| Credit Weighting: |
5
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| No. of Students: |
Min 20, Max 40.
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| Pre-requisite(s): |
None.
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| Co-requisite(s): |
None.
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| Teaching Period(s): |
Semesters 1 or 2 or 3. (semester details for this module will be confirmed at the start of the programme).
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| Teaching Methods: |
4 x 3hr(s) Lectures; 1 x 7hr(s) Other (day session); 2 x 2hr(s) Tutorials; 80hr(s) Directed Study (self-directed learning)
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| Module Co-ordinator: |
Dr Séamus O Tuama, Centre for Adult Continuing Education.
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| Lecturer(s): |
Staff, Centre for Adult Continuing Education.
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| Module Objective: |
Students will have knowledge of life-span developmental psychology and of the psychology of death and bereavement.
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| Module Content: |
Introduction to life-span developmental psychology - concerns, theories, approaches and uses; thematic approach to the life course; stage theories; developmental tasks; development in infancy and childhood, adolescence, early, middle and late adulthood; the psychology of death and bereavement.
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| Learning Outcome: |
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:- Identify key features of the discipline of developmental psychology.
- Examine critically state theories of development, in particular Erikson's eight-stage, age-related developmental model in the light of personal life experiences.
- Distinguish key issues which arise at particular stages of the developmental process.
- Discuss psychological understandings of the processes of death and bereavement.
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| Assessment: |
Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (1 x 2,000 word essay).
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| Compulsory Elements: |
Continuous Assessment.
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| Penalties (for late submission of course/project work etc.): |
Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 20% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
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| Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: |
40%.
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| End of Year Written Examination Profile: |
No Formal Written Examination.
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| Requirements for Supplemental Examination: |
Marks in passed element(s) of Continuous Assessment are carried forward, Failed element(s) of Continuous Assessment must be repeated (as prescribed by the Director, Centre for Adult Continuing Education).
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