General Psychology - PPPD070C

• Title: General Psychology
• Guaranteed by: Department of Social Sciences Foundation in Kinanthropology (51-300000)
• Faculty: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, C+Ex [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
• Capacity: 20 / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: PhDr. Ivana Harbichová, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): PhDr. Ivana Harbichová, Ph.D.
• Is pre-requisite for: PFYZ109C
• Is interchangeable with: PFYZ002C
• In complex incompatibility with: PFYZ219C

Annotation

This course provides an introduction to the concepts, theories, and research behind the study of mental processes and behavior.

Last update: Harbichová Ivana, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.09.2020)

Aim of the course

Course Goals:

- the aim of the course is to introduce students to the concepts, theories and research behind the study of mental processes and behavior

- to provide students with a basic orientation in the broad field of psychological knowledge

- to acquaint students with basic knowledge of general psychology, with current approaches, concepts and methods of psychology

- to equip the student with relevant theoretical knowledge and competences, which will be useful in in personal and professional life

Learning Outcomes:

- characterize general psychology as a basic psychological discipline and describe its links to other fields

- clarify the meaning of the study of psychology, its function and mission

- orientate and think systematically in the vast field of psychological knowledge and adequately use psychological terminology

- formulate basic knowledge from general psychology based on different psychological approaches to aparadigms, compare them with each other and have a critical approach to them

- orientate in the common mental processes and states

- give examples of the application of psychological knowledge in personal and professional life

- analyze one's own personality, temperament, intelligence, psychological processes and states

- explain how psychology can contribute to positive personality change

- apply acquired psychological knowledge and competences in personal and professional life

 

Last update: Harbichová Ivana, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.11.2023)

Literature

ATKINSON, R. C., SMITH, E. E., BEM, D. J., NOLEN-HOEKSEMA, S., HILGARD, E., ATKINSON, R. L. (2009).  Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology.  Harcourt.

MYERS, D. G. (2013). Psychology. New York: Worth Publishers.

NOLEN-HOEKSEMA, S., FREDRICKSON, B. L., LOFTUS, G. R., LUTZ, CH. (2014). Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology. Cengage Learning EMEA.

NOLEN-HOEKSEMA, S., FREDRICKSON, B. L., LOFTUS, G. R., WAGENAAR, W. A. (2009). Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology. Wadsworth.

WORTMAN, C. B., LOFTUS, E. F., WEAVER, C. (1999). Psychology:  New York: McGraw Hill.

Last update: Harbichová Ivana, PhDr., Ph.D. (24.09.2024)

Requirements to the exam

Requirements to the exam:

Written test

Last update: Harbichová Ivana, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.09.2020)

Syllabus

Theoretical lectures, practical seminars:

1. Psychology as a Science, History of Psychology and Development of Different Fields

2. Research Methods in Psychology, Psychological Assessment

3. Sensation, Perception, Consciousness

4. Intelligence and Creativity

5. Learning

6. Memory, Cognition and Language

7. Cognitive Development

8. Social and Personality Development

9. Motivation and Emotion

10. Personality, Theories and Assessment

11. Social psychology (Attitudes, Social Cognition, Social Influence, Aggression)

12. Sociometrics

13. Stress, Coping with Stress

14. Time management

Last update: Flemr Libor, PhDr., Ph.D. (20.12.2010)

Learning resources

Moodle 1:

https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=10922

Last update: Harbichová Ivana, PhDr., Ph.D. (24.09.2024)