Syllabus

                                   Psychology of Self-knowledge

                                       Spring Semester, 2016

Instuctor: Olexandra Loshenko, Ph.D.

Email: psiholog3000@mail.ru

Targeted Students:

This course is intended for students from undergraduate level who are pursuing a degree related to
Psychology.


 Course Objectives:

The purpose of this course is to acquire basic concepts, principles of the psychology of
Self-knowledge:

·        to formulate ideas about own psychological features, about the emotional world of the
individual, to familiarize students with the basic theories of self-knowledge, self-understanding,
self-help, self-management, the ability to understand themselves and the other person;

·        to formulate ability to use their knowledge in practice.



 Goals for Students:

·        Students are expected to know about basic categories and methods of self-knowledge,
features of introspection and regulation of individual states, the vital resources of the
individual; features of personal and spiritual growth.

·        Students are expected to be familiar with recent empirical findings on the area of
emotional self-understanding.

·        Students will be able to use methodological procedures of analysis and self-analysis
emotional space of the individual life path.


Course Format:

Course will be conducted in the combined form of lectures (30-45 minutes) and seminars (45-60
minutes). Every week, students are required to read one academic article. During the first half of
each class, the instructor will conduct a lecture. During the second half of the class, he will
lead class discussions based on material prepared by students, acquainting with the methodical
tools.


Summary of requirements:

·        Class attendance

·        A list of questions based on on the reading during the course

·        Essay based on the views of N. Berdyaev about self-knowledge

·        Emotional portrait of personality.


The final rank will be based on the sum of the listed requirements.

Main topics:

·        Self-knowledge: basic approaches to the understanding.

·        Connection between self-knowledge and psychological categories (self-understanding,
self-attitude, self-regulation).

·        Emotional self-awareness of personality.

·        Emotional intelligence as a phenomenon of modern psychology.

·        Modern methods of self-knowledge and self-management.

·        Searching for harmony as a way of self-knowledge


                                        Recommended reading

·        Berdyaev N. (2009) Self-Knowledge: An Essay in Autobiography. Semantron Press.

·        Carroll E. Izard, Jerome Kagan, Robert B. Zajonc (1988) Emotions, Cognition, and Behavior.
Cambridge University Press.

·        Ekman, P. (1972). Universals and Cultural Differences in Facial Expressions of Emotions.
In Cole, J. (Ed.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (pp. 207-282). Lincoln, NB: University of
Nebraska Press.

·        Goleman D. (1996) Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. New York Times.

·        Heatherton Todd F., Wyland Carrie L. (2003) Assessing Self-Esteem. Positive psychological
assessment: A handbook of models and measures. , (pp. 219-233). Washington, DC, US: American
Psychological Association, xvii, 495 pp.

·        Horney K. (1942) Self-Analysis. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

·        Hoyle, Rick H. (2010) Handbook of personality and self-regulation. Blackwell Publishing
Ltd.

·        Irene Lopatovska, Ioannis Arapakis (2010) Theories, methods and current research on
emotions in library and information science, information retrieval and human–computer interaction.
Information Processing and Management.

·        Keltner, D. & Ekman, P. (2000). Facial Expression of Emotion. In Lewis, M. &
Haviland-Jones, J. (Eds.), Handbook of emotions, 2nd edition (pp. 236-249). New York: Guilford
Publications, Inc.

·        McPheat Sean (2010) Emotional Intelligence. MTD Training & Ventus Publishing ApS.