PSY2201 – The development of social adaptation: Stress and resilience
Course content
The course focuses on both normal and deviant psychological development. Childhood resilience is the phenomenon of positive adaptation despite significant life adversities, trauma and risks. Lectures will focus on development of the fetus, infancy, childhood and adolescence. Investigating risks and resilience have caused scientists to rethink their prior assumption about the causes and courses of adaptation and psychopathology. Lectures will touch upon the history of childhood and resilience research, and discuss challenges of future bio-genetics and research ethics.
Learning outcome
Aims of knowledge:
You will obtain a deeper insight into children’s psychological development. You will be able to recall factors of both normative and psychopathological development. Your skills in applying critical thinking will be approved of. In addition, you get some exercise in presenting topic of modern developmental psychopathology.
Aims of learning:
? To describe and identify risk factors and vulnerability for deviant and psychopathological development in pregnancy, infancy, childhood and adolescence
? To understand what is meant by protective factors in the individual, the family, the peer group, the community and culture which contribute to development of resilience in spite of life adversities
? To analyse developmental processes that contribute to normative adaptation or psychopathology
It is crucial for the student to apply critical thinking, central concepts and learn how they are defined and applied in research. During the course, you learn about identifying hazards, vulnerability and risk factors for psychopathology. Furthermore, you will get an introduction to how researchers conduct resilience research within fields such as childhood epidemiology, developmental and preventive psychology. In addition, the course will give you a deeper insight into disorders including antisocial, emotional and ADHDdifficulties. Longitudinal research has been added as it allows the student to observe pattern of continuity and change. You will also learn about the problems of successful prevention and early intervention.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Persons who are neither admitted to a bachelor's programme at UiO nor registered for this course may still apply to sit for the exam (privatist)
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
This course is based on the knowledge acquired in PSY1200. It is preferred that you have some previous knowledge in the field of developmental psychology.
Teaching
There is a combination of lectures and groups. There will be lectures 3 hours per week for 10 weeks, 8 lectures and 3 groups’ assignments. The students will be divided into groups inside the auditorium, supervised and presenting. This will give you some extra help to understand the syllabus and some tools to write a good and short exam paper within 3 hours.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Examination
Three hours written examination.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
It is possible to submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.