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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT I
Paper Code:
CHSC 111
Credits:
04
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the students to
- Understand the concept of human development
- Understand the development during prenatal period and infancy.
- Understand the development in early childhood and late childhood.
12.00
Unit I:
Introduction Human Development
- Definitions, history, scope and multidisciplinary nature of Human Development
- Human development as a scientific discipline and its place in home science
- Stages and aspects of development
- Principles of Growth and Development
- Child study methods- Observations, interviews, questionnaires, checklist And case study -types, merits and demerits, longitudinal, cross sectional approach and projective techniques
- Interrelationships of heredity and environment
12.00
Unit II:
Prenatal Development
- Reproductive health and Conception
- Symptoms of pregnancy,Stages of prenatal development,factors affecting prenatal development
- Birth process
- Complications during pregnancy and childbirth
- Role of heredity, environment and maturation in development
- Post natal care of mother and child- minor ailments.
12.00
Unit III:
Infancy (Birth -2 years)
- Neonate-adjustment, sensory, perceptual, feeding practices, importance of early stimulation.
- Reflexes and capabilities of neonate and their importance.
- Capabilities of neonate.
- Immunization schedule- essential and non essential vaccines.
- Milestones& characteristics of infancy
- Development in Infancy
- Physical-motor development
- Cognitive and language development
- Socio-emotional development
- Play during infancy
12.00
Unit IV:
Early Childhood (3-7yrs)
- Characteristics and developmental tasks
- Physical and motor development - body size, skeletal growth, physiological changes
- Cognitive & language development- Pre-operational thought, meta-cognition
- Socio-emotional development- self esteem, gender identity
- Socialization with peers and sibling
- Preschool education & play
12.00
Unit V:
Middle and Late Childhood (8-12yrs)
- Characteristics and developmental tasks
- Physical development- changes in body size, proportion, composition
- Cognitive development- Information processing
- Social & emotional development- changes in self-concept, development of self esteem, sex typing, language development
- Changes in family relationships- parent child relationship, sibling
- Some common behavioural problems- thumb sucking, bedwetting, stealing, lying and using abusive language
References:
- Singh, A. (Ed). 2015. Foundations of Human Development: A life span approach. New Delhi: Orient Black Swan.
- Hurlock, E.B., Child Development McGraw Hill, New York 1988.
- Berk, L. E. (2007). Development through the lifespan. Delhi: Pearson Education.
- Rice. F. P. (1998). Human Development: A lifespan approach. New Jersey: Prentice a. Hall.
- Santrock, J. W. (2007). A topical approach to life-span development. New Delhi: Tata McGraw- Hill.
- Papalia, D.E., and Olds, S.W., (2005), Human Development, Tata Mc.Graw Hill Company,New York.
- Suriakanthi, A., (2005), Child Development, Kavitha Publications, Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu.
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