APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY OF COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Elena COMMODARI

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course includes the presentation and in-depth study of some central themes relating to cognitive, emotional, and social development in the life cycle, articulated from an applicative perspective. At the end of the course, the student will have to know the main application  of some of the main aspects of developmental psychology, with an emphasis on the relationship between cognition, emotion, and social development in typical and non-typical development

Course Structure

The teaching activity will take place through lectures with exercises. Any adjustments and use of mixed or remote teaching methods can be adopted according to the indications of the university or about the covid emergency.

Required Prerequisites

knowledge of basic principles of general and developmental psychology

Attendance of Lessons

recommended

Detailed Course Content

Early mother-infant interaction and the role of the relationship in psychological development

The development of attachment in the first years of life; between relationship and cognition

The role of caregivers in socio-cognitive development

The relationship with caregivers after the second year of life

The "history" of attachment theory

The role of attachment  to primary caregivers in the child's socio-cognitive development

Denied attachment, interrupted attachment, and rebuilt attachment: some questions about adoption.

Prenatal life: the development of the child from conception to birth

The experience of Kangaroo Mother Care

Special educational needs in the school

Textbook Information

AuthorTitlePublisherYearISBN
CommodariL'abbraccio che creaFranco Angeli20228835138167
Di NuovoAlunni speciali, bisogni specialiIl Mulino2018978-88-15-27971-2

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Early mother-infant interaction and the role of the relationship in psychological development text 2
2 The development of attachment in the first years of life; between relationship and cognition text 2
3 The role of caregivers in socio-cognitive development text 2
4The relationship with caregivers after the second year of life text 2
5The "history" of attachment theory text 2
6The role of attachment  to primary caregivers in the child's socio-cognitive development text 2
7Denied attachment, interrupted attachment, and rebuilt attachment: some questions about adoption. text 2
8Prenatal life: the development of the child from conception to birth text 2
9 The experience of Kangaroo Mother Care text 2
10 Special educational needs in the schooltext 2

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral. The final evaluation can benefit from the outcome of individual or group exercises planned by the teacher whose participation is not compulsory. If the teaching is in a mixed or remote mode,  the necessary changes may be introduced to comply with the program reported in the syllabus.

The evaluation criteria  are :

Adequacy of expression regarding the contents and method

Thematic awareness and lexical correctness

Critical in-depth skills

Interdisciplinary liaison skills

Ability to rework knowledge

Ability to transfer knowledge to operational contexts

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Exam questions are differentiated by difficulty, some basic for passing the exam, others for in-depth analysis helpful in obtaining the highest marks in the range.

Some examples of questions are presented only for explanatory purposes, remembering that the exam will focus on all the topics listed in the syllabus

attachment and adoption

the education special needs

cognitive basis of social development