2024
Human Development and Life-Span
Name: Human Development and Life-Span
Code: CMS14321L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Health Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
Bio-Psycho-Social interdisciplinary study and understanding of the core aspects of the phenomena of Human Development throughout the Life Cycle in contemporary societies; and its importance in the context of promoting health and well-being.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Objectives: Provide students of biomedical sciences with an interdisciplinary Bio-Psycho-Social understanding of the core aspects of the phenomena of Human Development throughout the Life Span (HD-LS) in contemporary societies; Enable students with the main knowledge about the context and process of emergence of HD-LS as an autonomous scientific field; Characterize the theoretical-methodological development of HD-LS; Develop critical thinking and the ability to reflectively analyze the issues of human development in contemporary societies;
We intend that, at the end of schools and learning, students will have acquired the following skills: It comprises an interdisciplinary company of the object of study of HD-LS in the context of biomedical sciences; Understands the main aspects of the Bio-Psycho-Social interdisciplinary approach to describe the dilemmas and challenges of HD-LS; Synthetise the interdisciplinary perspective of HD-LS in the context of health promotion and well being.
We intend that, at the end of schools and learning, students will have acquired the following skills: It comprises an interdisciplinary company of the object of study of HD-LS in the context of biomedical sciences; Understands the main aspects of the Bio-Psycho-Social interdisciplinary approach to describe the dilemmas and challenges of HD-LS; Synthetise the interdisciplinary perspective of HD-LS in the context of health promotion and well being.
Contents
1: Human Development across the Life Span: Its framing in Biomedical Sciences
1.2. - Intraindividual Variability in the Study of Development Over the Life Span
1.3. - Biology, Evolution, Context and Human Development
1.4. - Neurobiological Bases of Social Behavior across the Life Span
1.5. - Neurobiological Bases of Emotion Regulation across the Life Span
2: Cognition and Human Behavior over the life span
2.1.- The Dynamic Development of Thinking, Feeling, and Acting over the Life Span
2.2.- Structure and Process in Life-Span Cognitive Development
2.3.- Intelligence, Memory and Executive Functions Inteligência, Memória e Funções executivas
2.4.- Morality and Social understanding
3: Social and Emotional Development over the life span
3.1.- Dynamic Integration of Emotion and Cognition
3.2.- Temperament and Personality
3.3.- Identity and Social Relations
3.4.- Developmental Psychopathology
1.2. - Intraindividual Variability in the Study of Development Over the Life Span
1.3. - Biology, Evolution, Context and Human Development
1.4. - Neurobiological Bases of Social Behavior across the Life Span
1.5. - Neurobiological Bases of Emotion Regulation across the Life Span
2: Cognition and Human Behavior over the life span
2.1.- The Dynamic Development of Thinking, Feeling, and Acting over the Life Span
2.2.- Structure and Process in Life-Span Cognitive Development
2.3.- Intelligence, Memory and Executive Functions Inteligência, Memória e Funções executivas
2.4.- Morality and Social understanding
3: Social and Emotional Development over the life span
3.1.- Dynamic Integration of Emotion and Cognition
3.2.- Temperament and Personality
3.3.- Identity and Social Relations
3.4.- Developmental Psychopathology
Teaching Methods
Presentation (the theoretical (T)), classroom-based, and can eventually be applied sessions via platform moodle-uevora. training and simulation of case studies on paper and pencil and computer support (practical classes (P)); Individual and Grupal Tutorial Support (OT) to the development of a research paper about one of the contents syllabus; Preparation of a work of synthesis based on all the skills developed in the form of portfolio that contributes to 100% of the final grade.
