Course: General and Developmental Psychology

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Course title General and Developmental Psychology
Course code KPS/W1POV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + On-line Activities
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kvintová Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Plevová Irena, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Psychology - sources, subject, main directions, discipline system. Review of methods - principles and application possibilities. Temperament, cognitive processes, motivation and intelligence. Feelings - determination, meaning, emotional intelligence. The developmental psychology, as a basic psychological discipline, observes the longlife development of Man. It provides an orientation to the mental development of human individual from its prenatal development up to old age inclusive of dying. Besides the ordinary description of developmental changes attending single life phases, the given subject provides information on development regularities and, first of all, on factors affecting the development of human psyche.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
An overview of a man's mental development from birth to adulthood, focusing on adolescence and on factors influencing mental development.
Students will learn basic psychological terminology, get to know with general concepts and developmental aspects in terms of ontogeny.
Prerequisites
The student knows the basic framework of psychology, its disciplines (at the high school curriculum

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Literature study, active participation in seminars, working up tasks according to teacher's requirements
Recommended literature
  • ČÍŽKOVÁ , J. a kol. (2001). Přehled vývojové psychologie. Olomouc : PdF UP.
  • Plháková, A. Obecná psychologie. Academia, 2007 (dotisk 2010).


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