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| Course name | Possible Directions of Adult Development |
| Course ID | 0313-WP-PSYCH-PDAD |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Field of study | WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Psychology |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2022/2023 |
| Semester | 1 |
| ECTS credits to win | 6 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
Discussing psychological theories, problems and dilemmas of adult development.
Basic course of mental processes and developmental psychology. Lectures are designed for students who are interested in psychological and philosophical aspects of adult development as well as possible directions of their own development.
Psychological aspects of good and evil in human being (examples of well-known psychological experiments and artistic performances), dilemmas of moral development, mechanisms of disengaging one’s conscience, creation of narrative identity (Dan McAdam’s theory), theories of mature personality, ways of seeking personal maturity on the basis of humanistic theories, psychological games in human relationships, mid-life crisis and its consequences.
Lecture with discussion, explanation, literature study, case studies.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Participation in discussion, short oral presentation once a semester or writing an essay discussed in class.
1. Adler J.M., Wagner J.W., McAdams D.P., Personality and the coherence of psychotherapy narratives, “Journal of Research and Personality”, 41 (2007), p.1179-1198.
2. Meyer R., Case studies in abnormal behavior, Allyn & Bacon, Inc., 2005.
3. Piechowski M.M. , Rethinking Dabrowski’s Theory: I. The Case Against Primary Integration, “Roeper Review”, 36 (2014), p.11-17.
4. Schneider K.J., Bugental, J. F., Pierson J.F. (eds.), Handbook of humanistic psychology : leading edges in theory, research and practice. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2001.
1. Rydz E., Musiał D. (eds.), Psychology of human development - selected issues. Vol. 1 . Lublin : Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II, 2010.
*The subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.
Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 25-04-2022 07:52)
