Neuropsychology of development and personal maturity

Course: Neuropsychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Neuropsychology of development and personal maturity
Code
ОНД.15
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
LO 2. Ability to organize and conduct psychological research using valid and reliable methods. LO 3. Summarize empirical data and formulate theoretical conclusions. LO 7. It is accessible and reasoned to present the results of research in written and ordinary forms, to participate in professional discussions. LO 10. Summarize the results of their own research in scientific reports of various forms (abstracts, articles, reports, presentations).
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
- Know the basics of anatomy of the central nervous system, neuropsychology, psychological theories of personality development, physiology of higher nervous activity. - Be able to analyze the problems of development and maturity of the individual in terms of domestic and foreign theories. - Have the skills to conduct neuropsychological psychodiagnostics and appropriate evaluation of the results.
Course content
The discipline of neuropsychology of development and personal maturity is designed to form students' understanding of the latest theoretical and empirical research in the field of modern neuroscience. The subject and tasks of clinical and differential developmental neuropsychology are described. The neuropsychological analysis of disturbances of mental functions, mental development, behavior is presented. The discipline also considers neuropsychological individual differences in personality development.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
- Cristensen A.L. Luria`s neuropsychological investigation. – N.Y.: Spectrum, 1975 - Carter, R. (2019). The human brain book: An illustrated guide to its structure, function, and disorders. Penguin. - DeYoung, C. G., & Gray, J. R. (2009). Personality neuroscience: Explaining individual differences in affect, behaviour and cognition. - Kuhl, J., Quirin, M., & Koole, S. L. (2015). Being someone: The integrated self as a neuropsychological system. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 9(3), 115-132. - Malysheva, K. O. (2013). Prefrontalni viddily kory holovnoho mozku: istoriia novitnikh doslidzhen. Problemy suchasnoi psykholohii, 19 [in Ukrainian].
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, seminars, presentations, reports, Individual work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral reports, discussion, presentation, final test. Semester assessment: answers and additions to seminars are evaluated. Assessment of the written task on topics 1-5: РН1.1; PH1.2; PH2.1 - 10/6 points. Assessment of the written task on topics 6-10: PH2.1; PH3.1; РН4.1 –10/6 points. Assessment of participation in the discussion at seminars: PH1.1; PH1.2; PH3.1; PH4.2 - 20/12. Assessment of the quality of tasks in seminars: PH1.1; PH.2.1; PH3.1; PH4.2 - 20/12. The minimum score required for admission to the exam - 36 points, the maximum for the semester - 60 points. Form of control - exam. The minimum score on the exam is 24, the maximum is 40 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Veronika Ihorivna Kondratieva
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology