SV4BP_SZP1 Basics of psychology 1 (seminar)

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Filip, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Dana Peňázová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SV4BP_SZP1/01: each even Monday 10:15–11:55 učebna 25, M. Filip
SV4BP_SZP1/02: each odd Monday 10:15–11:55 učebna 25, M. Filip
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
The goal of the subject is introduce students basic psychological concepts, theories and outstanding authors. Seminars focus on selected topics.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to psychology
  • concepts: scientific and folk psychology; work psychology, human resources, clinical psychology, counseling, educational psychology, psychotherapy; related fields: ethology,neurology, mathematics, philosophy etc., psychology as a helping profession, burn-out syndrome
  • 2) Basic psychological schools and their origin
  • concepts: associationism, gestalt psychology, behaviorism, cognitive psychology
  • authors: D. Hume, J.S.Mill, K. Koffka, M. Wertheimer, W. Köhler, J.B. Watson, E.C. Tolman
  • 3) Perception
  • concepts: perception, neurological background; illusions, Rorschach test; cues in visual perception monocular – linear perspective, texture gradient, atmospheric perspective, shadowing, interposition, moving, usual size; perception constants; cues in visual perception binonocular, unconscious perception (Helmholtz); afterimages
  • theories: constructivis theories, direct approaches, Gibson`s ecological theory
  • authors: H. von Helmhotlz, H. Rorschach, J. Gibson
  • 4) Memory
  • concepts: explicit, implicit semantic, epizodic, autobiographical, senzotic, echoic, short-term,long-term, work memory; proactive and retroactive interference, amnesia; factors influencing recall and recognition, Zeigernik's effect, memory and imagery, Ebbinghase`s curve; types of learning
  • authors: H. Ebbinghaus, I.P. Pavlov, B. Skinner, A. Bandura, G.A. Miller
  • 5) Mental representation
  • concepts: representation mental, external, analogous, propositional; mental schemes, mental concepts, cognitive economy vs. cognitive informativeness; attributes, prototypes
  • authors: E. Rosch
  • 6) Thought
  • concepts: induction, deduction, heuristic, insight, base-rate fallacy; schema, assimilation, accommodation, object constancy, reversibility; moral judgment, autonomous and heteronomous stage, Kohlberg`s stages of moral development
  • authors: J. Piaget, A. Tversky, D. Kahneman, L. Kohlberg
  • 7) Intelligence
  • concepts: intelligence as a cognitive variable, social intelligence, emotional intelligence, intelligence as a real attribute, operationalism and intelligence, g-factor, fluid and crystallized intelligence, verbal and nonverbal intelligence,intelligence and culture, intelligence tests, culture-fair tests
  • autoři: C. Spearman, R.B. Cattel
  • 8)Attention
  • concepts: active and passive attention,divide and focused attention
  • 9) Thought and language
  • concepts: syntax, deep structures, generativity (Chomsky), semantics, metaphor (Lakoff); proposition; Wernicke`s and Broca`s aphasia, language and culture, inner speech
  • authors: N. Chomsky, G. Lakoff, L. Vygotskij
  • 10) Emotions concepts: nature of emotions – evaluation, orientation, embodiment; emotions as results of somatic reactions, as results of cognitive processing, emotions and evolution
  • theories: James-Lange`s theory; W. Cannon`s theory; R. Plutchik's theory
  • 11) Creativity
  • concepts: convergent and divergent thinking, creativity and imagery
  • 12) Cognition and personality
  • concepts: cognitive styles, field dependency (H. Witkin)
  • 13)
  • Motivation
  • concepts: motive, incentive; deficit and meta-motives
  • authors: A. Maslow, V.E. Frankl
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
  • SHEEHY, Noel. Encyklopedie nejvýznamnějších psychologů. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2005, 238 s. ISBN 8086598829. info
  • HARTL, Pavel and Helena HARTLOVÁ. Psychologický slovník [Portál, 2000]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2000, 774 s. ISBN 80-7178-303-X. 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
  • 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
Teaching methods
seminars, homeworks
Assessment methods
presence and participation (1 absence maximum), completion of all homeworks
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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