FSS:PSY155 Psychology of Creativity - Course Information

PSY155 Principles of Psychology of Creativity

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Eva Pavlíková (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Eva Pavlíková
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Mon 8:00–9:30 U23

Prerequisites

PSY 101 Introduction to psychology
PSY 105 Psychology of cognitive processes (part of General psychology)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

After completing the course PSY155 Principles of Psychology of Creativity the student will be:
- to have a knowledge of psychological approach to creativity (acquired commentary and self-relevant theory), and will be able to partially apply
- to be able to present any area of his/her creativity
- to be able to reflect on own experiences in the process of his/her creation
- to be able to reflect cognitive and non-cognitive components of the own creative process
- to know and be able to use some method of identifying creativity
- to be able to be targeted creative
The course is an active and interactive - we expect awake and bursting with enthusiasm participation. The optimism, the humor, a willingness to play and work as a group is a big advantage :-)

Syllabus

• - History of creativity and psychological history of creativity
• - Theories of creativity (biological fundaments of creativity, definying of creativity, creative process, creative personality, Perkin s model)
• - Creative thinking (convergent and divergent thinking, atributs of creative thinking – fluency, flexibility, elaboration, originality etc.)
• - Inner sources and barriers of creativity (Adams)
• - Chances and limits of creativity identifying: tests of creativity (Torrance test of creative thinking, Urban-Jellen Test, Playing Creativity Test); questionnaires (KAI, Raudsepp); self-analysis methods; practical and methodological problems of creativity identifying
• - Creativity and pedagogical practise ( from teachers(master) creativity to pupils creativity)
• - Important personalities in psychology of creativity (P. Guilforg, E. deBono, T. Buzan, Osborn)
• - Facilitation of ideas produce (brainstorming, brainwtitting aj.)
• - Mind mapping - Informations in pictures are better (T. Buzan)
• Right brain hemisphere activities
• - Creativity in mind or cereativity in body? Concept of everyday creativity, creative life style.

Literature

required literature
• DACEY, John S. and Kathleen LENNON. Kreativita : souhra biologických, psychologických a sociálních faktorů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2000, 250 s. ISBN 8071699039. info
• ŽÁK, Petr. Kreativita a její rozvoj. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2004, 315 s. ISBN 8025104575. info

recommended literature
• CHALUPA, Bohumír. Tvořivé myšlení : tvořivost jako dobrodružství poznání. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2005, 118 s. ISBN 8073640074. info
• HLAVSA, Jaroslav. Psychologické metody výchovy k tvořivosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 189 s. URL info
• HLAVSA, Jaroslav. Psychologické metody výchovy k tvořivosti. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 189 s. URL info
• HLAVSA, Jaroslav. Psychologické základy teorie tvorby. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1985, 353 s. URL info
• HLAVSA, Jaroslav. Psychologické problémy výchovy k tvořivosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1981, 239 s. URL info
• LOKŠOVÁ, Irena and Jozef LOKŠA. Tvořivé vyučování. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2003, 208 s. ISBN 8024703742. info
• LOKŠA, Jozef and Irena LOKŠOVÁ. Pozornost, motivace, relaxace a tvořivost dětí ve škole : [teoretická východiska a praktické postupy, hry a cvičení]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 199 s. ISBN 80-7178-205-X. info
• BEAN, Reynold. Jak rozvíjet tvořivost dítěte. Translated by Jiří Bumbálek. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1995, 86 s. ISBN 8071780359. info
• BUZAN, Tony. Mentální mapování. Translated by Jiří Foltýn. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 165 s. ISBN 9788073672003. info
• DE BONO, Edward. Šest klobouků, aneb, Jak myslet. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1997, 185 s. ISBN 8072031287. info
• BUZAN, Tony. Síla kreativní inteligence : 10 cest k pramenům vašich tvůrčích schopností. Translated by Hana Krejčí. 1. vyd. V Praze: Columbus, 2002, 126 s. ISBN 8072491318. info

not specified
• STERNBERG, Robert J. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 636 s. ISBN 80-7178-376-5. info

Teaching methods

lectures, practical exercises, discuss, individual and group work, individual presentations, review, creating of a quality passwords to Wikipedia.

Assessment methods

Conditions of subject completition and the acquisition of graded course-unit credit:
1. 80% participation on courses
2. written "initiatory excercise"
3. prezentation of own creativity 4. writing an essay focused on psychology of creativity; using literature work with monographs and scholarly journals
5. successful final test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro otevření kurzu je potřeba minimálně 10 zapsaných studentů.

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