PSB_500 Positive psychology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
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
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:35 C31
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
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. At the end of the course students shoud be able tu understand the importance of positive emotions and positive potentials and its effects on quality of life of the individual. Students should explain the importance of positive qualities and potentials (love, hope, forgiveness, gratitude,...) and be able to suggest the applications of gained knowledge in counselling and 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
  • 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
  • Halama, Peter. Zmysel života z pohľadu psychológie. Bratislava: Slovak Academic Press, 2007.
  • Csikszentmihalyi,M.: A life worth living. Oxford University Press, New York 2006
  • Peterson, Ch.: A primer in positive psychology. Oxford University Press, New York 2006
  • Kováč, Damián. Psychológiou k metanoi. Bratislava: Veda, 2007
  • Kluge, H.: Optimisté žijí déle. Dialog, Liberec 2000
  • Emmons, R.A.: The psychology of ultimate concerns. The Guilford Press, New York 1999.
  • SLEZÁČKOVÁ, Alena. Posttraumatický rozvoj osobnosti v kontextu pozitivní psychologie (Posttraumatic growth in context of positive psychology). SPFFBU Annales Psychologici. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, vol. 57, P13, p. 45-59. ISSN 1211-3522. info
  • 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
  • Handbook of posttraumatic growth : research and practice. Edited by Richard G. Tedeschi - Lawrence G. Calhoun. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006, xii, 387. ISBN 0805857672. 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. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 195 s. ISBN 80-7178-835-X. info
  • SOUDKOVÁ, Miluše. Psychologie pomáhá každodennímu životu. 1. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 2004, 164 s. ISBN 807239164X. 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. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2003, 279 stran. ISBN 8071787744. 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 : Psychotherapie des Alltagslebens (Orig.). Brno: Cesta, 2000, 268 s. ISBN 80-7295-010-X. info
  • CALHOUN, Lawrence G. and Richard G. TEDESCHI. Facilitating posttraumatic growth : a clinician's guide. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 1999, xi, 165. ISBN 080582412X. 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
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, reports. It is supposed active participation of students during seminars.
Assessment methods
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)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.pozitivni-psychologie.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018.
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