PA125-4-SP-CO:
Child, Adolescent and Adult Development

The details
2022/23
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Monday 16 January 2023
Friday 24 March 2023
15
23 August 2022

 

Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)

 

PA408

Key module for

FDA LX51 Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations,
BA C847CO Psychodynamic Practice,
BA C848CO Psychodynamic Practice (Including Foundation Year),
BA C849CO Psychodynamic Practice (Including Year Abroad),
BA C890 Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies,
BA C89A Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA C89B Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA C89C Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Foundation Year),
BA L333 Criminology with Counselling Skills,
BA L334 Criminology with Counselling Skills (Including Year Abroad),
BA L335 Criminology with Counselling Skills (Including Placement Year),
BA L332 Sociology with Counselling Skills

Module description

This module gives students an outline of personality development from a psychodynamic and attachment perspective. There is an emphasis on the development of emotional relatedness and the importance of early experience in relation to later capacities for good relationships, effective learning and human functioning. It will develop concepts of normal development as well as look at what can interfere with this. It will also demonstrate that adversity, conflict and loss are fundamental factors in normal development.

Module aims

The aim of the module is:
* To understand the foundations of emotional development laid down in early life
* To understand the effect of these early experiences on later social and learning capacities
* To understand the importance of attachment and early experiences to emotional development
* To recognise the implications for later work with clients of an understanding of the early roots of their difficulties

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module students will have:
* Familiarity with key stages of child, adolescent and adult development
* Basic familiarity with attachment theory
* Familiarity with psychodynamic understanding of emotional development
* Awareness of the implications of pre-birth factors and early environment for later work with children, adolescents and adults
* The capacity to be able to apply a developmental perspective to emotional, relational and professional difficulties
* A recognition that adversity, conflict and loss are fundamental factors in normal development
* A greater awareness of one's own development and the factors involved in this

Module information

No additional information available.

Learning and teaching methods

Weekly one-hour lectures by staff, followed by one-hour seminars led by GTA’s

Bibliography

This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting
Coursework   Essay    100% 

Exam format definitions

  • Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
  • In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%

Reassessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Chris Nicholson, email: cnich@essex.ac.uk.
Student Administration 5A.202: telephone 01206 874969; ppsug@essex.ac.uk UG Southend Campus: ppsugse@essex.ac.uk 01702 328379 Room GB.3.66

 

Availability
Yes
Yes
Yes

External examiner

Dr Anthony John Faramelli
Goldsmiths
Lecturer in Visual Cultures
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 20 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.

 

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