DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Professional education
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2016/2017
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2017/2018
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
1
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
12
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (12 hours)
Requirements: 

None

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The aims of the course is to provide students with theoretical notions (in particular about psychodynamic theories) necessary to apply the basic concepts of the development psychology to the helping relationship with children, adolescents and their families, in the principal contexts of the educational profession.

DINAMIC PSYCHOLOGY (12 hours)
1. General Concepts:
- Psychology of evolutionary age: evolutionary stages;
- Neuroanatomic and neurophysiological bases of development.
2. The main theories in Development Psychology:
Behavioral theories and paradigms of learning:
- Conditioned Reflexes Theory
- Behaviourism: Watson, Skinner
Cognitive development: J. Piaget
The development of moral judgment: Kohlberg
3. Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic theories: S. Freud, A. Freud, M. Klein
Genetic Psychoanalysis: R. A. Spitz, M. Mahler
The “Group C” of London Psychoanalysis: Winnicott
The Attachment Theory: Bowlby

Slides presented during the lessons.
Santrock JW. “Psicologia dello sviluppo”. McGrawHill Education, II Edizione, 2013.
Maggiolini A., Pietropolli Charmet G. (a cura di), 2004. “Manuale di psicologia dell’adolescenza: compiti e conflitti”. Milano: Franco Angeli (capp: parte prima: 2; parte seconda: 2, 3, 4, 6; parte terza: 1, 3).

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