UOGK003 General Psychology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
František Hodný (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
František Hodný
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
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
Course objectives
The subject aims at providing basic orientation in the area of general psychology, explaining key terms applied in the description of particular mental and emotional processes, states and properties of humans. Simultaneously, attention is paid to determination of the human psyche and related theories of personality. Students will get familiar with the history of general psychology and basic methods used in psychology. The objective of these efforts is to produce a theoretical and practical foundation for further study of applied disciplines in psychology and pedagogy.
Syllabus
  • 1. Psychology (subject matter and objectives, disciplines, position of psychology amidst other sciences, key terminology, methods of psychological research, scientific knowledge versus myth).
    2. Major psychological schools of thought and their approach to the human.
    3. Cognitive aspects of personality (general characteristics).
    4. Sensation and perception, imagination and fantasy, attention, memory.
    5. Thinking (basic forms and types of thinking/reasoning, cognitive operations, factors influencing problem-solving). Thinking and speech.
    6. Intelligence (definition, types of intelligence, approaches to the study of intelligence, intelligence and educational success, intelligence and creativity).
    7. Personality concepts in psychology and characteristics of major personality theories.
    8. Personality structure and dynamics.
    9. Content analysis of personality (temperament, cognition, motivation, integration of personality).
    10. Overview of personality typologies.
    11. Self-concept and resilience.
    12. Emotional system of personality (characteristics of human emotions, features, classification of emotions, subjective and objective aspects of emotion, individual differences in emotions, emotional intelligence and factors influencing its formation.
Literature
    required literature
  • PLEVOVÁ, I., PETROVÁ, A. Obecná psychologie. Olomouc, 2012. ISBN 978-80-244-3246-5. info
  • KERN, H. a kol. Přehled psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0105-2. info
  • ŘÍČAN, P. Psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7367-406-9. info
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Základy obecné psychologie. Distanční studijní opora. 1. vyd. [online] Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opa, 2012. URL info
    recommended literature
  • SCHULZ, R., ROBERTS, R. D.(eds.). Emoční inteligence. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7367-229-4. info
  • DRAPELA, V. Přehled teorií osobnosti. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-505-9. info
  • CARLSON, J. G. Testy k Psychologii Atkinsonové a Hilgarda. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7367-861-6. info
  • STUCHLÍKOVÁ, I. Základy psychologie emocí. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7367-282-9. info
  • ILJUK, B. Základy psychologie v heuristických otázkách a úlohách. Studijní text. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7248-756-1. info
  • PLHÁKOVÁ, A. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2005. ISBN 80-200-1387-3. info
  • GATES, N. Aplikovaná psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 0-7178-807-4. info
  • ATKINSONOVÁ, R. L. a kol. Psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-640-3. 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 4 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Contact hours are based on consultation of selected topics. Non-contact hours are realized via an e-learning environment available at http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/. At the website, students can use learning materials with on-line assignments. Credits are granted upon successful completion based on a written or an oral assessment where the student demonstrates knowledge of compulsory and recommended literature and discusses their on-line assignments. The student can consult the mentor concerning independently studied topics, be it in person, in group sessions or via e-mail.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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