M. A. Syllabus under CBCS - Dibrugarh University

Details Syllabus of the M.A, 3 rd Semester Programme in Education underChoice Based Credit System: Session 2009-2010Course No.: MA: 30410 (A)Title of the Course : Developmental PsychologyName of the Course Teacher: Dr (Mrs.) Neeta Kalita BaruaCourse Objectives:To enable the students to understand the basic concepts relating to development.To enable the students to understand the general principles of development.To enable the students to understand the general characteristics and problems of each stage and itseducational implications.Course Contents:Unit No. Contents of Unit. No. OfTeachingHours.I : Growth &DevelopmentII :Infancy &Childhood.Its concept.Pre-natal development.The new-born child – actions andreactions of the neo-nate.Theories of development: Sears, Bandura,Piaget, Kohlberg, Havighurst.Developmental Aspects : Emotional,Motor, Sensory.Early needs & Habit formationChildren and their parents.Individual differences in reference toparental acceptance and rejection.Children of broken homesChildren of working mothers.1225222222TutorialHours.6 1522TotalCredits.15III : Developmentpatterns duringChildhood.Language development in children.Development of concepts.Speech Development.1212 10IV : Adolescence.Physiological growth.Mental development.Social development: Familyrelationships, Peer relations, Adjustmentproblems, and Juvenile delinquency.Personality development duringadolescence: The age of Transition,Personality Deviation.24666620References:Cole, L. : Psychology of Adolescence, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1963.Dinkmeyer, C.D. : Child Development, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1967.