PdF:VY3DC_SOPS Social psychology - Course Information

VY3DC_SOPS Social psychology

Extent and Intensity

15/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Jaroslav Řezáč, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Škubalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Jaroslav Řezáč, CSc.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová

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

• DPS Child and Youth Afterschool Education (programme PdF, C-CV)

Course objectives

The course of social psychology is focused at forming fundamentals of socially-psychological thinking in the context of professions oriented at work with people. It reviews the theory of interpersonal interactions in macro- and micro-social space. It deals with socially-psychological aspects of pedagogical communication; it informs about the rules and conditions of adequate social perception and attribution; both of them in connection with cultivation and self-education possibilities. The second essential part is formed by psychology of group life; psychological aspects of a structure and dynamics of groups with respect to the specificity of various sorts of children and youth groups and various spheres of social life.

Syllabus

• 1. Social psychology – subject SP; position of social psychology in the system of psychological disciplines; benefit for teachers; possibilities of application in teacher’s or educator’s practice; 2. Humanization of the person – personality socialising – psychological characteristic of the socialising process of an individual; processes of personalisation, professionalisation, socialisation and cultural improvement; criteria of socialising effectiveness. 3. Social learning as a psychological mechanism of socialisation; social strengthening, imitation, identification; conditions of social learning effectiveness. Social learning in the context of socialisation of a pupil (age 6 – 11). 4.-5. Psychology of interpersonal relations, fundamental features of interactions; synergy types; some possibilities of psychological analysis of interpersonal relations. Healthy relations and conditions of creating them. 6.-7.Communication – communication contents; sorts and styles of communication. 8. Perception and attribution – sensitivity; situational perception; formation of another man picture, perception sources and another man judging; mistakes in perception, attribution, self-perception and self-evaluation. 9. Social properties and personality features – ability to co-operate – ability to socialize – tolerance – social creativity – meaning and attitudes – relation-attitude properties of personality. Social “Me”, self-conception, self-realisation, self-evaluation. 10. Psychological characteristic of a social group with focusing at a small social group, mark, attributes of the social group – structure and dynamics of a small social group; standards, goals of the group and manners how to reach them; team; team roles. Group life of children aged 6-11. 11. Problematic, demanding and conflicting social situations. 12. Possibilities of application of activating and training techniques in teacher’s work . 13. Present knowledge and questions of social psychology.

Literature

• KOHOUTEK, Rudolf. Sociální psychologie. Brno, 2004, 215 pp. ISBN nepřiděleno. info
• ŠIMÍČKOVÁ-ČÍŽKOVÁ, Jitka. Přehled sociální psychologie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2000, 181 s. ISBN 8024401509. info
• ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie. 1st ed. Brno: PAIDO, 1998, 268 pp. ISBN 80-85931-48-6. info

Teaching methods

lectures, class discussion

Assessment methods

The subject terminates by a written test / alternative terminology test / knowledge test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

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