UPPVKP014 Personality and its Development

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Boris Iljuk, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Boris Iljuk, CSc.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
LECTURE Subject is aimed at the familiarization with personality psychology as a psychology discipline that summarizes psychological findings about the shaping of human mental life. The lectures are a set of theoretical knowledge assembled in a system. After completion of this course students should acquire skills enabling them to think in a complex way about clients in a certain context applying their knowledge of social pathology and its prevention. The content of lectures forms the basis for subsequent courses of applied psychology and pedagogy. SEMINAR The students can within the seminar use practical forms of group work for more efficient self-reflection, experiencing a model situations and practicing skills based on good understanding of human psychical condition. Furthermore, the subject extends the topics of lectures with a goal to teach students to analyze certain topics and actively and independently search information for a selected subject. These given topics are complementary and specify individual fields of individuals psychical states in more detail. Students will select a topic which they will study from common subject-related literature, and process them as a seminar work and will discuss this topic in the course of a seminar. Studying requirements Exam: contents of fundamental literature and lectures. Credit: presentation and submission of seminar work, fulfilment of activities, midterm test, attendance
Syllabus
  • LECTURE
    1. Personality psychology in the psychology disciplines system. Subject of personality psychology. Research strategies of personality psychology.
    2. Personality. Inner and outer sources of shaping and personality development.
    3. Concept of "me", creation and development of "me" consciousness, components, defensive mechanisms.
    4. Endogenous and exogenous personality theory.
    5. Personality typology. Summary of the main constitutional and psychological personality typology.
    6. Structure of personality. Psychological characteristics of personality.
    7. Activation motivational personality traits
    8. (attitudes, values and human value system, patterns).
    9. Character, conscience, personal morality.
    10. Performance characteristics of personality (abilities, intelligence and creativity).
    11. Self-regulating proprieties of personality (volition and willpower, self-awareness, self-knowledge, self-concept, self-criticism).
    12. Dynamic properties of personality (temperament, emotionality).
    13 Conflict, frustration, anxiety,ways to address frustrating situations.
    SEMINAR
    1. Who am I ? (exercise for shaping awareness, recognition and appreciation of their own historical, cultural, national origin, according to David W. Johnson).
    2. Psychological theories of personality in their own pictures (exercises for reflect to theories of Freud, Jung, Adler) with follow-up discussions).
    3. Measurement of personality traits by Locus of control test.
    4. Exercises for determination of their own personality type.
    5. Social and personal immigrants identity.
    6. Aggressiveness of the personality. Overview of aggression theories and its application in the prevention of socio-pathological phenomena.
    7. The metrosexual and narcissistic personality disorder phenomenon.
    8. Delinquent and deviant personality behaviour. Self-destructive behaviour (suicide, drug addiction, alcoholism, fanaticism, etc.) Possibilities of prevention and therapy.
    9. Personality of the criminal. Socio-psychological and biological concepts of criminal behaviour.
    10. Adjustment, impaired social adaptation. Psychological assistance, ethnopsychoterapy..
    11. Self-regulating proprieties of personality (volition and willpower, self-reflection, self-concept, etc.).
    12. Dynamic properties of personality (temperament, emotionality) and their inclusion in work with clients.
    13 Relational attitudinal personality characteristics (attitudes, value system, ideals).
    14. Multiculturalism and the changing of attitudes.
Literature
    required literature
  • ILJUK, B. Základy psychologie v heuristických otázkách a úlohách. Studijní text. Opava:Slezská univerzita, 2013. info
  • DRAPELA, V. J. Přehled teorií osobnosti. 6. vydání. Praha: Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-262-0040-6. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Psychologie osobnosti. Praha: Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1832-6. info
  • ŘÍČAN, P. Psychologie osobnosti: Obor v pohybu. 6. revidované a doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3133-9. info
  • NAKONEČNÝ, M. Psychologie osobnosti. 2. rozš. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2009. ISBN 978-80-200-1680-5. info
  • ČAČKA, O. Psychologie vrstev duševního dění osobnosti a jejich autodiagnostika. 3. opr. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 2002. ISBN 80-7239-107-0. info
    recommended literature
  • HOEKSEMA - S. NOLE; FREDRICKSON, B. L., LOFTUS, G. R., WAGENAAR,. Psychologie Atkinsonové a Hilgarda. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0083-3. info
  • MIKŠÍK, O. Psychika osobnosti v období závažných životních a společenských změn. Praha: Karolinum, 2009. ISBN 978-80-246-1600-1. info
  • ŠIMÍČKOVÁ-ČÍŽKOVÁ, J. Osobnost a její rozvoj. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7368-620-8. info
  • MORGENSTERNOVÁ, M., ŠULOVÁ, L. a kol. Interkulturní psychologie. Rozvoj interkulturní senzitivity. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1361-1. info
  • PETRŮ, M. Možnosti transgrese -- Je třeba vylepšovat člověka? Praha:Triton, 2005. ISBN 80-7254-610-4. info
  • HELUS, Z. Dítě v osobnostním pojetí. Praha: Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-888-0. info
  • SMÉKAL, V. Pozvání do psychologie osobnosti. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2004. ISBN 80-86598-65-9. info
  • ROSEOVÁ, A.,WEISSOVÁ, L. Rozvíjíme sebedůvěru dětí. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-775-2. info
  • PORTMANNOVÁ, R. Hry pro posílení psychické odolnosti. Praha: Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-607-1. info
  • KOHOUTEK, R. Poznávání a utváření osobnosti. Brno: CERM, 2001. ISBN 80-7204-200-9. info
  • ILJUK, B. Psychogenomika: mýtus nebo anticipovaná realita? Psychologie dnes, duben, roč. 7, č. 4, s. 29-30, 2001. info
  • ERIKSON, E. Životní cyklus rozšířený a dokončený. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1999. ISBN 80-7106-291-X. info
  • HILL, G. Moderní psychologie. Praha: Portál, 1998. ISBN 80-7178-641-1. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
exam: knowledge of lectures and required reading
credit: presentation and submission of semar work, accomplishing of activities, credit test,
active attendance

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