PSY4301 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2334301 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 7.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students to developmental psychopathology which is an interdisciplinary approach focusing on the both normal and abnormal development of children and adults. After covering the main issues of the developmental psychopathology perspective, students will be exposed to the main disorders of childhood from this perspective.
Students will learn
the clinical definition and the diagnostic features of the childhood disorders
developmental pathways (risk factors, resilience, comorbidity, nature of progression)
whether the disorder is a developmental delay or a deviance
whether there is a continuity or discontinuity of the disorder
theoretical explanations of the disorder
contribution of studying pathologies to the normal developmental theory
Course Content
Developmental psychopathology as a separate discipline from developmental psychology and clinical child psychology. Childhood psychopathologies from a developmental perspective and familiarizing students with the main disorders of childhood. Further, for each disorder developmental pathways, theoretical explanations and diagnostic features are covered.