PSA_016 Introduction to Psychology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Štěpán Konečný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Timetable
Mon 8:20–9:55 zruseno C21
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.
Literature
  • Einführung in die Philosophie [UK, 1991] (Orig.) : Úvod do filosofie [UK, 1991]. info
  • HALL, Calvin S. Psychológia osobnosti : úvod do teórií osobnosti. 3. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 2002, 510 s. ISBN 8008033843. info
  • HOSKOVEC, Jiří, Milan NAKONEČNÝ and Miluše SEDLÁKOVÁ. Psychologie XX. století : některé významné směry a školy. 1. vyd. [i.e. 2. vyd.]. Praha: Karolinum, 2002, 295 s. ISBN 8024603004. info
  • Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost :příručka pro uživatele. Edited by Miroslav Disman. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 80-246-0139-7. info
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Motivace lidského chování. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1996, 270 s. ISBN 8020005927. info
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Průvodce dějinami psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1995, 174 s. ISBN 80-85937-23-9. info
  • ŠVANCARA, Josef. Úvod do kognitivní psychologie (Introduction to Cognitive Psychology). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 140 pp. Psychologie. ISBN 80-210-0994-2. info
  • ŠVANCARA, Josef, Lubomír VAŠINA and Lubomír KOSTROŇ. Kapitoly z kognitivní psychologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 188 s. ISBN 8021003278. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kontrola 25.5.2007 M. Tyrlík.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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