PS_BA003 General Psychology I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Anton Heretik, PhD. (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Čeněk Šašinka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Dalibor Vobořil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tatiana Malatincová, Ph.D. (assistant)
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 14:10–15:45 zruseno D22
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
At the end of the course, students should understand, analyze nad explain key theoretical approaches to cognitive processes. They should be able put the information about distinctive theoretical approaches to cognitive phenomena to use in various psychological applications.
Syllabus
  • 1) introduction – the emergence and antecedents of cognitive psychology; cognitive neuroscience 2) attention, consciousness 3) perception 4) memory 5) mental representation 6) language 7) reasoning, problem solving, decision making 8) intelligence
Literature
    required literature
  • EYSENCK, Michael W. and Mark T. KEANE. Kognitivní psychologie. Online. Translated by Miroslav Filip. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008. 748 s. ISBN 9788020015594. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • STERNBERG, Robert J. Kognitivní psychologie. Online. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002. 636 s. ISBN 80-7178-376-5. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • EYSENCK, Michael W. and Marc Peter KEANE. Cognitive psychology :a student's handbook. Online. 4th ed. Hove: Psychology Press, 2000. viii, 631. ISBN 0-86377-551-9. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
    not specified
  • SOLSO, Robert L. Cognitive psychology. Online. 5th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998. xx, 601 s. ISBN 0-205-27418-8. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • GAVIN, Helen. The essence of cognitive psychology. Online. 1st pub. London: Prentice-Hall Europe, 1998. xi, 215 s. ISBN 0-13-796459-5. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • EYSENCK, Michael W. A handbook of cognitive psychology.. Online. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1984. ISBN 0-86377-016-9. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
Teaching methods
Lecturess, class discussions about student's prepared thesis
Assessment methods
Colloquium - at least 70 % of points in written multiple-choice test.
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 Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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