SP25PK002 General Psychology and Personality Psychology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
9/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Radim Badošek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Marta Kolaříková, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Denisa Janků
Timetable
Fri 10. 10. 16:25–18:50 C312, Fri 17. 10. 16:25–18:50 C312, Fri 5. 12. 13:55–16:20 C312
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
The aim of the course is to provide information from the fields of general psychology and personality psychology. These are essential for all helping professions and concern working with people and understanding topics such as personality structure, information processing, cognitive aspects of personality, motivation and others.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge: - the student can characterize basic terms related to general psychology - the student can define the terminological apparatus of personality psychology - the student is familiar with cognitive, sensory, motivational processes - the student can briefly assess and evaluate various information about the structure of personality - the student is familiar with current basic psychological professional literature of domestic and partly foreign origin - the student knows the essence of key topics in psychological contexts both on theoretical and historical grounds - Professional skills: - the student can use knowledge of general psychology and personality psychology in the field of professional - special education - the student analyzes the structure of a person's personality - the student can use and apply knowledge of general psychology General competencies: - the student is familiar with the modification of various psychological work, knows the essence of individual psychological disciplines - the student can apply knowledge from the field of personality psychology to preparation for working with people with disabilities
Syllabus
Content: 1. Definition of the subject and goals of psychology, basic methods of psychology. Basic theoretical directions in psychology. Basic concepts of general psychology - psyche, consciousness and unconsciousness Attention, properties of attention, controlled and automatic information processing, sleep Sensory processes - characteristics of sensory organs, types of receptors, stimulus thresholds Perception - organization of the perceptual field, spatial vision, perception of movement Memory - types of memory, memory models, memory processes, forgetting Imaginations, types of imagination, functions of imagination, imagination in cognitive approaches 2. Thinking - types of thinking, decision-making, problem solving, intelligence, creativity, thinking and speech. Learning - types of learning, classical and instrumental conditioning, social learning. Intelligence Personality psychology, subject of study, theoretical approaches to the study of personality. Personality structure Activation-motivational personality characteristics. Motivation – concept and principles of motivation, components of motivation, motives and their types Temperament and character, human values Emotions – concept, components of emotions, manifestations of emotions, subjective experience of emotions, functions of emotions. Emotional intelligence Personality typology with a focus on the application of the current typology Theory of types
Literature
    required literature
  • PLHÁKOVÁ, A. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2008. ISBN 978-80-200-1499-3.
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Obecná psychologie a psychologie osobnosti. Studijní opora. Opava: Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2017. Dostupné z: https://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/ enrol/index.php?id=218.
  • MIKOVÁ, Š., STANG, J. Typologie osobnosti u dětí: využití ve výchově a vzdělávání. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0874-7.
  • ŘÍČAN, P. Psychologie osobnosti: Obor v pohybu. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80247-3133-9.
  • ŘÍČAN, P. Psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0532-6.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Obecná psychologie: dílčí aspekty lidské psychiky a jejich orgánový základ. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3268-1.
    recommended literature
  • PLHÁKOVÁ, A. Spánek a snění: vědecké poznatky a jejich psychoterapeutické využití. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0365-0.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Vývoj pozornosti a exekutivních funkcí. Praha: Raabe, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7496-441-1.
  • PLHÁKOVÁ, A. Dějiny psychologie. Praha: Grada, 2020. ISBN 978-80-271-2528-9.
  • GOLDSTEIN, E. B., VAN HOOFF, J. C. Cognitive psychology. Andover: Cengage, 2021. ISBN 978-1-4737-7435-3.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, M. Encyklopedie obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 1997. ISBN 80-200-0625-7.
    not specified
  • DRAPELA, V. J. Přehled teorií osobnosti. Praha: Portál, 2021. ISBN 978-80-262-1709-1.
  • BLATNÝ, M. a kol. Psychologie osobnosti: hlavní témata, současné přístupy. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-2473434-7.
  • SMÉKAL, V. Pozvání do psychologie osobnosti: člověk v zrcadlení [i.e. zrcadle] vědomí a jednání. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2009. ISBN 978-80-87029-62-6.
  • ATKINSON, R. et al. Psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-640-3.
  • SZABÓ, I., KOLIBOVÁ, D. Základy psychologie. Ružomberok: Verbum, 2015. ISBN 978-80-561-0198-8.
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Výukové metody: Studijní pomůcky:  KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Obecná psychologie a psychologie osobnosti. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2021
Assessment methods
Student requirements: Preparation of a seminar paper on a given topic. Successful completion of the oral part of the exam on the content of the material specified in the annotation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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