of the Family

Code:

P728

Acronym:

CFDPP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	31	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	3	33	81
			5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the end of the semestre students should be capable of:
1. Discuss some of the most recent literature about parenting and family determinants of child development.
2. Performe a review of the literature standing on on-line resources.
3. Organizing a review of the literature addressing questions previously defined.

Program

1. Introduction: conceptual, methodological and historical issues.
2. The parental system: how parents influence their children.
3. Parenting in adoptive families
4. Family relations as developmental contexts
a) Siblings relations
b) Grandparenthood

Mandatory literature

Bornstein Marc H. ed.; Handbook of parenting. ISBN: ISBN 0-8058-3778-7
Cruz Orlanda; Parentalidade. ISBN: 989-558-054-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Expositive
2. Tutorial: Students should present a literature review
a) orally presented to the class and discussed
b) presented in a written format (maximum of 15 pages)

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	28,00
	Trabalho escrito	1,00
	Trabalho escrito	32,00
	Trabalho escrito	20,00		2008-12-19
	Total:	-	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Oral presentation: 50%
Written report: 50%