MPSP081 Social Psychology

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaroslav Řezáč, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Leona Mužíková, Ph.D. (assistant)
PaedDr. Jan Šťáva, CSc. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Evžen Řehulka, CSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Renata Buganová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Mon 7:55–9:35 učebna 30, Mon 7:55–12:20 učebna 1
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MPOG071 Psychology
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
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation)
Course objectives
The course of social psychology is focused at forming fundamentals of socially-psychological thinking in the context of professions oriented at work with people. It reviews the theory of interpersonal interactions in macro- and micro-social space. It deals with socially-psychological aspects of pedagogical communication; it informs about the rules and conditions of adequate social perception and attribution; both of them in connection with cultivation and self-education possibilities. The second essential part is formed by psychology of group life; psychological aspects of a structure and dynamics of groups with respect to the specificity of various sorts of children and youth groups and various spheres of social life.
Syllabus
  • 1. Social psychology – object and subject of social psychology; position of social psychology in the system of psychological disciplines; the importance of social psychology studies for teachers and professions in the areas of education, guiding, controlling, care, and therapy; application possibilities of socially psychological knowledge in the practice. 2. Humanization of man – personality socialisation –psychological characteristics of a socialisation process of man; processes of personalisation, professionalisation, socialisation and cultural improvement; specificities of controlled socialisation (education) and other socialising mechanisms and influences; criteria of socialising effectiveness. Socialising products. 3. Social learning as a psychological mechanism of socialisation; social strengthening, imitation, identification; conditions of social learning effectiveness. Social learning, cultivation and education. 4. Psychology of interpersonal relations, basic marks of interactions (connectivity, stimulation, interference); criteria of interaction effect (activity, intermediation level, values). Types of synergy (coexistence, coordination, co-operation; rivalry, competition, reciprocity; some possibilities of psychological analysis of interpersonal relations. Interactive style. 5. Communication – communication contents; kinds and types of communication; effective communication. Pathological communication. Communication fouls. Possibilities of communication skills cultivation. 6. Perception and attribution – sensitivity; situational perception; formation of another man picture, perception sources and another man judging; mistakes in perception, attribution, self-perception and self-evaluation. 7. Social properties and personality features – ability to co-operate – ability to socialize – tolerance – social creativity – meaning and attitudes – relation-attitude properties of personality. 8. Social buttress. Sorts, mechanisms. Social buttress. 9. Psychological characteristic of a social group with focusing at a small social group, mark, attributes of the social group – structure and dynamics of a small social group; standards, goals of the group and manners how to reach them; team; team roles. 10. School class as a social group –family and school class as social groups – characteristic and psychological importance of free-time groups. 11. Problematic, demanding and conflicting social situations (frustration – deprivation – stress; socially-psychological view), conflicting situations (intra- and inter-group conflicts, conflicts of roles); frustration as a social situation, frustration as a state (experience), typical pupils reaction to frustration; situation of frustration and stress; stress – socially-psychological view, frustration tolerance, social factors for creating resistance against stress and frustration; (social) deprivation – consequences. 12. Activating methods and procedures in teacher_s work using socially-psychological training techniques. 13. Closing synthesising reflection of SP finding system, or a free theme according to the interest of the students.
Literature
  • 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
  • KOHOUTEK, Rudolf. Sociální psychologie. Brno, 2004, 215 pp. ISBN nepřiděleno. info
  • ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie. 1st ed. Brno: PAIDO, 1998, 268 pp. ISBN 80-85931-48-6. info
  • SLAMĚNÍK, Ivan and Jozef VÝROST. Sociální psychologie [Výrost, 1997] : Sociálna psychológia [Výrost, 1997]. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV - nakladatelství, 1997, 453 s. : i. ISBN 80-85866-20-X. info
Teaching methods
lectuers, tutorial,
Assessment methods
The subject terminates by a written test / alternative terminology test / knowledge test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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