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Lecturer(s)
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Gergely Ondrej, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- Definition of cyberpsychology, cyberculture and information society, IoT - Positive and negative aspects of on and off-line technologies with an impact on the human psyche - Transformation of human communication into a virtual environment, social networks - Online identity, cybersex, emotions and relationships in a virtual environment - Virtual reality, current psychological approaches and theories - Use of virtual reality and the Internet in the process of psychotherapy, counselling and diagnostics - Use of ICT in teaching, use of digital technologies in connection with the development of the human psyche - Virtual pathological behavior, digital addiction, crime in a virtual environment - The importance and impact of the Internet for children in developmental stages - eHealth and telemedicine, SmartHealth - Psychological aspects of AI - Internet in the workplace, ergonomics, digital wellbeing, cyber security
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic)
- Homework for Teaching
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 15 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 7 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 8 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The main objective of the course Cyberpsychology is to introduce students to keep some of the young "approach" in psychology, which is due to the progressive development of Information and Communication Technologies, nowadays practically a necessity. Students have the opportunity to get the current knowledge about the interaction of human-cyberspace-society. The subject aims to highlight the positive, negative and scientific dimension to use cyberspace with practical implications for the field of psychology.
Students will understand the basics of the cyberpsychology. They will acquire basic terminology and theory to understand the possibilities of its application in psychological practice and research. Students will be able to understand the basic methods of cyberpsychology.
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Prerequisites
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Orientation in general psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, educational psychology, clinical psychology, work psychology and personality psychology.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Demonstration of understanding of basic terms and approaches of cyberpsychology in a written exam. Active involvement in the course of teaching, including participation in seminars. As part of the credit , students will process and present selected practical/theoretical current events or interesting topics from the field of Cyberpsychology.
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Recommended literature
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Attrill, A. ed. (2015). (2015). Cyberpsychology. United Kingdom: Oxford.
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Barak, A.:. Psychological aspects of cyberspace: theory, research, applications. Cambridge, 2008..
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Miller, F. P., Vandome, A. F., McBrewster, J.:. Cyberpsychology. AlphaScript Publishing, 2010..
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Norman, K. L. (2017). Cyberpsychology: An Introduciton to Human-Computer Interaction. Cambridge.
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Subrahmanyam, K., Šmahel, D. Digital youth: The roel of media in development. New Yourk: Springer, 2011..
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Whitty, M.:. The Study of Individuals, Society and Digital Technologies. John Wiley and Sons, 2012..
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