Adult Psychology

Recommended Prerequisites

None.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, case studies, analyis and discussion of educational evaluation practices

Learning Outcomes

This course intends to analyze and reflect and discuss the main relevant themes related to Adult Psychology (e.g. cognitive, psychosocial, ethical and moral development) in different contexts (e.g. workplace, family and leisure contexts).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Human Development: a historical perspective. Emerging adulthood. The young adult. Cognitive changes in adulthood. Psychosocial changes in adulthood. Love and intimacy. Identity in adulthood. Moral development. Contexts (family, school, social, workplace…,) and human development. The subjective well-being of teenagers and adults. Transitions:in adulthood:  theory, research and practice

Head Lecturer(s)

Joaquim Armando Gomes Alves Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Avaliação Final: Exame: 100.0%

Assessement
Individual Work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Arnett, J. J. (2004). Emerging adulthood: The winding road from late teens through the twenties. New York: Oxford University Press.

Anderson, M., Goodman, J., & Schlossberg, N. (2012). Counseling adults in transition: linking Schlossberg’s theory with practice in a diverse world, 4th ed. New York: Springer.

Cavanaugh, J., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2010). Adult Development and Aging. New York: Cengage Learning.

King, P. M., & Kitchener, K. S. (1994).  Developing reflective judgement: understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults. San Francisco (CA): Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Simões, A., Ferreira, J., Lima, M., Pinheiro, M., Vieira, C., Matos, A., & Oliveira,

A. (2000). O bem estar subjectivo: Estado actual dos conhecimentos. Psicologia, Educação e Cultura, 4, 243-279

Vondracek, F. W., Ferreira, J. A., & Santos, E. (2010). Vocational Behavior and Development in Times of Social Change: New Perspectives for Theory, Research, and Practice