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MSW Paper-III HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT- DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Author Dr. Pratima Kumari Mishra Syllabus Unit-I Growth and Development. Psychology: Relevance of Psychology for social work practice, Meaning of growth and Development, Approaches to study of Human Development, Principles of Human Development, Biological influences of Human Growth and Behaviours, Personality Theories, Psychodynamic and Behavioural Theories. Unit-II Development Stages: Physical, Social and Educational Aspects of the following developmental stages with special reference to Indian conditions (a) infancy (b) Babyhood (c) Early Childhood (d) Late childhood (e) Adolescence (f) Early Adulthood (h) Middle Age (i) Old Age. Unit-III Medical and psychiatric Information. Concept of health and Hygiene. Communicable and deficiency diseases. Unit-IV. Concept of normality and abnormality. Symptoms, causes and treatment of the following Neurosis Psychopathic disorders and Mental retardation role of Social Worker in promoting health. UNIT-I GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. CONTENTS UNIT-I 1.0. OBJECTIVES 1.1. PSYCHOLOGY: MEANING AND DEFINITION 1.2. PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK: THE RELEVANCE OF PSYCHOLOGY TO SOCIAL WORK 1.3. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 1.3.1 GROWTH: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 1.3.2. DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 1.4. PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1.5. FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1.6. PERSONALITY: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 1.6.1. THEORIES OF PERSONALITY 1.6.2. STRUCTURING PERSONALITY 1.6.3. TYPES OF DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1.6.4. DEVELOPING PERSONALITY: PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES 1.7. COMPARISON OF PERSONALITY THEORIES 1.8. LET US SUM UP 1.9. CHECK YOUR PROGRESS 1.0. OBJECTIVES After learning this unit, the students will be able to: Define Psychology Importance of Psychology for social work practice Differentiate between growth and development Learn about various approaches and principles of human development Understand the biological influences on human growth and behaviors Know about various personality theories of growth and development 1.1. PSYCHOLOGY: MEANING AND DEFINITION Psychology owes its origin from Philosophy. In the year 1950, Rudolf Goeckle first used the word „Psychology‟. The term „Psychology‟ is a combination of two Greek words „Psyche‟ and „Logus‟ which mean „Soul‟ and „Science‟, respectively. It has a long history. A review of the history of psychology reveals that during the Greek period philosophers dominated the field of psychology. At that time, Psychology was not a separate discipline. It got scientific status in the year 1879, when Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychological laboratory at Leipzig in Germany. It has been defined differently by different philosophers and psychologists. The most appropriate definition of psychology has been advocated by R.S. Woodworth (1910-1960). According to him, “Psychology is the scientific study of the activities of the organism in relation to its environment”. Psychology is a positive science which helps to understand, predict and control human bbehaviour. It uses scientific methods to study different activities and experiences systematically. The word „activities‟ includes both external behaviours and internal mental processes. It studies behavior of living organisms, both animals and human beings. It acknowledges the role of environment in shaping the behavior of organisms. Thus, it is concluded that psychology is the scientific study of
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