LF:BKSC041 Sociology - Course Information
BKSC041 Sociology
Faculty of Medicinespring 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Terézia Knejzlíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tatiana Malatincová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Alena Slezáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Rastislav Šumec, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Blanka Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine - Timetable
- Tue 14. 2. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 21. 2. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 28. 2. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 7. 3. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 14. 3. 7:00–8:40 B11/327, Tue 21. 3. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 28. 3. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 4. 4. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 11. 4. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 18. 4. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 25. 4. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 2. 5. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 9. 5. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 16. 5. 7:00–8:40 B11/334, Tue 23. 5. 7:00–8:40 B11/334
- Prerequisites
- BKPL031p Psychology - lecture || BTPE0222p Pediatrics II- lecture
BTPE0222p - 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
- Optics and Optometry (programme LF, B-OPOP)
- Optics and Optometry (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Ortoptics (programme LF, B-ORTO)
- Ortoptics (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Course objectives
- The course provides an overview of selected key topics covered by social psychology and borderline topics between social psychology and sociology, which can be applied both in personal and professional life. Specifically:
- How to motivate oneself and others;
- How to develop one's self-regulation and achieve personal growth;
- How to recognize and shape one's beliefs about oneself, others and the world that negatively or positively affect one's attitudes, decisions and performance;
- How to recognize biases and fallacies in thinking and develop better critical thinking skills;
- How to assess the reliability and strength (quality) of research evidence in probabilistic sciences;
- How to recognize instances of unconscious influences of social context on one's behaviour, prevent situations that influence behaviour in negative ways and facilitate situations that influence behaviour in positive ways;
- How to trigger positive attitude change effectively;
- How to recognize stereotypes and maintain positive intergroup interactions. - Learning outcomes
- Students will gain an overview of current issues in social psychology and sociology, which they will be able to apply in their personal lives and future practice.
- Syllabus
- 1. Individual and social influences in health behaviour
- 2. Personal identity and self-beliefs
- 3. Motivation: needs, motives and habits
- 4. Self-regulation: basic principles and applications in behavioural change and increasing efficiency of goal pursuit
- 5. Emotion and emotion regulation
- 6. Attitudes and attitude change
- 7. Critical thinking; scientific and pseudo-scientific thinking
- 8. Common fallacies and errors of critical thinking in judgment and decision-making
- 9. Evaluating research evidence in probabilistic sciences: strong and weak arguments; scientific debate; good vs. problematic research practices
- 10. Social perception and cognition
- 11. Conformity, obedience and other group influences
- 12. Group affiliation, stereotypes and inter-group tensions
- Literature
- Principles of Social Psychology (Orig.) : Základy sociální psychologie [Hayes, 1998] : Základy sociální psychologie [Hayes, 2003]. info
- NOLEN-HOEKSEMA, Susan, Barbara FREDRICKSON, Geoffrey R. LOFTUS and W. A. WAGENAAR. Psychologie Atkinsonové a Hilgarda. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vydání třetí, přepracov. Praha: Portál, 2012, 884 stran. ISBN 9788026200833. info
- The handbook of social psychology. Edited by Gardner Lindzey - Elliot Aronson. 2nd ed. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969, xiv, 786. info
- Teaching methods
- Study of theory; practical self-experience exercises; group discussion.
- Assessment methods
- Colloquium. To pass the course, the student must achieve a predetermined number of points for course attendance, homework and final electronic test. Homework assignments involve submitting brief responses to simple topic-related questions before each lesson during the semester. More specific information for each semester is available in the interactive syllabus of the course.
- 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. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- The course is supplemented by an interactive syllabus in the IS, which contains study materials and links provided by the teachers.
- Enrolment Statistics (spring 2023, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/med/spring2023/BKSC041