PS_BA007 General Psychology II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tatiana Malatincová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Dalibor Vobořil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 D22
Prerequisites
PS_BA003 General Psychology I
General psychology I
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
Following from the course General psychology I, this course is devoted to the topics of motivation, volition, emotions, their mutual interactions, and interconnectedness with cognitive processes. Knowledge of these topics represents a prerequisite for all other courses.
Learning outcomes
Students will be acquainted with the most important theories of human emotion, motivation, volition, and action. They will be able to integrate knowledge from fundamental areas of psychology of cognition, emotion, motivation and volition to reason about various aspects of everyday human behaviour. They should also be able to utilize this knowledge in subsequent basic and applied psychology courses.
Syllabus
  • 1. Psychological approaches to emotions and feelings. Differences between major concepts. Positive and negative emotions. Regulative function of emotions. 2. Research on emotions. Neurophysiological, phenomenological and anthropological theoretical approaches to research on emotions. 3. Phylogenesis and onthogenesis of affect in human and non-human animals. 4. Distinctive neurophysiological approaches to emotion theory. 5. Inter-dependence between cognition and emotion. Cognitice aspects of the self-system as an emotion-related structure. Values. 6. Emotions as a motivational and regulative factor influencing behaviour. 7. Motivation - basic concepts; categories of motives; motivated and unmotivated behaviour. 8. Behaviorist and cognitive theories of motivation. Expectancy-value theories. Achievment motivation. 9. Frustration and conflict. Research and practice. 10. Volition and motivation. Action control. Effort and self-regulation. 11. Integrative theories of motivation and self-regulation. Goal striving. 12. Interplay of motivation, cognition and emotion in decision-making and action control.
Literature
    required literature
  • STUCHLÍKOVÁ, Iva. Základy psychologie emocí. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2007, 227 stran. ISBN 9788073672829. URL info
  • HECKHAUSEN, Jutta and Heinz HECKHAUSEN. Motivation and action. 1st ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 508 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-85259-3. info
  • WEINER, Bernard. Human motivation: Metaphors, Theories, and Reseach. SAGE Publications, 1992.
    recommended literature
  • POLÁČKOVÁ ŠOLCOVÁ, Iva. Emoce : regulace a vývoj v průběhu života : funkce a zákonitosti emocí, sociální a kulurní souvislosti, měření emocí. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2018, 237 stran. ISBN 9788024751283. URL info
  • MADSEN, K. B. Teorie motivace : (srovnávací studie moderních teorií motivace) : Theories of motivation : (a comparative study of modern theories of motivation) (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972. 381 s.
  • MADSEN, K. B. Moderní teorie motivace : Modern theories of motivation : (a comparative metascientific study) (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1979. 468 s.
  • Motivation and action. Edited by Jutta Heckhausen - Heinz Heckhausen. Third edition. Cham: Springer, 2018, xv, 909. ISBN 9783319650937. info
  • WEINER, Bernard. Human motivation. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0030552265. info
  • The Oxford handbook of human motivation. Edited by Richard M. Ryan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xvii, 579. ISBN 9780199366231. info
  • DECKERS, Lambert. Motivation : biological, psychological, and environmental. Fifth edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, xix, 484. ISBN 9781138036338. info
  • REEVE, Johnmarshall. Understanding motivation and emotion. Seventh edition. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Custom, 2018, xix, 540. ISBN 9781119510260. info
  • Petri, H. L., & Govern, J. M. (2012). Motivation: Theory, research, and application (6th ed.). Wadsworth Publishing.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Motivace lidského chování. 3rd ed. Praha: Academia, 2014. info
  • FRANKEN, Robert E. Human motivation. 6th ed. Australia Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007, xvi, 464. ISBN 0495090816. info
  • Niedenthal, P. M., & Ric. F. (2017). Psychology of emotion (2nd ed.). Psychology Press.
  • STRONGMAN, K. T. The psychology of emotion : from everyday life to theory. 5th ed. Chichester: Wiley, 2003, x, 329. ISBN 0471485675. info
  • Oatley, K., Keltner, D., & Jenkins, J. (2013). Understanding emotions (3rd ed.). London: Blackwell.
  • POWER, Mick a Tim DALGLEISH. Cognition and emotion : from order to disorder. Hove: Psychology Press, 1998. xii, 496 s. ISBN 0-86377-738-4.
  • KUHL, Julius. Motivation und Persönlichkeit : Interaktionen psychischer Systeme. Göttingen: Hogrefe, 2001, xxi, 1221. ISBN 3801713075. info
  • Emotions :essays on emotion theory. Edited by Stephanie H. M. van Goozen - Nanne E. Van de. Poll - Joseph A. Sergean. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1994. xii, 333 s. ISBN 0-8058-1208-3.
  • Handbook of affective sciences. Edited by Richard J. Davidson - Klaus R. Scherer - H. Hill Goldsmith. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, xvii, 1199. ISBN 0195126017. info
  • ŠVANCARA, Josef. Emoce, motivace, volní procesy : studijní příručka k předmětu Obecná psychologie II (prožívání, jednání). V Brně: Psychologický ústav FF MU, 2003, 140 s. ISBN 808663311X. info
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Lidské emoce. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2000, 335 s. ISBN 8020007636. info
  • Emoce. Edited by Jiří Jindřich Diamant - Milan Černý - Vladimír Študent. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1969.
Teaching methods
Lectures and self-study. Group discussion.
Assessment methods
The final oral exam is focused on the student’s knowledge of basic theories and concepts, including illustrations from everyday human functioning. Students should be able to bring together knowledge of basic processes from General Psychology I and General Psychology II.
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 Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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