PGB109 Social psychology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Bohumíra Lazarová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Katarína Millová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Bohumíra Lazarová, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Zajíčková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present classical and recent knowledge in the field of social psychology. Part of the course is aimed also to application into practice and everyday life. Discussion and critical thinking about socio-psychological phenomena is an integral part of the course.
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire knowledge in the following areas: - the subject of social psychology and its importance for social educators and workers,
- intraindividual processes and their overlap into interpersonal relationships,
- interindividual processes such as communication, persuasion
- group processes, in particular the structure and dynamics of the social group,
- intergroup processes, especially stereotypes and prejudices, gender aspects.
Students will strengthen their skills in a number of areas and will be able to: - apply knowledge of the principles of the functioning of the human psyche to the process of getting to know oneself and others,
- identify positive personality potential and critical pitfalls in one's own mental states,
- apply the acquired psychological knowledge in the process of self-regulation,
- actively engaging in social interaction and promoting its positive features,
- recognize the psychosocial resources and limits of a person and respect their autonomy.socialization of personality, social schemes, social identity, cultural contexts - ethnocentrism, self-conception - self-esteem, self-determination, cultural contexts of ego and model of ego. Emphasis will be put on social interaction, social facilitation, theory of social influence, group processes, group communication, cultural patterns, social perception, implicit theory of personality, achievement attribution, interpersonal relationships, attitudes, values, components of attitudes, development of attitudes, changes of attitudes, measuring the attitudes, non-verbal and verbal communication, metacommunication, theory of attribution, errors in attribution, conflicts and cooperation.
Syllabus
  • Subject and actual topics of social psychology. Historical grounding of social psychology, discussion of nature versus nurture.
  • Intrapersonal processes: Cognitive processes, personality traits and other personality characteristics related to interpersonal interaction (emotional intelligence, empathy, etc.)
  • Interpersonal processes: Communication, persuasion, attitudes - theoretical approaches, theories and their measurement.
  • Group processes: structure and typology of social group. Properties of social group. Group dynamics. Influence of social group and its risks (conformity, social obedience, deindividuation etc.)
  • Intergroup processes: stereotypes and prejudices, gender aspects.
Literature
    required literature
  • Sociální psychologie : teorie, metody, aplikace. Edited by Jozef Výrost - Eva Sollárová, Translated by Ivan Slaměník. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2019, 759 stran. ISBN 9788024757759. URL info
  • Sociální psychologie : moderní učebnice sociální psychologie. Edited by Miles Hewstone - Wolfgang Stroebe, Translated by Dagmar Brejlová - Pa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 769 s. ISBN 8073670925. info
  • HAYES, Nicky. Základy sociální psychologie. Translated by Irena Štěpaníková. Vydání osmé. Praha: Portál, 2021, 166 stran. ISBN 9788026218500. URL info
    recommended literature
  • GREENBERG, Jeff, Toni SCHMADER, Jamie ARNDT and Mark J. LANDAU. Social psychology : the science of everyday life. Third edition. New York: Macmillan international, higher education, 2021, xxvii, 593. ISBN 9781319359317. info
  • Classic and contemporary studies in social psychology : a text-reader. Edited by Todd D. Nelson. Los Angeles: Sage, 2019, 429 stran. ISBN 9781483370057. info
  • BLATNÝ, Marek. Psychologie osobnosti : hlavní témata, současné přístupy. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2010, 301 stran. ISBN 9788024734347. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, exercises
Assessment methods
Active participation in lectures(25% of evaluation). Elaboration of research for selected social psychological research (25% of evaluation). Final written test (50% of evaluation).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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