FI:VV028 Psychology in Informatics - Course Information
VV028 Psychology in Informatics
Faculty of InformaticsAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:50 B410
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 37 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Main objectives can be summarized as follows: some basic information concerning the psychological aspects of the impact of new information technology on the individual's personality; psychology of electronic communication; psychological aspects of computer games; personality of professionals in communication technology; impact of computers on education in the new information era.
- Syllabus
- Transactional analysis. Stress and dealing with it. Psychopathology and methods of therapy. Mental health care. Social beliefs and attitudes, interpersonal attraction. Social interaction and influence - the presence of other people, its effect, group decisions. Relations between people and machines. Social relations and team-work, communicativeness. Verbal and nonverbal communications at work. Assertiveness. Solving a conflict and problem situations. The strategy of conducting competitions for leading posts.
- Literature
- PROKEŠ, Josef. Člověk a počítač aneb svítání digitální kultury (Human and Computer (Dawn of Digital Culture)). Brno: Sursum, 2000, 88 pp. ISBN 80-85799-82-0. URL info
- Šmahel, David. Psychologie a internet. Triton, Praha 2003, 158 s.
- WEIZENBAUM, Joseph. Mýtus počítače :počítačový pohled na svět. Edited by Jiří Fiala. Břeclav: Moravia-Press, 2002, 182 s. ISBN 80-86181-55-3. info
- Suler, J.: The Psychology of Cyberspace.
http://www.reider.edu/Suler/psycyber/psycyber.html - ATKINSONOVÁ, Rita L. Psychologie [Atkinsonová]. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 862 s. : o. ISBN 80-85605-35-X. info
- Assessment methods
- Final project, written test, oral exam. Lectures, class discussion, presentations by professionals in the sectors, homeworks, reading, simulation game, study hour, field trip.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/prokes
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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