Overview
Lecturer
Valer Daniel Breaz
Seminar tutor
Valer Daniel Breaz
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Health
Field of study
Nursing
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, team work
Entry requirements
Psychology from pre-university education
Aims
Comparative analysis of contemporary psychology paradigms and stimulate interest in human development psychology
Form a general understanding of human behavior and cognitive processes supporting it
Familiarize students with the main applied areas of human development psychology
Course contents
- The object of Psychology. Scientific approach in psychology
- Contemporary psychology paradigms: Psychoanalysis and Behaviorism
- Contemporary psychology paradigms: Humanism and Cognitivism
- Sensations and perceptions
- States of consciousness: alternating and altered states
- Anatomy of the hypnotic phenomenon
- The unconscious: Psychoanalytic vs. cognitive unconscious
- Thinking, problem-solving, reasoning
- Language, neurophysiology of language, psychogenetic milestones in language development
- Learning: classical and operant conditioning
- Social cognitive model in learning, biological limits of learning
- Stages of cognitive and socio-emotional development
- General intelligence: theoretical models, genetic and acquired aspects
- Emotional intelligence: research paradigms and theoretical models
Learning outcomes
Familiarize students with the main concepts and theories in human development psychology
Assessment
Exam and evaluation form
Recommended reading
Introduction to Psychology
Attkinson R. & Attkinson R.
Technical Publishing, Bucharest, 2002 · -
Cognitive Psychology
Miclea, M.
Gloria, Cluj Napoca, 1994 · -
Introduction to Psychology
Smith, Edward E.
Technical Publishing, Bucharest, 2005 · -