PdF:SOk111 Basics of Psychology - Course Information

SOk111 Basics of Psychology

Extent and Intensity

0/1.2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Denisa Denglerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbara Strobachová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Pavla Kremserová (alternate examiner)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Denisa Denglerová, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education

Timetable

Sat 22. 9. 9:00–12:50 učebna 30, Sat 20. 10. 9:00–12:50 učebna 1, Sat 24. 11. 14:00–16:50 učebna 1, Fri 14. 12. 10:00–12:50 učebna 1

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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Social Education (programme PdF, B-PD)
• Assistant for Schools (programme PdF, B-VY)

Course objectives

The goal of the subject is to introduce to students basic psychological concepts, theories and outstanding authors.

Syllabus

• 1) Introduction to psychology
• concepts: scientific and folk psychology; work psychology, human resources, clinical psychology, counseling, educational psychology, psychotherapy; related fields: ethology,neurology, mathematics, philosophy etc., psychology as a helping profession, burn-out syndrome
• 2) Basic psychological schools and their origin
• concepts: associationism, gestalt psychology, behaviorism, cognitive psychology
• authors: D. Hume, J.S.Mill, K. Koffka, M. Wertheimer, W. Köhler, J.B. Watson, E.C. Tolman
• 3) Perception
• concepts: perception, neurological background; illusions, Rorschach test; cues in visual perception monocular – linear perspective, texture gradient, atmospheric perspective, shadowing, interposition, moving, usual size; perception constants; cues in visual perception binonocular, unconscious perception (Helmholtz); afterimages
• theories: constructivis theories, direct approaches, Gibson`s ecological theory
• authors: H. von Helmhotlz, H. Rorschach, J. Gibson
• 4) Memory
• concepts: explicit, implicit semantic, epizodic, autobiographical, senzotic, echoic, short-term,long-term, work memory; proactive and retroactive interference, amnesia; factors influencing recall and recognition, Zeigernik's effect, memory and imagery, Ebbinghase`s curve; types of learning
• authors: H. Ebbinghaus, I.P. Pavlov, B. Skinner, A. Bandura, G.A. Miller
• 5) Mental representation
• concepts: representation mental, external, analogous, propositional; mental schemes, mental concepts, cognitive economy vs. cognitive informativeness; attributes, prototypes
• authors: E. Rosch
• 6) Thought
• concepts: induction, deduction, heuristic, insight, base-rate fallacy; schema, assimilation, accommodation, object constancy, reversibility; moral judgment, autonomous and heteronomous stage, Kohlberg`s stages of moral development
• authors: J. Piaget, A. Tversky, D. Kahneman, L. Kohlberg
• 7) Intelligence
• concepts: intelligence as a cognitive variable, social intelligence, emotional intelligence, intelligence as a real attribute, operationalism and intelligence, g-factor, fluid and crystallized intelligence, verbal and nonverbal intelligence,intelligence and culture, intelligence tests, culture-fair tests
• autoři: C. Spearman, R.B. Cattel
• 8)Attention
• concepts: active and passive attention,divide and focused attention
• 9) Thought and language
• concepts: syntax, deep structures, generativity (Chomsky), semantics, metaphor (Lakoff); proposition; Wernicke`s and Broca`s aphasia, language and culture, inner speech
• authors: N. Chomsky, G. Lakoff, L. Vygotskij
• 10) Emotions concepts: nature of emotions – evaluation, orientation, embodiment; emotions as results of somatic reactions, as results of cognitive processing, emotions and evolution
• theories: James-Lange`s theory; W. Cannon`s theory; R. Plutchik's theory
• 11) Creativity
• concepts: convergent and divergent thinking, creativity and imagery
• 12) Cognition and personality
• concepts: cognitive styles, field dependency (H. Witkin)
• 13)
• Motivation
• concepts: motive, incentive; deficit and meta-motives
• authors: A. Maslow, V.E. Frankl

Literature

required literature
• EYSENCK, Michael W. and Mark T. KEANE. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by Miroslav Filip. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 748 s. ISBN 9788020015594. info
• SHEEHY, Noel. Encyklopedie nejvýznamnějších psychologů. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2005, 238 s. ISBN 8086598829. info
• HARTL, Pavel and Helena HARTLOVÁ. Psychologický slovník [Portál, 2000]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2000, 774 s. ISBN 80-7178-303-X. info
• ATKINSONOVÁ, Rita L. Psychologie [Atkinsonová]. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 862 s. : o. ISBN 80-85605-35-X. info

recommended literature
• GUGGENBÜHL-CRAIG, Adolf. Nebezpečí moci v pomáhajících profesích. Translated by Petr Patočka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 113 s. ISBN 9788073673024. info
• STERNBERG, Robert J. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 636 s. ISBN 80-7178-376-5. info
• SILLAMY, Norbert. Psychologický slovník. Translated by Irena Strossová. 1. čes. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2001, 246 s. ISBN 8024402491. info
• GEIST, Bohumil. Psychologický slovník. 2. vyd. Praha: Vodnář, 2000, 425 s. ISBN 80-86226-07-7. info

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods

written test, 70% of correct answers needed

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 14 hodin.

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