IV – Semester

Developmental Psychology - II
Number of Hours: 60
Number of Credits: 4

Learning Objectives:
1. To understand the role of family, peers and community in influencing development at different stages.
2. To appreciate the human development during puberty and adolescence and adulthood across different domains.
3. To find meaning and purpose in life and death.
4. To understand and appreciate the different theoretical views on human development.

Unit I: Puberty & Adolescence (13 Hours)
Physical Development - growth spurt, primary and secondary sexual characteristics, signs of sexual maturity, psychological implications, early versus late development;
Physical and mental health – sleep needs, nutrition and eating disorders, use and abuse of drugs: risk factors of drug abuse, gate way drugs;
Elkind’s immature characteristics of adolescent thought.

Unit II: Adulthood (17 Hours)
Physical development: Physical changes - appearance and structure, functioning and health, psychological implications; The reproduction system – female menopause, women’s health after menopause, male andropause; Physical behavior – slowing down, disease, disuse and abuse;
Attachment and social relationships: social networks, attachment styles, adult friendships, adult relationships and adult development;
Marital and non-marital life styles - single life, gay and lesbian relationships, co-habitation, marriage, midlife divorce, the empty nest, becoming grandparents;
Gender roles: changes in gender roles, masculinity, femininity and androgyny;
Self and personality: self-conceptions, continuity and discontinuity in personality, midlife crisis.

Unit III: The End of Life (13 Hours)
Life and death issues – biological definitions of death, social meanings of death;
The experience of dying – Kubler-Ross’s stages of dying;
The experience of bereavement – the Parkes/Bowlby attachment model;
Patterns of grieving;
Death and bereavement across the lifespan;
Finding meaning and purpose in life and death.

Unit IV: Changing Perspectives to Life-Span Development (17 Hours)
Freud’s psychosexual theory of development, Erickson’s psychosocial developmental theory, Bandura’s social learning theory, Piaget’s cognitive stage theory, Schaie’s life-span model of cognitive development, Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning;
Development from multiple perspectives.

References:
1. Papalia D.E., Olds S.W., & Feldman R.D. (2004). Human Development. 9th Edn. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
2. Sigelman, C.K. (1999). Life-Span Human Development. 3rd Edn. New York: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.
3. Shaffer D.R. (1996). Developmental Psychology. New York: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.
4. Zanden, Vander. (1997). Human Development. 6thEdn. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
5. Hurlock, E.B. (1978). Child Development. New Delhi: McGraw Hill Series.

List of Practicals
1. WHO-Quality of Life Questionnaire.
2. Bell Adjustment Inventory.
3. Sodhi’s Attitude Scale.
4. Androgyny Scale.
5. Competition and Performance.

Statistics: SPSS – Chi-square Test