FF:PGK12B25 Social psychology - Course Information

PGK12B25 Social psychology

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Katarína Millová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Education (programme FF, B-PD)

Course objectives

Social Psychology This course will introduce the students into the issues of social psychology. There will be discussed such topics as the term of situation, interpretation of situation, social interaction, identification, action, principles of social gathering, psychology of the crowd, theory of learning, theory of social interaction, concept of life space, theory of social perception, theory of cognitive dissonance, crisis in social psychology, psychological and sociological social psychology. Attention will also be paid to the methodological issues of social psychology (semantic differential, sociopsychological experiments - the effect of the experimenter, sociometrics, action research). We will separately deal with symbolic interactionism, socialization of personality, social schemes, social identity, cultural contexts - ethnocentrism, self-conception - self-esteem, self-determination, cultural contexts of ego and model of ego. Emphasis will be put on social interaction, social facilitation, theory of social influence, group processes, group communication, cultural patterns, social perception, implicit theory of personality, achievement attribution, interpersonal relationships, attitudes, values, components of attitudes, development of attitudes, changes of attitudes, measuring the attitudes, non-verbal and verbal communication, metacommunication, theory of attribution, errors in attribution, conflicts and cooperation.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction into social psychology, object of study, position of social psychology, history 2. Methods of research and lines of social psychology 3. Social cognition 4. Social psychology of personality 5. Socialization and identity of personality 6. Selfconcept, relation to Self 7. Communication 8. Attitudes 9. Personal relationships and prosocial behavior 10. Affiliation and aggression 11. Human development in the context of social psychology 12. Gender aspects in social psychoogy 13. Small social groups 14. Macrosocial phenomenons and processes 15. Application of social psychology

Literature

• SLAMĚNÍK, Ivan and Jozef VÝROST. Sociální psychologie [Výrost, 1997] : Sociálna psychológia [Výrost, 1997]. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV - nakladatelství. 453 s. : i. ISBN 80-85866-20-X. 1997. info
• NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Sociální psychologie. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia. 287 stran. ISBN 8020006907. 1999. info
• Základy sociální psychologie. Edited by Nicky Hayesová - Irena Štěpaníková. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál. 165 s. ISBN 80-7178-198-3. 1998. info
• Sociální psychologie : moderní učebnice sociální psychologie. Edited by Miles Hewstone - Wolfgang Stroebe, Translated by Dagmar Brejlová - Pa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál. 769 s. ISBN 8073670925. 2006. info

Teaching methods

theoretical lessons

Assessment methods

written credit

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
  
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