FF:PSA_015 Social Psychology I - Course Information

PSA_015 Social Psychology I (Interpersonal cognition)

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Jaroslava Dosedlová, Dr. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zuzana Slováčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová

Timetable

Mon 15:00–16:35 zruseno C21 and each odd Monday 16:40–18:15 C51

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

PSA_015/S1: No timetable has been entered into IS. Z. Slováčková
PSA_015/S2: No timetable has been entered into IS. Z. Slováčková
PSA_015/S3: No timetable has been entered into IS.
PSA_015/S4: No timetable has been entered into IS.

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

• Psychology (programme FF, M-PS) (2)

Course objectives

PSA-16 Social Psychology I (Interpersonal Cognition) Social Psychology focuses on the area of Psychology which deals with the study of social behaviour and the mental experience of individuals in social context. The introduction to social psychology covers key themes of social context and balances between the classic and most current research, through their integration of important cultural issues and perspective. Subjects: Introduction. Social Cognition and Social Thinking. Causal Attribution and Social Knowledge. Socialization. Identity and the Self.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction into social psychology. Subject of study SP, SP in the context of related disciplines. History of SP. Basic trends in SP of 20th century, main SP schools of 20th century, current influential paradigms. Research methods in SP, possibilities of application in SP. 2.Social cognition a) self-relationship as a product of social interaction self-consciousness, self-confidence, self-defensive and self-supporting mechanisms. b)social perception and categorization. Scheme of processes of social perception first impression versus complex review. Creating of impressions of other people, connection between perception and motivation. Distortions and mistakes in social perception. Concept of social stereotype(auto and hetero-stereotype). Connection between perception and attribution processes c) interpretation of social reality theory of attribution. Heiders naďve psychology, Kellys implied theories of personality as a base of attribution approach. Theory of causal schemes, basic principles of attribution. Mistakes in attribution processes (fundamental attribution failure), attribution of success and failure. 3. Socialization and identity of personality a)Socialization of personality. Basic characteristics of socialization process, three exhibition levels of socialization: organism vs. environment, subject vs. object and personality vs. group. Imitation and identification as basic forms of social learning, importance of primary groups. Importance of early social experience and satisfaction of basal psychosocial needs for latter development. Life satisfaction and personal and social competence as a index of successful socialization. b) personal and social identity - basic determination, evolutional view of their development.

Literature

• SLAMĚNÍK, Ivan and Jozef VÝROST. Sociální psychologie [Výrost, 1997] : Sociálna psychológia [Výrost, 1997]. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV - nakladatelství, 1997, 453 s. : i. ISBN 80-85866-20-X. info
• KRECH, David, Richard S. CRUTCHFIELD and Egerton L. BALLACHEY. Človek v spoločnosti : základy sociálnej psychológie. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Vydavatel'stvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1968, 629 s. info
• NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Sociální psychologie. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1999, 287 stran. ISBN 8020006907. info
• Základy sociální psychologie. Edited by Nicky Hayesová - Irena Štěpaníková. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1998, 165 s. ISBN 80-7178-198-3. info
• ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie. 1st ed. Brno: PAIDO, 1998, 268 pp. ISBN 80-85931-48-6. info
• JANOUŠEK, Jaromír. Sociální psychologie. Vydání první. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988, 185 stran. info
• JANOUŠEK, Jaromír. Metody sociální psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 256 s. URL info
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
• Journal of Social Psychology
• European Journal of Social Psychology

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Kolokvium písemnou formou

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• PSA_034 Social Psychology II
• PSA_054 Applied Social Psychology

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2005, recent)
  
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