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Aims
The aim of this course is to equip students with the fundamental concepts and theories in
psychology and enable them to apply the knowledge to social work settings.
2. Identify the development stages, tasks, and needs characterising normal human
growth across cultures and settings;
Schedule
Lecture: Friday 7:00 8:50pm AC2 1301
Tutorial: Friday 9:00 10:50pm
T61 & T63 (week 3,5,7,9,11,13); T62 (week 2,4,6,8,10,12)
Week
Lecture
Responsible
lecturer
Tutorials
1) 15/1/16
(Friday)
Ms Man
No tutorial in
Week 1
Overview of major
psychological theories and
psychodynamic perspective
Fanny
2) 22/1/16
Behavioural, social-cognitive
and humanistic perspectives
Ms Man
3) 29/1/16
Ms Man
Tutorial 1:
(Week 2/3)
Psychological
perspectives
4) 5/2/16
5) 19/2/16
Fanny
Tutorial 2:
(Week 4/5) Learning
and motivation
6) 26/2/16
Ms Man
7) 4/3/16
Fanny
Tutorial 3:
(Week 6/7)
Attachment and lifelong impact
8) 11/3/16
9) 18/3/16
Ms Man
Tutorial 4:
(Week 8/9) Maslow
and life- long
impact
10) 1/4/16
11) 8/4/16
Ricky
Tutorial 5:
(Week 10/11)
Erikson and lifelong impact
12) 15/4/16
13) 22/4/16
Week 14
Q and A Revision
(to be arranged if needed)
Tutorial 6:
(Week 12/13)
Revisiting human
growth and
development
through observation
Assessment
Students are required to attempt ALL assessment components. Failure to comply
will lead to failure of the course.
Type of assessment
10
tasks/activities
i.
Contribution to
tutorial activities
ii.
Test
20
30%
40
activities
actively participate in sharing of observation report in the last tutorial
3.
If you are unable to comply with the deadline due to extenuating circumstances
such as illness, hospitalization, accident, family bereavement or other
unforeseeable serious personal or emotional circumstances, you need to present
your case via AIMS and submit original of the uploaded supporting document(s)
to the DSS General Office as soon as possible and no later than 5 working days
after per deadline.
4. Plagiarism (copying the work of another person, both in traditional text or on the
internet, without proper acknowledgement) is intolerable. Any paragraphs or
sentences drawn from other sources must be properly referenced using APA
format (including in-text citations and reference list). Students will get zero
mark in case plagiarism is detected, and will be subject to further penalty.
Teaching Team:
MAN Kam Yin (Course
examiner)
Lecturer and tutor of T62
3442 8840
sckym@cityu.edu.hk
5120
Fanny LIU
Lecturer
3442 8841
scfanny@cityu.edu.hk
5325
3442 5409
ckkwan@cityu.edu.hk
5302
tonyleanne031241@gmail.co
m
Course references:
Berk, L. (2010). Exploring lifespan development (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn &
Bacon. (BF713.B466 2010)
Zastrow, C., & Krist-Ashman, K. (2013). Understanding human behaviour and the
social environment (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
(HM1033.Z37 2013)
Additional references by topics:
Attachment Theory
Holmes, J. (2014). John Bowlby and attachment theory (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.
(BF723.A75 H65 2014)
Howe, D. (2011). Attachment across the lifecourse: A brief introduction. New York,
N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan. (BF575.A86 H69 2011)
Aronson, E. (2004). The social animal (9th ed.). New York, N.Y.: Worth Publishers.
(HM1033 .A79 2004)
Tennen, H., & Suls, J. (Eds.) (2013). Personality and social psychology (2nd ed.).
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. (online accessible via CityU Library)
Mental health
Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2010). Introduction to social work and social welfare: Critical
thinking perspectives (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. (Chapter 12, Social Work
and Services in Mental Health, p.345-377) (HV40 .K4643 202)
Lundahl, B. E., & Hull, G. H. (2016). Applied human behavior in the social
environment. Boston, MA : Pearson. (Chapter 20, Mental Health and Mental Illness as
Influences on Human Behavior, p.469-496) (HM1033 .L86 2016)