MSW Paper-III HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT- …

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Paper-III

HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT- DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Author Dr. Pratima Kumari Mishra

Syllabus Unit-I Growth and Development.

Psychology: Relevance of Psychology for social work practice, Meaning of growth and Development, Approaches to study of Human Development, Principles of Human Development, Biological influences of Human Growth and Behaviours, Personality Theories, Psychodynamic and Behavioural Theories.

Unit-II Development Stages:

Physical, Social and Educational Aspects of the following developmental stages with special reference to Indian conditions (a) infancy (b) Babyhood (c) Early Childhood (d) Late childhood (e) Adolescence (f) Early Adulthood (h) Middle Age (i) Old Age.

Unit-III Medical and psychiatric Information. Concept of health and Hygiene. Communicable and deficiency diseases.

Unit-IV. Concept of normality and abnormality. Symptoms, causes and treatment of the following Neurosis Psychopathic disorders and Mental retardation role of Social Worker in promoting health.

CONTENTS UNIT-I

UNIT-I GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

1.0. OBJECTIVES 1.1. PSYCHOLOGY: MEANING AND DEFINITION 1.2. PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK: THE RELEVANCE OF PSYCHOLOGY TO SOCIAL WORK 1.3. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

1.3.1 GROWTH: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 1.3.2. DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 1.4. PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1.5. FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1.6. PERSONALITY: CONCEPT AND DEFINITION 1.6.1. THEORIES OF PERSONALITY 1.6.2. STRUCTURING PERSONALITY 1.6.3. TYPES OF DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1.6.4. DEVELOPING PERSONALITY: PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES 1.7. COMPARISON OF PERSONALITY THEORIES

1.8. LET US SUM UP 1.9. CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

1.0. OBJECTIVES After learning this unit, the students will be able to:

Define Psychology Importance of Psychology for social work practice Differentiate between growth and development Learn about various approaches and principles of human development Understand the biological influences on human growth and behaviors Know about various personality theories of growth and development

1.1. PSYCHOLOGY: MEANING AND DEFINITION

Psychology owes its origin from Philosophy. In the year 1950, Rudolf Goeckle first used the word ,,Psychology. The term ,,Psychology is a combination of two Greek words ,,Psyche and ,,Logus which mean ,,Soul and ,,Science, respectively. It has a long history. A review of the history of psychology reveals that during the Greek period philosophers dominated the field of psychology. At that time, Psychology was not a separate discipline. It got scientific status in the year 1879, when Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychological laboratory at Leipzig in Germany. It has been defined differently by different philosophers and psychologists. The most appropriate definition of psychology has been advocated by R.S. Woodworth (1910-1960). According to him, "Psychology is the scientific study of the activities of the organism in relation to its environment". Psychology is a positive science which helps to understand, predict and control human bbehaviour. It uses scientific methods to study different activities and experiences systematically. The word ,,activities includes both external behaviours and internal mental processes. It studies behavior of living organisms, both animals and human beings. It acknowledges the role of environment in shaping the behavior of organisms. Thus, it is concluded that psychology is the scientific study of

behaviours, experiences and mental processes of the organisms in relation to the environment.

1.2. PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK: THE RELEVANCE OF PSYCHOLOGY TO SOCIAL WORK

An individual lives in a society and different social processes influence the individuals attitudes, beliefs and values etc. As individuals interact with the environment and through interaction gain knowledge and experiences, therefore individuals behaviours are moulded by the environment.

Psychology deals with activities of living organisms whereas social work practices concerned with the situations where those activities take place. Psychology can make things easier for social worker in order to understand the situation. It helps the social worker to understand the abilities, attitudes, personality, motivation of the individual and also facilities available in the environment of the person with whom the worker is dealing with. It provides any innovative solutions to reduce potential problems faced by the social work professionals. Social workers can save time and energy to find out the root causes of societal problems by interacting with the person who seeks help, his/her family members, friends etc. Social work concerns not only about the individual who uses the service of the social worker, but it also takes place in a social context. For example, the case of a physically disabled person and the situation where the person stays. The study of the human mind and behavior of the individual help the social worker to design an action plan to help the person. Psychology helps a social work professional service user in

Understanding different activities of the individual Knowing the cause of the particular activity Knowing the positive and negative qualities of the individual Understanding intelligence, abilities, attitudes, motivation, aptitudes and

personality of the person Understanding actions and interactions of the individual in the peer group

and causes of his activities Learning about the situation where an individual is

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