THEORIES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR (THEORY)

Paper Code: 
HHD121
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
4.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to:

 

  • To make the students aware about different theories of human development and psychology.
  • To make the students aware about the application of theories in present context of development.
12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Theory

                                                                                                                                                            

  1. Define theory and its role in human development
  2. Historical perspective in the trends in theoretical development to child.
  3. Ecological system theory- Bronfenbrener
  4. Ethological theory-Bowlby
12.00
Unit II: 
Theories of Personality

                                                                                                                                                                  

  1. Personality theory-Freud and Erickson
  2. A humanistic theory of personality- Erich Form
  3. Self actualization theory- Abraham Maslow
12.00
Unit III: 
Socio-cultural Need Theory

                                                                                                                                                  

         a. Need Theory- Henry Murray

         b. Inter personal theory of Psychiatry- Harry Stack Sullivan

         c. Sociocultural theory- Vygotsky.

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Cognitive & Learning Theories

                                                                                                                                                     

  1. Cognitive development theory-Jean Piaget and Gardner multiple Intelligence
  2. Social learning theory -Bandura
  3. Theory of learning and behavior- Skinner and Pavlov
  1. Language theory -Chomsky’s theory

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Theories of ageing

                                                                                                                                                        

  1. Theories of ageing- Cellular clock theory and Mitochondrial theory
  2. Trait theory-Allport
  3. Moral development theory – Kohlberg

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Papalia,D.E.andolds,S.W.Human Development McGraw Hill,1978.
  • Maier,H.W.Three Theories on Child Development Harper and Row,1978.
  • Langer,J.Theories of Child Development,Holt Rinehart,1969.
  • Dyrne,D.andRelley,K.An Introduction to Personality.Prentice Hall,1981.
  • Looft,A Development Psychology,A Book of Readings Dryden Press,1972.
  • Gruber,H.E.andVonecha,J.J. the essential Piaget Vincent Torre,1976.
  • Baldwin theories of Child Development.
  •  Newman, B.M. &newman, P. R. (2007). Theories of Human development. Mahwah, NJ:Lawrance Erlbaum.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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