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| Course name | Identity Development in Adolescence and Adulthood |
| Course ID | 05.5-WP-P-IDiAaD-23 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Field of study | WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Psychology |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2023/2024 |
| 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 | 15 | 1 | - | - | Credit with grade |
Discussing psychological theories, problems, and dilemmas of identity development in adulthood.
The course is designed for students who want to become familiar with different approaches to identity (especially narrative identity), as well as identify their own identity pattern.
Basic course of developmental psychology.
Variety of identity theories: classical definitions and theories of identity development, identity as a process.
Narrative identity: forming of narrative identity (Dan McAdam’s theory), general narrative tones, and features of a good narrative.
Personal myths: identifying personal myth, cultural and social sources of personal myths.
Psychological aspects of good and evil in human beings (examples of well-known psychological experiments and artistic performances), dilemmas of moral development, ways of seeking personal maturity on the basis of humanistic theories, mid-life crisis, and its consequences – narrative approach.
Telling stories in psychotherapy and counseling.
Student's own activity under consideration and guidance of the teacher, discussions, project,
| 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.
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.
Crossley M. (2000), Introducing narrative psychology, Open University Press.
McAdams D., Josselson R., Lieblich A. (2013), Turns in the road: narrative studies of lives in transition, APA.
Meyer R., Case studies in abnormal behavior, Allyn & Bacon, Inc., 2005.
Piechowski M.M. , Rethinking Dabrowski’s Theory: I. The Case Against Primary Integration, “Roeper Review”, 36 (2014), p.11-17.
1. McAdams D.(1997), The stories we live by, The Guilford Press.
2. Rydz E., Musiał D. (eds.), Psychology of human development - selected issues. Vol. 1 . Lublin : Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II, 2010.
Modified by dr Marzanna Farnicka (last modification: 27-04-2023 12:11)
