Admission
The duration of the educational programme is 2 years, and the tuition fee is AMD 800,000 per year. Admission is based on an oral examination and an interview (the examination questionnaire is provided below). Preference will be given to applicants who hold a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, demonstrate strong academic performance (GPA), and have work and/or volunteer experience and/or completed training in the fields of mental health and/or social care.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE
The development of psychological science, its main stages, and contemporary directions
Interpretations of the concept of “personality” in psychological theories
Main strategies for studying personality structure
The relationship between the concepts of individual, person, and personality
The motivational and need-based sphere of personality: types of motives
The problem of personality development in L. Vygotsky’s cultural-historical theory
Principles of behaviorism and social learning theory (B. Skinner, A. Bandura)
Basic principles of psychoanalysis and models of the psychic apparatus (S. Freud)
Development of psychoanalysis: approaches and principles of neo-Freudianism (Horney, Fromm, A. Freud, E. Erikson, and others)
The epigenetic concept of personality development: the problem of identity (E. Erikson)
Fundamental principles of A. Adler’s individual psychology
Principles of the theory of self-actualization: the concept of “metamotivation” (A. Maslow)
Fundamental principles of C. Rogers’ theory
Fundamental principles of C. Jung’s analytical psychology
The concept of “age” and the problem and criteria of age periodization
The concept of “development”: its content and developmental factors
Domains of development (biological, psychosocial, cognitive)
The nature of sensitive and critical periods of development
Patterns of psychological development
Criteria of psychological age according to Soviet researchers
L. Vygotsky’s approach to age periodization
D. Elkonin’s approach to age periodization
Theories of psychological development: the biogenetic approach
Theories of psychological development: the sociogenetic approach
Examples of biosociogenetic theories of psychological development
The neonatal period: primary needs
Cognitive and emotional development during infancy
Major developmental achievements in early childhood
Characteristics of the leading activity in early childhood
Cognitive, emotional, and social development in early childhood
Characteristics of the one-year and three-year crises
Developmental neoformations in the preschool period
Cognitive and emotional development during the preschool period
Play as the leading activity in the preschool period
Structure and functions of play
Primary school age as a developmental stage: major developmental neoformations
Psychological theories concerning primary school age
Cognitive development during primary school age
Psychological theories of adolescence (S. Hall, M. Mead, S. Freud, and others)
Essential characteristics of adolescence and the basic needs of adolescents
Cognitive development during adolescence
Youth as a developmental stage: age-related characteristics
Objectives and specific features of child psychological assessment
Ethical principles of child psychological assessment
Principles and conditions of child assessment
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