Information Package / Course Catalogue
Developmental Psychology I
Course Code: PSİ253
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The objective of the course is to enable students to learn basic concepts and approaches about physical, social and cognitive development of human being through fertilization to death, and to enable them to understand and explain individuals of the community from the perspective of developmental psychology.

Course Content

Introductory subjects of developmental psychology through the birth to the death.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Res. Assist. Ayşe Vildan ACAR BAYRAKTAR
Learning Outcomes
1.1. Considers general problems and concepts about lifespan development.
2.2. Possesses a general comprehension about theories and methods of developmental psychology …
3.3. Understands and explains the developmental stages through fertilization to adolescence.
4.4. Possesses a general comprehension about developmental psychology through adolescence to death. …
5.5. Understands and explains problems of adolescence, adulthood and old age.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. M. J. GANDER ve H.W. GARDINER Çocuk ve Ergen Gelişimi, İmge Kitabevi, 2001
2.2. B. ONUR. Gelişim Psikolojisi: Yetişkinlik, Yaşlılık, Ölüm, İmge Kitabevi, 2011
3.3. A. KULAKSIZOĞLU Ergenlik Psikolojisi, Remzi Kitabevi, 2000
4.4. J. W. SANTROCK. Yaşam Boyu Gelişim, Nobel, 2014
5.5. J.W.SANROCK, Ergenlik, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2013
6.6. J. PIAGET, Çocukta Zihinsel Gelişim, Cem yay., 1999.
7.7. İ. DOĞAN, Akıllı Küçük: Çocuk Kültürü ve Çocuk Hakları Üzerine Sosyo-Kültürel Bir İnceleme, Sistem yay., 2000
8.8. A.YÖRÜKOĞLU, Çocuk Ruh Sağlığı, İş Bankası yay.
9.9. H. YAVUZER, Çocuk Psikolojisi, Altın Kitaplar
10.10. N. POSTMAN, Çocukluğun Yokoluşu, İmge Kitabevi, 1995
11.11. Toplumsal Tarihte Çocuk, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yay. 1994
12.12.L. STEINBERG, Ergenlik, İmge Kitabevi, 2007.
13.13. M. ESKİN, Ç. DEREBOY, H. HARLAK ve F. DEREBOY, Türkiye’de Gençlik, Türkiye Çocuk ve Genç Psikiyatrisi Yayınkları:5, 2012
14.14. K. ERSANLI ve M. KALKAN, Psikolojik, Sosyal ve Bedensel Açıdan Yaşlılık, Pegem Akademik Yayıncılık, 2008.
15.15. B. ONUR, Ergenlik Psikolojisi, Hacettepe Taş Kitapçılık, 1987.
16.16. M. J. GANDER ve H.W. GARDINER Çocuk ve Ergen Gelişimi, İmge Kitabevi, 2010
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
GELİŞİM PSİKOLOJİSİ ALANININ, KONULARININ TANITIMIGELİŞİM PSİKOLOJİSİNDE YÖNTEMLER
Week 2 - Theoretical
BASIC CONCEPTS OF DEVELOPMENT CHILDHOOD CONCEPT
Week 3 - Theoretical
FERTILIZATION, GENETIC FACTORS, PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, BIRTH PROCESS
Week 4 - Theoretical
DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY, ATTACHMENT
Week 5 - Theoretical
DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Week 6 - Theoretical
DEVELOPMENT IN PRE-SCHOOL PERIOD
Week 7 - Theoretical
DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL-AGE
Week 8 - Theoretical
DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE
Week 9 - Theoretical
SCHOOL LIFE AND CHOICE OF PROFESSION IN ADOLESCENCE THE PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENCE
Week 10 - Theoretical
ADULTHOOD STAGES, THEORIES OF ADULTHOOD
Week 11 - Theoretical
EARLY ADULTHOOD, MATURITY
Week 12 - Theoretical
MIDDLE YEARS IN ADULTHOOD
Week 13 - Theoretical
OLD-AGE AND DEATH
Week 14 - Theoretical
GENERAL CONSIDERATION
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory281156
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)78
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
2
OÇ-2
3
OÇ-3
3
OÇ-4
3
OÇ-5
3
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2026