SC4BK_UPS Introduction into psychology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Filip, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the subject is introduce students to the field of psychology. It focuses especially on basic concepts, theories and methodoligical approaches of cognitive psychology.
Syllabus
  • What is psychology, psychology and folk psychology, psychology and related fields - biology, philosophy, psychiatry, cybernetics, mathematics, sociology, anthropology, ethnology; psychology as a theory of action, strategies of explanation of behaviour; psychology as a science - prediction, control, understanding; sources of psychological knowledge - theory and personal experience; science versus practice; psycholgy and the art.
  • Psychology as a helping profession, bourn out syndrome, motivation to be a psychologist, problem of the power, projection.
  • cognitive psychology 1 - perception, attention
  • cognitive psychology 2 - memory, mental representation
  • cognitive psychology 3 - thought, language, problem solving
Literature
    required literature
  • EYSENCK, Michael W. and Mark T. KEANE. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by Miroslav Filip. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 748 s. ISBN 9788020015594. info
  • ATKINSONOVÁ, Rita L. Psychologie [Atkinsonová]. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 862 s. : o. ISBN 80-85605-35-X. info
    recommended literature
  • GUGGENBÜHL-CRAIG, Adolf. Nebezpečí moci v pomáhajících profesích. Translated by Petr Patočka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 113 s. ISBN 9788073673024. info
  • SHEEHY, Noel. Encyklopedie nejvýznamnějších psychologů. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2005, 238 s. ISBN 8086598829. info
  • STERNBERG, Robert J. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 636 s. ISBN 80-7178-376-5. info
  • SILLAMY, Norbert. Psychologický slovník. Translated by Irena Strossová. 1. čes. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2001, 246 s. ISBN 8024402491. info
  • GEIST, Bohumil. Psychologický slovník. 2. vyd. Praha: Vodnář, 2000, 425 s. ISBN 80-86226-07-7. info
  • HARTL, Pavel and Helena HARTLOVÁ. Psychologický slovník [Portál, 2000]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2000, 774 s. ISBN 80-7178-303-X. info
    not specified
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Boží muka : kniha novel. 2. vyd. Praha: Dr. Ot. Štorch-Marien, 1924, 108 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, homeworks
Assessment methods
written test, 70% of correct answers; each lecture follows previous homework
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 14 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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