FI:VV028 Psychology in Informatics - Course Information
VV028 Psychology in Informatics
Faculty of InformaticsAutumn 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. - Timetable
- Wed 18:00–19:50 D3
- 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
- Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
- Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
- Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
- Bioinformatics (programme FI, B-AP)
- Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
- Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-BI)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GE)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GK)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-CH)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-SO)
- Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
- Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
- Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
- Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
- Mathematical Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
- Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, B-IN)
- Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
- Computer Graphics and Image Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
- Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
- Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, B-IN)
- Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
- Computer Systems and Data Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
- Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
- Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
- Programmable Technical Structures (programme FI, B-IN)
- Embedded Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
- Service Science, Management and Engineering (eng.) (programme FI, N-AP)
- Service Science, Management and Engineering (programme FI, N-AP)
- Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-TV)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
- Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
- Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
- Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)
- Course objectives
- Main objectives can be summarized as follows: some basic information concerning the psychological aspects of the impact of new information technology on the individual's personality; psychology of electronic communication; psychological aspects of computer games; personality of professionals in communication technology; impact of computers on education in the new information era. At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain psychological aspects of the impact of new information technology on the individual's personality; make deductions based on acquired knowledge and understand problems that will arise with new technology assembly.
- Syllabus
- Transactional analysis
- Stress and dealing with it
- Psychopathology and methods of therapy
- Mental health care
- Social beliefs and attitudes, interpersonal attraction
- Social interaction and influence - the presence of other people, its effect, group decisions
- Relations between people and machines
- Social relations and team-work, communicativeness
- Verbal and nonverbal communications at work
- Assertiveness
- Solving a conflict and problem situations
- The strategy of conducting competitions for leading posts
- Literature
- PROKEŠ, Josef. Člověk a počítač aneb svítání digitální kultury (Human and Computer (Dawn of Digital Culture)). Brno: Sursum, 2000, 88 pp. ISBN 80-85799-82-0. URL info
- Šmahel, David. Psychologie a internet. Triton, Praha 2003, 158 s.
- WEIZENBAUM, Joseph. Mýtus počítače :počítačový pohled na svět. Edited by Jiří Fiala. Břeclav: Moravia-Press, 2002, 182 s. ISBN 80-86181-55-3. info
- Suler, J.: The Psychology of Cyberspace.
http://www.reider.edu/Suler/psycyber/psycyber.html - ATKINSONOVÁ, Rita L. Psychologie [Atkinsonová]. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 862 s. : o. ISBN 80-85605-35-X. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture, explanation and demonstration, class/small group discussion, project/essay, presentation, project and its defence, simulation, dialogue method, role play/the game of roles, guided exploration, excursion, brainstorming, report, home work, seminar work, guided discovery, collaborating, critical thinking, classroom team work
- Assessment methods
- final project, written test, oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/prokes
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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