LF:MPSP081 Social Psychology - Course Information

MPSP081 Social Psychology

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Leona Mužíková, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Sekaninová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education

Timetable

Mon 14. 2. to Mon 9. 5. Mon 10:00–11:40 učebna 50

Prerequisites (in Czech)

MPOG071 Psychology

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

• Optometry (programme LF, N-OPTO)

Course objectives

The course of social psychology is focused at forming fundamentals of socially-psychological thinking in the context of professions oriented at work with people. It reviews the theory of interpersonal interactions in macro- and micro-social space. It deals with socially-psychological aspects of pedagogical communication; it informs about the rules and conditions of adequate social perception and attribution; both of them in connection with cultivation and self-education possibilities. The second essential part is formed by psychology of group life; psychological aspects of a structure and dynamics of groups with respect to the specificity of various sorts of children and youth groups and various spheres of social life.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will be able to orientate in theories of interpersonal relationships. The student will understand the issues of pedagogical communication, will be oriented in the field of self-education and personality cultivation.

Syllabus

• 1. Social psychology – object and subject of social psychology; position of social psychology in the system of psychological disciplines; the importance of social psychology studies for teachers and professions in the areas of education, guiding, controlling, care, and therapy; application possibilities of socially psychological knowledge in the practice. 2. Humanization of man – personality socialisation –psychological characteristics of a socialisation process of man; processes of personalisation, professionalisation, socialisation and cultural improvement; specificities of controlled socialisation (education) and other socialising mechanisms and influences; criteria of socialising effectiveness. Socialising products. 3. Social learning as a psychological mechanism of socialisation; social strengthening, imitation, identification; conditions of social learning effectiveness. Social learning, cultivation and education. 4. Psychology of interpersonal relations, basic marks of interactions (connectivity, stimulation, interference); criteria of interaction effect (activity, intermediation level, values). Types of synergy (coexistence, coordination, co-operation; rivalry, competition, reciprocity; some possibilities of psychological analysis of interpersonal relations. Interactive style. 5. Communication – communication contents; kinds and types of communication; effective communication. Pathological communication. Communication fouls. Possibilities of communication skills cultivation. 6. Perception and attribution – sensitivity; situational perception; formation of another man picture, perception sources and another man judging; mistakes in perception, attribution, self-perception and self-evaluation. 7. Social properties and personality features – ability to co-operate – ability to socialize – tolerance – social creativity – meaning and attitudes – relation-attitude properties of personality. 8. Social buttress. Sorts, mechanisms. Social buttress. 9. Psychological characteristic of a social group with focusing at a small social group, mark, attributes of the social group – structure and dynamics of a small social group; standards, goals of the group and manners how to reach them; team; team roles. 10. School class as a social group –family and school class as social groups – characteristic and psychological importance of free-time groups. 11. Problematic, demanding and conflicting social situations (frustration – deprivation – stress; socially-psychological view), conflicting situations (intra- and inter-group conflicts, conflicts of roles); frustration as a social situation, frustration as a state (experience), typical pupils reaction to frustration; situation of frustration and stress; stress – socially-psychological view, frustration tolerance, social factors for creating resistance against stress and frustration; (social) deprivation – consequences. 12. Activating methods and procedures in teacher_s work using socially-psychological training techniques. 13. Closing synthesising reflection of SP finding system, or a free theme according to the interest of the students.

Literature

• Sociální psychologie : moderní učebnice sociální psychologie. Edited by Miles Hewstone - Wolfgang Stroebe, Translated by Dagmar Brejlová - Pa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 769 s. ISBN 8073670925. info
• KOHOUTEK, Rudolf. Sociální psychologie. Brno, 2004, 215 pp. ISBN nepřiděleno. info
• ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie. 1st ed. Brno: PAIDO, 1998, 268 pp. ISBN 80-85931-48-6. info
• SLAMĚNÍK, Ivan and Jozef VÝROST. Sociální psychologie [Výrost, 1997] : Sociálna psychológia [Výrost, 1997]. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV - nakladatelství, 1997, 453 s. : i. ISBN 80-85866-20-X. info

Teaching methods

Online lectures, tutorial

Assessment methods

The subject terminates by a written test / alternative terminology test / knowledge test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.

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