THEORIES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Paper Code: 
DHSC 611 (B)
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable students to:

  • To enable students to understand the concept of theories in human development
  • To understand the role of theories in the present context
  • To understand the human behavior with the help of theories

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to theories in Human Development
  • Definition and meaning of a theory
  • Key themes in the study of Human Development- Nature/nurture, active/ passive,continuity/discontinuity, individual differences and similarities
  • Role of theories in understanding human development

 

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Perspectives on Human Development

Evolutionary and Ethological /Biological: Darwin, Lorenz, Bowlby

· Ecological: Bronfenbrenner

· Behavioural: Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Selected theories of human development

Psychoanalytic:  Freud

   Psycho-Social:   Erikson

· Cognition: Piaget, Vygotsky

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Models and f theories of Intelligence
  •  Models and Theories of Intelligence: Guilford, Spearman and Gardener
  •  Humanistic: Maslow and Rogers                                                    
12.00
Unit V: 
Eclectic theoretical orientation

·         Eclectic theoretical orientation

· Ethno theories                                                                                                    

References: 
  • Berger, J.M. (2010). Personality (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth

· Allen, B.P. (2006). Personality theories: Development, growth and diversity (5th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon

· Santrock, J.W. (2007). Lifespan Development (3rd ed.). New Delhi, Tata- McGraw Hill

· Rice, P. (1995). Human Development: A Lifespan Approach. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Inc

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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