SZ7BK_SOPS Social psychology lecture

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.7. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Cincibus Vacková (assistant)
Mgr. BcA. Radka Kulichová, DiS. (assistant)
Mgr. Ivana Kupčíková, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Sekaninová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
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
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
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 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.
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
  • 2. Socialization of man – personality socialisation; processes of personalisation, professionalisation, socialisation; specificities of controlled socialisation (education) and other socialising mechanisms and influences; Socialising products.
  • 3. Social learning; social conditioning, imitation, identification; conditions of social learning effectiveness.
  • 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;
  • 5. Communication – communication contents; kinds and types of communication; effective communication. Pathological communication. Communication fouls. Possibilities of communication skills cultivation.
  • 6. Social perception and attribution - mistakes in perception, attribution, self-perception and self-evaluation.
  • 7. Social support. Sorts, mechanisms. Social support in teacher's work.
  • 8. Psychological characteristic of a social group with focusing at a small social group, attributes of the social group – structure and dynamics of a small social group; standards, goals of the group; team; team roles.
  • 9. 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.
Literature
    required 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
  • ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie. 1st ed. Brno: PAIDO, 1998, 268 pp. ISBN 80-85931-48-6. info
    not specified
  • Principles of Social Psychology (Orig.) : Základy sociální psychologie [Hayes, 1998] : Základy sociální psychologie [Hayes, 2003]. info
  • Sociální psychologie. Edited by Jozef Výrost - Ivan Slaměník. 2., přepracované a rozší. Praha: Grada, 2008, 404 stran. ISBN 9788024714288. info
  • KOHOUTEK, Rudolf. Sociální psychologie. Brno, 2004, 215 pp. ISBN nepřiděleno. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Kognitivní a sociální psychologie žáka základní školy. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2001, 304 s. ISBN 8024601818. info
  • Aplikovaná sociální psychologie. Edited by Jozef Výrost - Ivan Slaměník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1998, 383 s. ISBN 80-7178-269-6. info
Teaching methods
lecture, reading
Assessment methods
written test (terminology, basic information and orientation in the field) 60% of correct answers is needed to pass
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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