PSY155 Principles of Psychology of Creativity

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Pavlíková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:30 U35
Prerequisites
PSY 101 Introduction to psychology
PSY 105 Psychology of cognitive processes (part of General psychology)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
After completing the course PSY155 Principles of Psychology of Creativity the student will be:
- to have a knowledge of psychological approach to creativity (acquired commentary and self-relevant theory), and will be able to partially apply
- to be able to present any area of his/her creativity
- to be able to reflect on own experiences in the process of his/her creation
- to be able to reflect cognitive and non-cognitive components of the own creative process
- to know and be able to use some method of identifying creativity
- to be able to be targeted creative
The course is an active and interactive - we expect awake and bursting with enthusiasm participation. The optimism, the humor, a willingness to play and work as a group is a big advantage :-)
Syllabus
  • - History of creativity and psychological history of creativity
  • - Theories of creativity (biological fundaments of creativity, definying of creativity, creative process, creative personality, Perkin s model)
  • - Creative thinking (convergent and divergent thinking, atributs of creative thinking – fluency, flexibility, elaboration, originality etc.)
  • - Inner sources and barriers of creativity (Adams)
  • - Chances and limits of creativity identifying: tests of creativity (Torrance test of creative thinking, Urban-Jellen Test, Playing Creativity Test); questionnaires (KAI, Raudsepp); self-analysis methods; practical and methodological problems of creativity identifying
  • - Creativity and pedagogical practise ( from teachers(master) creativity to pupils creativity)
  • - Important personalities in psychology of creativity (P. Guilforg, E. deBono, T. Buzan, Osborn)
  • - Facilitation of ideas produce (brainstorming, brainwtitting aj.)
  • - Mind mapping - Informations in pictures are better (T. Buzan)
  • Right brain hemisphere activities
  • - Creativity in mind or cereativity in body? Concept of everyday creativity, creative life style.
Literature
    required literature
  • DACEY, John S. and Kathleen LENNON. Kreativita : souhra biologických, psychologických a sociálních faktorů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2000, 250 s. ISBN 8071699039. info
  • ŽÁK, Petr. Kreativita a její rozvoj. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2004, 315 s. ISBN 8025104575. info
    recommended literature
  • CHALUPA, Bohumír. Tvořivé myšlení : tvořivost jako dobrodružství poznání. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2005, 118 s. ISBN 8073640074. info
  • HLAVSA, Jaroslav. Psychologické metody výchovy k tvořivosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 189 s. URL info
  • HLAVSA, Jaroslav. Psychologické metody výchovy k tvořivosti. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 189 s. URL info
  • HLAVSA, Jaroslav. Psychologické základy teorie tvorby. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1985, 353 s. URL info
  • HLAVSA, Jaroslav. Psychologické problémy výchovy k tvořivosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1981, 239 s. URL info
  • LOKŠOVÁ, Irena and Jozef LOKŠA. Tvořivé vyučování. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2003, 208 s. ISBN 8024703742. info
  • LOKŠA, Jozef and Irena LOKŠOVÁ. Pozornost, motivace, relaxace a tvořivost dětí ve škole : [teoretická východiska a praktické postupy, hry a cvičení]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 199 s. ISBN 80-7178-205-X. info
  • BEAN, Reynold. Jak rozvíjet tvořivost dítěte. Translated by Jiří Bumbálek. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1995, 86 s. ISBN 8071780359. info
  • BUZAN, Tony. Mentální mapování. Translated by Jiří Foltýn. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 165 s. ISBN 9788073672003. info
  • DE BONO, Edward. Šest klobouků, aneb, Jak myslet. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1997, 185 s. ISBN 8072031287. info
  • BUZAN, Tony. Síla kreativní inteligence : 10 cest k pramenům vašich tvůrčích schopností. Translated by Hana Krejčí. 1. vyd. V Praze: Columbus, 2002, 126 s. ISBN 8072491318. info
    not specified
  • STERNBERG, Robert J. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 636 s. ISBN 80-7178-376-5. info
Teaching methods
lectures, practical exercises, discuss, individual and group work, individual presentations, review, creating of a quality passwords to Wikipedia.
Assessment methods
Conditions of subject completition and the acquisition of graded course-unit credit:
1. 80% participation on courses
2. written "initiatory excercise"
3. prezentation of own creativity 4. writing an essay focused on psychology of creativity; using literature work with monographs and scholarly journals
5. successful final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro otevření kurzu je potřeba minimálně 10 zapsaných studentů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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