Module PY2913-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2016, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• Developmental psychology of adult age (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 30 hours in-classroom work
• 80 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Basic assumptions and concepts of developmental psychology of life span
• adolescent developmental contexts
• Social relations in adulthood
• Development of motivation, personality, self, well-being and health
• Relationship between profession, work and development
• Interventions to promote development and prevent development problems
• Dying and death
• Science communication and concept development

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The students know basic concepts, theories and methods of developmental psychology of adulthood
• Students can derive specialist knowledge from scientifically sound judgements on specific questions of developmental psychology in adulthood
• The students can pass on their acquired knowledge to third parties in an advisory capacity
• The students are able to discuss developmental psychological concepts in a group

Grading through:

• certificates

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nico Bunzeck

Teacher:

• Department of Psychology
• Heike Sönnichsen

Literature:

• :

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

12.11.2025