Psykologi: Avancerad utvecklingspsykologi - typisk och atypisk I

The course provides advanced theoretical knowledge of topical areas regarding physical, cognitive, social and emotional development over the lifespan, and uses the developmental psychopathology framework to highlight the complex interactions of multiple factors affecting both typical and atypical development. Central themes are typical and atypical development, implicit and explicit assessment, developmental opportunities and challenges, probability and agency in development outcomes.

At the end of the course you are expected to have acquired profound and updated knowledge of theories and topical areas in the field of developmental psychology, and achieved a better grasp of the developmental perspective for a broad range of topics and applications of human behavior.

Teaching consists of lectures, teacher-led group discussions involving in-depth, critical examination of theory and empirical studies around the specific topics, and lab-assignments. Besides active participation to seminar discussions and lab-assignments, students prepare for and sum-up seminar and lab activity.