FSS:PSYb1020 Personality Psychology - Course Information
PSYb1020 Personality Psychology
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Širůček, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jan Širůček, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 23. 9. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 30. 9. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 7. 10. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 14. 10. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 21. 10. 18:00–19:40 U32, Mon 4. 11. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 11. 11. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 18. 11. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 25. 11. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 2. 12. 18:00–19:40 U32, Mon 9. 12. 16:00–17:40 Aula, Mon 16. 12. 16:00–17:40 Aula
- Prerequisites
- The course is intended for first year students and requires only reading comprehension in English.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-HE)
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-HS)
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-KS)
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-MS)
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-PL)
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-PS) (2)
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-PSY) (9)
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-SO)
- Psychology (programme FSS, B-SP)
- Course objectives
- Personality psychology is one of the introductory courses. Students will get to close contact with basic concepts of the field, including the historical and cultural context and current interpretations.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will know the basic directions of personality psychology and will be able to discuss their accents. These will be mainly the traditional directions of personality psychology, which have left a living legacy in contemporary concepts and are the starting point of modern psychotherapeutic approaches.
- Syllabus
- Methodological foundations of personality psychology Psychoanalysis and related concepts of personality Behaviorism Personality traits and temperament Field theory and personal construct theory Social learning theory Behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology Cultural psychology Integrative approaches to personality psychology
- Literature
- required literature
- FUNDER, David Charles. The personality puzzle. Seventh edition. New York: W. W. Norton & company, 2016, xxxiv, 664. ISBN 9780393600421. info
- CERVONE, Daniel and Lawrence A. PERVIN. Personality psychology : international student version. Edited by Arnaldo Zelli. twelfth edition. Singapore: Wiley, 2014, xix, 618. ISBN 9781118322215. info
- recommended literature
- HALL,C.S, LINDZEY.G. Psychológia osobnosti. Bratislava: SPN, 1997. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and discussions, theoretical training, practical examples
- Assessment methods
- Three interim tests, written final exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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