FI:VV028 Psychology in Informatics - Course Information

VV028 Psychology in Informatics

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D.

Timetable

Thu 18:00–19:50 C416

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! V028 Psychology in Informatics

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-BI)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GE)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GK)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-CH)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-SO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-TV)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS)
• Information Technology (programme FI, B-IN)

Course objectives

The subject provides some basic knowledge concerning the psychological aspects of the impact of new information technology on the individual's personality. It targets the psychology of electronic communication, psychological aspects of computer games, personality of professionals in communication technology and impact of computers on education at the new information era.

Syllabus

• Transactional Analysis. Stress and dealing with it. Psychopathology and methods of therapy. Mental health care. Social beliefs and attitudes, interpersonal attraction. Social interaction and influence - the presence of the others, its effect, group decisions. Relations between people and machines. Social relations and team-work, communicativness. Verbal and nonverbal communications at work. Assertiveness. Solving a conflict and problem situations. The strategy of conducting competitions for leading posts.

Literature

• PROKEŠ, Josef. Člověk a počítač aneb svítání digitální kultury (Human and Computer (Dawn of Digital Culture)). Brno: Sursum, 2000, 88 pp. ISBN 80-85799-82-0. URL info
• Šmahel, David. Psychologie a internet. Triton, Praha 2003, 158 s.
• Suler, J.: The Psychology of Cyberspace. http://www.reider.edu/Suler/psycyber/psycyber.html
• ATKINSONOVÁ, Rita L. Psychologie [Atkinsonová]. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 862 s. : o. ISBN 80-85605-35-X. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Závěrečný test znalostí, v případě neúspěchu ústní přezkoušení.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/qprokes

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