Differential Contexts of Human Development

Code:

E104

Acronym:

CDDH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology of Education

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
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	85	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	4,5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To acquire updated knowledge on intellectual and motivational differences, and on the influence of physical and social contexts in the production of differences, using several sources of information;
- To be able to use the acquired knowledge to discuss several problems and to base the support or the refusal of intervention proposals in the intelligence and motivational domains, in several contexts, especially the academic one;
- To be able to analyse and evaluate critically the produced knowledge, using the experience of a research, developed in natural setting;
- To be able to work autonomously and in group.

Program

- General introduction: origins, methods and evolution of the study of differences in Psychology.
- Intelligence. Introduction - definition and evolution of the concept. General aspects of intra and inter-individual and inter-group differentiation by socio-economic status and gender; physical contexts of development - hereditary role; social contexts of development - family and school roles.
- Motivation - Introduction - definition and evolution of the concept. General aspects of intra and inter-individual and inter-group differentiation by socio-economic status and gender; physical contexts of development - hereditary role; social contexts of development - family and school roles.
- Conduction of a small research project - a study in the intellectual or motivational domains -, reflecting about the role of this form of knowledge construction, developing basic capacities, analytical and critical, about the produced research in the domain.

Mandatory literature

Faria, Luísa; Contextos diferenciais do desenvolvimento humano. Relatório elaborado no quadro das provas para o título de agregado do 1º grupo (Psicologia) da FPCEUP., Edição do autor, 2005
Faria, Luísa; Desenvolvimento do auto-conceito físico nas crianças e adolescentes, Análise Psicológica, 4(XXXIII), 361-371., 2005
Faria, Luísa; Motivação para a ompetência, Livpsic/Légis, 2008
Ghiglione, R. & Matalon, B.; O inquérito. Teoria e prática, Celta Editora, 2001
Sternberg, Robert; Handbook of intelligence, Cambridge University Press, 2000
Sternberg, Robert; Inteligência de sucesso, Ésquilo Editora, 2005

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Differential psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	66,00
Final examination	Exame	2,00		2011-02-11
Oral presentation of the results of the research developed in natural setting	Teste	3,00		2010-12-14
Production of a written report about the research	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	10,00		2010-12-17
Supervised field work	Trabalho laboratorial	6,00		2010-11-30
Autonomous field work	Trabalho laboratorial	4,00		2010-11-30
Role playing/simulation of activities	Teste	2,00		2010-11-02
Research work	Trabalho escrito	3,00		2010-12-07
Tutorial supervision	Trabalho escrito	8,50		2010-12-14
Work in small group outside classes	Trabalho escrito	7,00		2010-12-17
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Reading and analysis of bibliography	Estudo autónomo	10	2010-12-31
	Total:	10,00