PSB_200 Historical and experimental practicum

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dalibor Vobořil, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
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 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The Historical-experimental practice is dedicated students which are interested in the history of experimental psychology. They will get basic instructions how to work with original experimental equipment. Although the equipment may be over hundred years old, they provide excellent demonstration of classical experimental researches. Students will get the unique possibility to look on the origin of psychology.
Syllabus
  • Classification of devices that are to be discussed and actively work with:
  • APPARATUS WORKING WITH TIME
  • RECORDING APPARATUS
  • APPARATUS FOR INVESTIGATING VISION
  • APPARATUS FOR INVESTIGATING TOUCH SENSATION
  • APPARATUS FOR INVESTIGATING HEARING
  • APPARATUS FOR INVESTIGATING LEARNING AND MEMORY
  • Apparatus for measuring physiological correlates
  • APPARATUS FOR MEASURING of MUSCLE CHARACTERISTICS
Literature
  • Lanc, O. (1966). Základy přístrojové techniky experimentální psychologie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova.
  • Wundt, W. (1920). Erlebtes und Erkanntes. Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner Verlag.
  • Boring, E. G. (1950). A history of experimental psychology, 2nd Ed. New York: New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
  • Benjamin, L. T. Jr. (1997). A history of psychology: original sources and contemporary research (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Companiec, Inc.
  • Hoskovec, J. (1992). Tajemství experimentální psychologie. Praha: Academia.
  • Woodworth, R.S., Schlosberg, H. (1959). Experimentálna psychológia. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo slovenskej akadémie vied.
  • Hoskovec, J., Štikar, J. (1984). Historické přístroje v experimentální a pracovní psychologii. Psychologie v ekonomické praxi, 2.
  • Hunt, M. (2000). Dějiny psychologie. Praha: Portál.
  • Boring, E. G. (1942). Sensation and Perception in the History of Experimental Psychology. New York: Appleton - Century.
  • Zusne, L. (1975). Names in the history of psychology. Washington D.C.: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.
  • KVĚTON, Petr, Martin JELÍNEK, Dalibor VOBOŘIL and Helena KLIMUSOVÁ. Computer-based tests: the impact of test design and problem of equivalency. Computers in Human Behavior. Elsevier Science, 2007, vol. 2007, No 23, p. 32-51. ISSN 0747-5632. info
  • KVĚTON, Petr, Martin JELÍNEK, Dalibor VOBOŘIL and Helena KLIMUSOVÁ. Data collection on the Internet : evaluation of web-based questionnaires. STUDIA PSYCHOLOGICA. 2007, vol. 49, No 1, p. 81-88, 7 pp. ISSN 0039-3320. info
  • KVĚTON, Petr, Martin JELÍNEK, Dalibor VOBOŘIL and Helena KLIMUSOVÁ. Ekvivalence tradiční a počítačové formy testu IST-70. (Equivalency of traditional and computerized form of IST-70.). Československá psychologie. Praha: AV ČR, 2003, vol. 47, No 6, p. 562-572. ISSN 0009-062X. info
Teaching methods
In the theoretical part of the course, student will go over the history of experimental psychology in connection to a wider context of social sciences. In the practical part of the course, students will get hands on original instruments in experimental settings.
Assessment methods
After finishing the course, student will be able to recognize basic historical experimental instruments. Moreover, he will get experienced in using those instruments in actual experiment with deep understanding of thein principles.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: semestrový kurz.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016.
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