VZB22 Sociology of family

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Mgr. Alice Prokopová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Mgr. Alice Prokopová, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková
Supplier department: Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
VZB22/Kombi01: Fri 28. 4. 9:00–16:50 učebna 27, A. Prokopová
VZB22/Prez01: Sat 6. 5. 9:00–16:50 učebna 32, A. Prokopová
VZB22/Prez02: Sat 22. 4. 9:00–16:50 učebna 27, A. Prokopová
VZB22/Prez03: Sat 29. 4. 9:00–16:50 učebna 30, A. Prokopová
VZB22/Prez04: Fri 12. 5. 9:00–16:50 učebna 27, A. Prokopová
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
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Course objectives
The objective of the course is to introduce some psychosocial aspects of family coexistence in the context of health psychology. A partial objective is to provide space for the students to plan and carry out a small research task aimed at this area.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the students will:
- Be able to understand the psychosocial aspects of family issues,
- Understand the significance of the family and its socialization functions,
- Be familiar with current family trends,
- Have the basic knowledge of the historical development of the family institution,
- Understand the relationships between family life and protective (and risk) health factors.
Syllabus
  • Content of lectures:
  • 1. Sociobiological roots of the family, parental and partnership behaviour;
  • 2. The family as a system;
  • 3. Functions of the family, structure of the family;
  • 4. Developmental cycle of the family, transformation of functions;
  • 5. Partnership, choice of the partner, cohabitation;
  • 6. The family and the child, socialization, transitory crisis, ‘developmental tasks’;
  • 7. The family and stressful situations, family crisis;
  • 8. Long-term crisis in the family;
  • 9. Divorce and remarriage, after-divorce situation, reconstructed family, status of the child in a reconstructed family;
  • 10. Work, economy, household;
  • 11. Families with a difference I;
  • 12. Families with a difference II.
  • Content of seminars:
  • Seminars are delivered as teaching blocks in which students present small research assignments. The assignments related to the topics of the lectures shall be selected by students at the beginning of the term from a list published on the web information system of MU. The assignments shall be worked on throughout the term. Each presentation shall include discussion and feedback from peer students and teachers.
Literature
  • SOBOTKOVÁ, Irena. Psychologie rodiny. Třetí vydání. Praha: Portál, 2012, 219 stran. ISBN 9788026202172. URL info
  • TÓTHOVÁ, Jana. Úvod do transgenerační psychologie rodiny : transgenerační přenos vzorců rodinného traumatu a zdroje jeho uzdravení. Translated by Dagmar Pilařová. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2011, 250 stran. ISBN 9788073678562. URL info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie zdraví. Vydání třetí. Praha: Portál, 2009, 279 stran. ISBN 9788073675684. URL info
  • MATOUŠEK, Oldřich. Rodina jako instituce a vztahová síť. 3. rozš. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 161 s. ISBN 80-86429-19-9. info
  • Health psychology. Edited by Anthony J. Curtis. New York: Routledge, 2000, xvi, 190 p. ISBN 0415192730. info
Teaching methods
Presentation of the results of seminar assignments, discussions, case reports. During the respective terms students shall work on their seminar assignments.
Assessment methods
During the terms students shall work on their seminar assignments; a presentation of the assignment is a prerequisite for completion 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: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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