BZOV011c General and Developmental Psychology - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marcela Bendová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Liana Greiffeneggová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Hana Jahnová (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Hana Peterková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Marcela Bendová, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Wed 19. 9. to Fri 21. 12. Wed 10:10–11:50 343
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
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are: General psychology: understaning and explaining the basic terminology;
adequate use of information about mental processes, states and qualities of an individual;
grasping basic psychological methods; Developmental psychology: understanding nad grasping the theoretical-methodological concepts of the developmental psychology in the relation to the profession od midwife. Deeper understanding and grasping of the important methods, notions, and theories tha tare especially related to the period of early childhood. Deeper understanding of the early childhood specifics on the basis of the acquired knowledge.
Syllabus
  • Psychology as a science about a person, psychological scientific disciplines;
  • Basic methods in psychology;
  • Basic terminology - psyche, consciousness, the unconscious, experiencing, behaviour, mental processes, mental states and processes;
  • Thinking and speech;
  • Memory;
  • Attention;
  • Emotions and feelings;
  • Volitional action. Developmental psychology: basic notions - phylogenesis, anthropogenesis, developmental stage, developmental crisis, agents of mental development, critical sensitive periods. Developmental theories - úpsychodynamic, psychosexual, psychosocial levels of development, cognitive theory of development, theory of atachment, subjective well-being. Characteristics of the period from the point of view of cognitive, emotional and social development - prenatal, newborn, suckling, foddler, pre-school and early school age, adolescence - early, late, adulthood, agiing and old age. D
Literature
    required literature
  • LANGMEIER, Josef and Dana KREJČÍŘOVÁ. Vývojová psychologie. 2., aktualizované vydání. Praha: Grada, 2006, 368 stran. ISBN 9788024712840. URL info
  • PLHÁKOVÁ, Alena. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 472 s. ISBN 80-200-1387-3. info
    recommended literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2005, 467 s. ISBN 9788024609560. info
  • ŠVANCARA, Josef. Emoce, motivace, volní procesy (Emotion, motivation, volition). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 142 pp. Psychologie. ISBN 80-86633-11-X. info
Teaching methods
Type of teaching - lecture.
Assessment methods
Requirements for the finishing of exam, form of finishing: credit - 80 per cent participation on the teaching, presentation of the personality of the student herself (basic anamnestic data, family, professional career and aims, hobbies) Active participation is expected, pairwork, teamwork. Students will be informed about the requirements for getting the credit in written form, a seminar paper on a certain topic will be set (5 given topics and 1 topic of one's own) according to the requirements given. The content of the paper may be personal reflections and experiences supported by citation and examples from literature. A clear grasp of the topic, expression of an opinion of one's own, and ability to be work with sources (literature) will be evaluated. Content and professional quality of the topic will be evaluated by the teacher who will decide whether the seminar paper fulfills the requirements and exhausts the given topic. Exam has a form of a written test, the result of the test is evaluated in points, within the range from 0 to 25 points, minimum number of points for passing is 20. Total evaluation of the student in the subject is combined from the evaluation of the seminar paper and the perfomance at a written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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