MTP09 - ECTS The objectives of this CU are:
1. Give the students a multidisciplinary framework that integrates the different subjects related to the protection and promotion of children's rights;
2. Approach the research and theoretical production of different subjects - History, Sociology, Law, Psychology, Education, Health, Social Intervention, Politics, and Media - concerning the protection and promotion of the children's rights;
3. Analyse from an interdisciplinary point of view the relationships between the different subjects involved in the field of Child Protection;
4. Reflect on the social role of the different subjects involved in protecting and promoting children's rights.
5. Reflect on the ethics requirements  of research and intervention in the field of Child Protection

POST06 - ECTS

To present the main theories that were developed on attitudes, social norms and social representations 

 

MTP10 - ECTS

This course aims to contribute to the scientific training of practitioners in the family and parenting domain, enabling them to contact with theoretical perspectives and empirical studies. In a more specific way it is intended to sensitize students to:

1. The family's role in determining children’s development and adjustment
2. The complexity of parent-child interactions and their impact on children’s development and adjustment
3. Evidence-based interventions.

PEDH13 - ECTS The objectives of this UC are to develop knowledge about intervention to promote and protect young people when failure to comply with their rights leaves them in danger or strongly threatened. The aim is to systematize the levels and forms of action and highlight various programs, from the intervention of citizen volunteers in NGOs to the highly specialized intervention of professionals. The aim is to analyze, debate and develop skills in the field of interventions with children at risk and in danger, their families, and all those who can contribute to promoting practices that respect the best interests of the child.

MTP23 - ECTS

MTP01 - ECTS

Provide students with the fundamental knowledge of research methods used in psychology that will help them develop skills in critically evaluating research studies as well as provide the tools needed to design one’s own study

 

It corresponds to a first step of student training intended to familiarize students with the scientific research methods in Psychology, through the reflection and illustration of studies. It is also an objective to develop the ability to identify and critically evaluate the research methods used in published papers.

PCS02 - ECTS

The main objective of the Health Psychology course is to introduce the principles and fundamentals of Health Psychology and empower students to develop assessment and intervention skills at both the primary prevention and health promotion levels, as well as at the secondary and tertiary prevention levels (i.e., physical conditions). Furthermore, it aims to contribute to critical reflection and ethical awareness in professional practice based on the specificities of Health Psychology.

PJD02 - ECTS

To develop a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of the so-called deviant behaviours, covering theories in areas such as violence, criminality and juvenile delinquency, sex work and drug use.

POST02 - ECTS

Students are expected to understand and critically analyse the main phenomena studied in Social Psychology, based on the theoretical frameworks developed to explain intra- and intergroup processes and their underlying factors.

Furthermore, students are expected to develop research and intervention skills in group contexts, particularly in situations involving diversity, inequality, social exclusion and intergroup conflict, fostering social responsibility, critical thinking, and a commitment to a more just, inclusive and sustainable society.

Additionally, students should acquire the ability to design and implement an experimental study on intra- and intergroup relations.

MTP02 - ECTS The general goal of the various MTP Seminars is to deepen the knowledge and skills that allow proficient and critical use of research in the field of Psychology and to plan the development of individual original research, empirical or theoretical, in a specific field of Psychology.
In this course, students will become familiar with and learn to identify the most relevant textbooks, reviews, papers and journals for their research topics. The students will also learn how to critically assess research papers and to point out research gaps that can be operationalized into feasible research questions. Especially, in a specific field of Psychology, the goals are to understand:
1- How to review scientific literature
2- How to review the literature critically
3- How to systematize relevant information about theoretical and methodological frameworks
4- How to frame a research question

MTP12 - ECTS

This CU aims to prepare students for intervention in out-of-home care and adoption.

Students should be able to:

1. Understand the law for the protection of children and youth in danger, and specially the measures for placement out of  family (foster and residential care) and adoption;

2. Understand the impact of historical and cultural factors on the protection system and acknowledge the ethical guidelines for intervention in the area; 

3. Be familiar with the main theoretical models and the results of recent empirical research, both national and international, about family foster and residential care and adoption;

4. Identify indicators of quality of child care both in institutional and family contexts;

5. Acknowledge positive evidence based practices with children and youngsters in care

6. Intervene in the different moments of the adoption process, from the evaluation of competences and adoptive parenting preparation of prospective adopters to the attendance and specialized intervention after child placement and post-adoption.

7. Understand the specificities of the developmental process and the typical life story of the adoptable children, identify the children’s needs and characteristics and to intervene in the adoption process, from the preparation for adoption to the placement within the family in relation to the specific needs which may arise  in the adoptee’s developmental process.   

MTP13 - ECTS The goals of this UC are:
1. To add knowledge in the domain of study;
2. To study the theoritical models in the domain;
3. To differetiate the diverse types of maltreatment;
4. To analyse rearch and papers in the domain;
5. To contact with assement strategies of the phenomeno.
6. To have a overview of intervention models in the domain.

PCS07 - ECTS

PEDH12 - ECTS

This course aims to increase knowledge and skill of coming practitioners in the area of parenting intervention.

MTP03 - ECTS

Following “Metodologia e Epistemologia da Investigação em Psicologia I”, the goals are to apply and understand research methods in the context of students’ own research project, helping them to develop skills in critically evaluating research studies and providing the tools needed to design one’s own study.

 

 

 

POST07 - ECTS

To present the main theories and different perspectives on persuasion and social influence. To discuss the different strategies of persuasion and social influence likely to lead to a change in attitudes and behaviors in various contexts, namely advertising, marketing, communication campaigns or political campaigns.

 

RPSM01 - ECTS

MTP04 - ECTS

POST04 - ECTS This curricular unit intends to provide students with conceptual and operational instruments related to the different research types and objects in the fields of psychology of organizations, social psychology and work psychology, as well as in their interfaces, starting from previous knowledge within these theoretical areas.

POST05 - ECTS

To analyse psychological, social and cultural processes associated with social phenomena such as prejudice, discrimination, power, social conflict and extremism, in light of current research in Social Psychology.

Students are expected to develop a critical understanding of these phenomena, reflecting on their impact on social cohesion and respect for human rights, as well as on psychosocial intervention strategies that promote inclusion, social responsibility and democratic values, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals.

MTP07 - ECTS

This course aims to to develop an individual original, empirical or theoretical research project, involving field and/or theoretical work, in a in a specific domain of Psychology, more specifically:
1- How to develop a guided independent research on a specific Psychology topic
2- How to develop a written dissertation of the research developed

MTP08 - ECTS

 

Following the curricular units “Metodologia e Epistemologia da Investigação em Psicologia” I e II, this curricular unit intends to support an in-depth and systematic knowledge of the methods of investigation in Psychology, its operationalization and application in the concrete scope of the research work of each students, in order to contribute to the development of relevant and original scientific research work.

 

MTP05 - ECTS

MTP06 - ECTS