SC4KC_UPS Introduction into psychology

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Josef Lukas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
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
Course objectives
The goal of the subject is to get acquainted with basic concepts and theories of general psychology and psychology of personality and with the evolution of them. The subject studies should present the relations of psychology to other socially-scientific and natural-scientific branches, and the exploitation of the psychological knowledge in present sciences on man and social practice. A successful passing of this block is a prerequisite for further studies of other psychological disciplines. At the end of the course the student will be able to read common psychological text for teachers and to understand them creatively. The student should also be able to differentiate the positives of academic psychology from general popular psychological findings.
Syllabus
  • Subject matter of psychology and its evolution. Biological conditionality of psyche. Psyche. Social and cultural conditionality of psyche. Consciousness. Associanism. Psychophysics and experimental psychology. Geštalt-psychology. VNČ physiology. Behaviourism. Humanistic psychology. Cognitive psychology. Transpersonal psychology. Personality – concept, definition, structure and dynamics. Factor and typological systems. Motivation, needs, interests, values. Capabilities, intelligence. Creativity. Character, volition, decision making, stress, resistance to heavy-load situations. Emotions, temperament. Attention, memory, learning. Cognitive processes: sensation, perception, imagination, fantasy. Thinking and speech. How to exploit the knowledge of psychology. How to succeed in studies.
Literature
  • KERN, Hans. Přehled psychologie. Vyd. 2., opr. Praha: Portál, 2000, 287 s. ISBN 80-7178-426-5. info
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Psychologie osobnosti. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1997, 336 s. ISBN 8020006281. info
  • ATKINSONOVÁ, Rita L. Psychologie [Atkinsonová]. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 862 s. : o. ISBN 80-85605-35-X. info
  • ŘEHULKA, Evžen. Úvod do studia psychologie (Introduction to the Study of Psychology). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, 1995, 56 pp. paido. ISBN 80-85931-02-8. info
Teaching methods
course of lectures
Assessment methods
lectures, written tests
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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