PSA_016 Introduction to Psychology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 1998
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
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
Science and scietific knowledge. Structure of science. Humanities. Psychology among sciences. Different kinds of psychology - general, specific and applied sciences. Distinguishing Psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy. Study of psychology on Faculty of Arts MU. Historiography of psychological ideas. Psychology and soul. Philosophy and psychology. Body - mind question. Central systems of modern psychology. Substantial psychological categories. Concepts and terms. Research method. Common sense and psychology. Universality of theory and singularity of individual. Data and facts. Problem, hypothesis, theory. Levels of analysis. Searching man in action. Psychical proceses. Learning as adaptation. Human and subhuman learning. Personality. Theories of personality. Traits and states. Self and self-concept. Nativism and eviromentalism. Individual in society. Social perception and communication. Attitudes. Language. The relation between language and mind. Experience of individuals and language. Psychopathology. Norms and normality. Three kinds of understanding the normality. Selected psychical disfunctions. Phylogeny, anthropogeny and ontogeny. Levels of development. Practice psychology. Apply the psychology in problem solving
Syllabus
  • Science and scietific knowledge. Structure of science. Humanities. Psychology among sciences. Different kinds of psychology - general, specific and applied sciences. Distinguishing Psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy. Study of psychology on Faculty of Arts MU. Historiography of psychological ideas. Psychology and soul. Philosophy and psychology. Body - mind question. Central systems of modern psychology. Substantial psychological categories. Concepts and terms. Research method. Common sense and psychology. Universality of theory and singularity of individual. Data and facts. Problem, hypothesis, theory. Levels of analysis. Searching man in action. Psychical proceses. Learning as adaptation. Human and subhuman learning. Personality. Theories of personality. Traits and states. Self and self-concept. Nativism and eviromentalism. Individual in society. Social perception and communication. Attitudes. Language. The relation between language and mind. Experience of individuals and language. Psychopathology. Norms and normality. Three kinds of understanding the normality. Selected psychical disfunctions. Phylogeny, anthropogeny and ontogeny. Levels of development. Practice psychology. Apply the psychology in problem solving.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Zkoušku je nutno vykonat do 12 měsíců od započetí studia.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1999, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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