PS_BA007 General Psychology II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Anton Heretik, PhD. (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Dalibor Vobořil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Irena Komendová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:50–12:25 N21
Prerequisites
PS_BA003 General Psychology I
General psychology I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Following from the course General psychology I, this course is devoted to the topics of motivation, will, emotions, judgment, problem solving and decision making. Knowledge of these topics represents a prerequisite for all other courses.
Learning outcomes
Students should understand, analyze nad apply individual theories od human emotion, Feeling, Motivation, Volition and Action. They shoul be able to utilize these theoretical knowledge in varios psychological applications.
Syllabus
  • 1. Psychological approach to emotions and feelings. Differences among the concepts. Positive and negative emotions. Regulative function of emotions. 2. Research on emotions. Neurophysiological, phenomenological and anthropological theoretical approach to research on ometions. 3. Phylogenesis and onthogenesisof feeling in human and sub-human animals. 4. Distinctive neurophysilogical approach to emotion theory. 5. Inter-dependence between cognition and emotion. Schachters theory. Cognitice aspects of self-system as an emotion-related structure. Frijda's theory. 6. Emotions as a remotivational and regulational factor influencing behaviour. 7. Motivation. Distinctive theoretical approaches ti motivation. Madsen categorization. 8. Behavioristic and cognitive theories of motivation. Achievment motivation. 9. Frustration and conflict. Research and practice. 10. Volition and motivation/ distinctive or substitutive phenomena? The volition in the process of action control. 11. Motivation, cognition and emotion in the process of action. Steering to experience. 12. Judgment, problem solving and decision making.
Literature
    required literature
  • STUCHLÍKOVÁ, Iva. Základy psychologie emocí. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2007, 227 stran. ISBN 9788073672829. URL info
    recommended literature
  • MADSEN, K. B. Teorie motivace : (srovnávací studie moderních teorií motivace) : Theories of motivation : (a comparative study of modern theories of motivation) (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972. 381 s.
  • MADSEN, K. B. Moderní teorie motivace : Modern theories of motivation : (a comparative metascientific study) (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1979. 468 s.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Motivace lidského chování. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1996, 270 s. ISBN 8020005927. info
  • Handbook of affective sciences. Edited by Richard J. Davidson - Klaus R. Scherer - H. Hill Goldsmith. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, xvii, 1199. ISBN 0195126017. info
    not specified
  • KUHL, Julius. Motivation, Konflikt und Handlungskontrolle. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1983. ISBN 3387124233.
  • DWECK, Carol S. Self-theories :their role in motivation, personality, and development. Philadelphia: Psychology Press, 1999. xiii, 195. ISBN 0-86377-570-5.
  • WEINER, Bernard. An attributional theory of motivation and emotion. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986. xi, 304 s. ISBN 0-387-96312-X.
  • STRONGMAN, K. T. The psychology of emotion :theories of emotion in perspective. 4th ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. x, 255 s. ISBN 0-471-96619-3.
  • Emoce. Edited by Jiří Jindřich Diamant - Milan Černý - Vladimír Študent. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1969.
  • Emotions :essays on emotion theory. Edited by Stephanie H. M. van Goozen - Nanne E. Van de. Poll - Joseph A. Sergean. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1994. xii, 333 s. ISBN 0-8058-1208-3.
  • Allgemeine Psychologie. Bd. 2, Motivation : Motivation (Podřaz.). Edited by Hans Thomae. Göttingen: Verlag für Psychologie, 1965.
  • POWER, Mick a Tim DALGLEISH. Cognition and emotion : from order to disorder. Hove: Psychology Press, 1998. xii, 496 s. ISBN 0-86377-738-4.
  • A theory of achievement motivation. Edited by John W. Atkinson - Norman T. Feather. New York: John Willey & Sons, 1966.
  • STUCHLÍKOVÁ, Iva. Základy psychologie emocí. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2007, 227 stran. ISBN 9788073672829. URL info
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Lidské emoce. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2000, 335 s. ISBN 8020007636. info
  • Motivation and personality : handbook of thematic content analysis. Edited by Charles P. Smith. New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1992, xvi, 708. ISBN 052140052X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars. Group discussions
Assessment methods
Final oral exam is focused on the student’s insight into the main theories and concepts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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