SV4BP_SPsP Social psychology (lecture)

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jaroslav Řezáč, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Tue 9:20–10:05 učebna 37
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
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.
Syllabus
  • 1. Social psychology – subject SP; position of social psychology in the system of psychological disciplines; benefit for teachers; possibilities of application in teacher’s or educator’s practice; 2. Humanization of the person – personality socialising – psychological characteristic of the socialising process of an individual; processes of personalisation, professionalisation, socialisation and cultural improvement; criteria of socialising effectiveness. 3. Social learning as a psychological mechanism of socialisation; social strengthening, imitation, identification; conditions of social learning effectiveness. Social learning in the context of socialisation of a pupil (age 6 – 11). 4.-5. Psychology of interpersonal relations, fundamental features of interactions; synergy types; some possibilities of psychological analysis of interpersonal relations. Healthy relations and conditions of creating them. 6.-7.Communication – communication contents; sorts and styles of communication. 8. 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. 9. Social properties and personality features – ability to co-operate – ability to socialize – tolerance – social creativity – meaning and attitudes – relation-attitude properties of personality. Social “Me”, self-conception, self-realisation, self-evaluation. 10. 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. Group life of children aged 6-11. 11. Problematic, demanding and conflicting social situations. 12. Possibilities of application of activating and training techniques in teacher’s work . 13. Present knowledge and questions of social psychology.
Literature
  • Principles of Social Psychology (Orig.) : Základy sociální psychologie [Hayes, 1998] : Základy sociální psychologie [Hayes, 2003]. info
  • 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
  • VÝROST, Josef and Ivan SLAMĚNÍK. Aplikovaná sociální psychologie II. první. Praha: Grada, 2001. ISBN 80-247-0042-5. info
  • KOMÁRKOVÁ, Růžena, Ivan SLAMĚNÍK and Josef VÝROST. Aplikovaná sociální psychologie III. Praha: Grada, 2001. ISBN 80-247-0180-4. info
  • Aplikovaná sociální psychologie. Edited by Jozef Výrost - Ivan Slaměník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1998, 383 s. ISBN 80-7178-269-6. info
  • HERMOCHOVÁ, Soňa. Metody aplikované sociální psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1989, 160 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures,
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.
Teacher's information
http://www.ped.muni.cz/wpsy/SP_SYLAB/sylab_SP.htm
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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