PSA_016 Introduction to Psychology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. David Kuneš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 C33
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
At the end of this course student should: Know the position of psychology among others fields of science; gain the general knowledge of basic and applied and special psychological disciplines; understand what abilities are necessary to be a good psychologist; know where the psychological education comes in useful
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
    required literature
  • NOLEN-HOEKSEMA, Susan, Barbara FREDRICKSON, Geoffrey R. LOFTUS and W. A. WAGENAAR. Psychologie Atkinsonové a Hilgarda. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vydání třetí, přepracov. Praha: Portál, 2012, 884 stran. ISBN 9788026200833. info
  • CUMMINS, Denise D. Záhady experimentální psychologie : co psychologové zjistili o myšlení, citech a chování člověka. Translated by Petr Neugebauer. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1998, 237 s. ISBN 807178186X. info
    recommended literature
  • 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
Teaching methods
Class two hours per week; within the class a combination of teacher lectures and students presentations of interesting psychological books
Assessment methods
Final written test 80% and activity during the classes (presentations) 20%
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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