PdF:SV4BP_SZP1 Basics of psychology 1 (S) - Course Information
SV4BP_SZP1 Basics of psychology 1 (seminar)
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Miroslav Filip, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Dana Peňázová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- SV4BP_SZP1/01: each odd Thursday 13:00–14:40 učebna 54, M. Filip
SV4BP_SZP1/02: each even Thursday 13:00–14:40 učebna 54, M. Filip - 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
- Social and Free Time Education (programme PdF, B-PD)
- Course objectives
- The goal of the subject is introduce students basic psychological concepts, theories and outstanding authors. Seminars focus on selected topics.
- Syllabus
- 1) Introduction to psychology
- concepts: scientific and folk psychology; work psychology, human resources, clinical psychology, counseling, educational psychology, psychotherapy; related fields: ethology,neurology, mathematics, philosophy etc., psychology as a helping profession, burn-out syndrome
- 2) Basic psychological schools and their origin
- concepts: associationism, gestalt psychology, behaviorism, cognitive psychology
- authors: D. Hume, J.S.Mill, K. Koffka, M. Wertheimer, W. Köhler, J.B. Watson, E.C. Tolman
- 3) Perception
- concepts: perception, neurological background; illusions, Rorschach test; cues in visual perception monocular – linear perspective, texture gradient, atmospheric perspective, shadowing, interposition, moving, usual size; perception constants; cues in visual perception binonocular, unconscious perception (Helmholtz); afterimages
- theories: constructivis theories, direct approaches, Gibson`s ecological theory
- authors: H. von Helmhotlz, H. Rorschach, J. Gibson
- 4) Memory
- concepts: explicit, implicit semantic, epizodic, autobiographical, senzotic, echoic, short-term,long-term, work memory; proactive and retroactive interference, amnesia; factors influencing recall and recognition, Zeigernik's effect, memory and imagery, Ebbinghase`s curve; types of learning
- authors: H. Ebbinghaus, I.P. Pavlov, B. Skinner, A. Bandura, G.A. Miller
- 5) Mental representation
- concepts: representation mental, external, analogous, propositional; mental schemes, mental concepts, cognitive economy vs. cognitive informativeness; attributes, prototypes
- authors: E. Rosch
- 6) Thought
- concepts: induction, deduction, heuristic, insight, base-rate fallacy; schema, assimilation, accommodation, object constancy, reversibility; moral judgment, autonomous and heteronomous stage, Kohlberg`s stages of moral development
- authors: J. Piaget, A. Tversky, D. Kahneman, L. Kohlberg
- 7) Intelligence
- concepts: intelligence as a cognitive variable, social intelligence, emotional intelligence, intelligence as a real attribute, operationalism and intelligence, g-factor, fluid and crystallized intelligence, verbal and nonverbal intelligence,intelligence and culture, intelligence tests, culture-fair tests
- autoři: C. Spearman, R.B. Cattel
- 8)Attention
- concepts: active and passive attention,divide and focused attention
- 9) Thought and language
- concepts: syntax, deep structures, generativity (Chomsky), semantics, metaphor (Lakoff); proposition; Wernicke`s and Broca`s aphasia, language and culture, inner speech
- authors: N. Chomsky, G. Lakoff, L. Vygotskij
- 10) Emotions concepts: nature of emotions – evaluation, orientation, embodiment; emotions as results of somatic reactions, as results of cognitive processing, emotions and evolution
- theories: James-Lange`s theory; W. Cannon`s theory; R. Plutchik's theory
- 11) Creativity
- concepts: convergent and divergent thinking, creativity and imagery
- 12) Cognition and personality
- concepts: cognitive styles, field dependency (H. Witkin)
- 13)
- Motivation
- concepts: motive, incentive; deficit and meta-motives
- authors: A. Maslow, V.E. Frankl
- Literature
- required literature
- EYSENCK, Michael W. and Mark T. KEANE. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by Miroslav Filip. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 748 s. ISBN 9788020015594. info
- SHEEHY, Noel. Encyklopedie nejvýznamnějších psychologů. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2005, 238 s. ISBN 8086598829. info
- HARTL, Pavel and Helena HARTLOVÁ. Psychologický slovník [Portál, 2000]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2000, 774 s. ISBN 80-7178-303-X. info
- ATKINSONOVÁ, Rita L. Psychologie [Atkinsonová]. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 862 s. : o. ISBN 80-85605-35-X. info
- recommended literature
- GUGGENBÜHL-CRAIG, Adolf. Nebezpečí moci v pomáhajících profesích. Translated by Petr Patočka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 113 s. ISBN 9788073673024. info
- STERNBERG, Robert J. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 636 s. ISBN 80-7178-376-5. info
- SILLAMY, Norbert. Psychologický slovník. Translated by Irena Strossová. 1. čes. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2001, 246 s. ISBN 8024402491. info
- GEIST, Bohumil. Psychologický slovník. 2. vyd. Praha: Vodnář, 2000, 425 s. ISBN 80-86226-07-7. info
- Teaching methods
- seminars, homeworks
- Assessment methods
- presence (2 absences maximum), completion of all homeworks
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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