PSKB_500 Positive psychology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Alena Slezáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PSB_500 Positive psychology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide student with a knowledge of the current issues of positive psychology - its background, main subjects and the range of research. The interest is paid to the study of positive emotions, positive traits and qualities of personality (human strengths) and the research on quality of life, as well as to some aspects of positive psychotherapy.
Syllabus
  • History of positive psychology
  • Positive emotions
  • Happiness and humour
  • Optimal experience - Flow
  • Hope
  • Forgiveness and reconciliation
  • Gratitude
  • Optimism and hardinesss
  • Human strengths and virtues
  • Ethics in psychology and psychotherapy
  • Meaningfulness and values
  • Posttraumatic growth
  • Positive psychotherapy
Literature
  • Aspinwall, L.G., Staudinger,U.M. (eds.): A psychology of human strenghts: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology. APA, Washington 2003
  • Peterson, Ch.: A primer in positive psychology. Oxford University Press, New York 2006
  • Kluge, H.: Optimisté žijí déle. Dialog, Liberec 2000
  • Csikszentmihalyi,M.: A life worth living. Oxford University Press, New York 2006
  • Emmons, R.A.: The psychology of ultimate concerns. The Guilford Press, New York 1999.
  • SLEZÁČKOVÁ, Alena. Místo pozitivní psychologie ve výuce ostatních psychologických disciplín. (The position of positive psychology among other psychological subjects). SPFFBU. Řada psychologická (P). Annales psychologici. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, roč. 56, P 12, p. 99-106. ISSN 1211-3522. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie vděčnosti a nevděčnosti : [kudy vede cesta k přátelství]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2007, 117 s. ISBN 9788024718385. URL info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie smysluplnosti existence : otázky na vrcholu života. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2006, 204 s. ISBN 8024713705. URL info
  • Positive psychology in practice. Edited by P. Alex Linley - Stephen Joseph. New Yersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2004, xxii, 770. ISBN 0471459062. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Pozitivní psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2004, 195 s. ISBN 80-7178-835-X. info
  • SELIGMAN, Martin E. P. Opravdové štěstí : pozitivní psychologie v praxi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ikar, 2003, 390 s. ISBN 8024902931. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie zdraví [2. vyd.]. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2003, 279 s. ISBN 80-7178-744-4. info
  • Handbook of positive psychology. Edited by C. R. Snyder - Shane J. Lopez. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, xviii, 829. ISBN 0195135334. info
  • MAREŠ, Jiří. Pozitivní psychologie: Důvod k zamyšlení i výzva. Československá psychologie: Časopis pro psychologickou teorii a praxi. Praha: Academia, 2001, vol. 45, No 2, p. 97-117. ISSN 0009-062X. info
  • PESESCHKIAN, Nossrat. Psychoterapie v každodenním životě : jak se účinně vypořádat s konflikty. Translated by Miroslav Orava - Isabela Oravová. Brno: Cesta, 2000, 268 s. ISBN 807295010X. info
  • CSIKSZENTMIHALYI, Mihaly. O štěstí a smyslu života :můžeme ovládat své prožitky a ovlivňovat jejich kvalitu? Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 399 s. ISBN 80-7106-139-5. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, class discussion, reports. It is supposed active participation of students during seminars. The course is completed by colloquium. Final evaluation: delivering of seminar work or oral presentation, class discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Teacher's information
http://www.pozitivni-psychologie.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2015.
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