Course: General Psychology

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Course title General Psychology
Course code KPS/DPSY
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
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.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Methods of Written Work
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 15 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 2 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
After passing this subject, students should be able to define, explain, and use the basic terms and knowledge of general psychology. Topics: A brief history of psychology. Clarification of the terms cognition, memory, cogitation and intelligence, attention, images, and fantasy. Ways of experiencing, temperament and analysis of personality types. Directivity of human behaviour and volitional processes. An outline of human behaviour and experiencing during demanding life situations.
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
Dialog

Literature study, active participation in seminars, working up tasks according to teacher's requirements.
Recommended literature
  • ATKINSON, R.C., ATKINSONOVÁ, R. L. (1997). Psychologie. Praha : Portál.
  • ČÍŽKOVÁ, J. (1997). Poznávání duševního života člověka. Olomouc : UP.
  • HOMOLA, M. Základy obecné psychologie.
  • KONEČNÝ, J., URBANOVSKÁ, E. (2002). Psychologie pro učitele (studijní text k distančnímu studiu). Olomouc : UP.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, M. (1997). Encyklopedie obecné psychologie. Praha : Academia.
  • PETROVÁ, A., PLEVOVÁ, I. (2004). Kapitoly z obecné psychologie I.. Olomouc : PdF UP.
  • PLEVOVÁ, I. (2005). Kapitoly z obecné psychologie II.. Olomouc : PdF UP.
  • Plháková, A. (2004). Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. (2003). Úvod do psychologie. Praha : Karolinum UK.


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