1. Psychology as a scientific discipline, its goals, historical development and context, the subject of interest according to the main trends of the 20th century. 2. Division of psychological disciplines, methods of psychological research, basic psychological phenomena - psyche, psychic contents, processes, states. 3. Perception, attention, memory, imagination, fantasy. 4. Thinking and intelligence - definition of terms, types, functions, models. 5. Selected types of learning - habituation, conditioning (classical, instrumental, operant), conceptual and cognitive learning, social learning. 6. Motivation and division of motives, needs, context of learning. 7. Personality development - factors of development, maturation vs. learning in the context of development, socialization, major theories of developmental periodization. 8. Temperament and personality traits - selected theories and models. 9. Self-concept, frustration, anxiety, ego-defense mechanisms, personality disorders. 10. Stress and strain in education on the part of educators - risk factors, traits, coping and protective factors, theories of optimal performance; burnout syndrome on the part of educators - risk and protective factors. 11. Social perception, forming impression about other people, basic attribution error. 12. Small social groups - basic divisions and characteristics of groups, group development, group dynamics. 13. Social influences - social roles, social facilitation vs. inhibition, conformity, obedience. 14. Communication - types, divisions, contribution of the systemic approach of the Paloalto school and E. Berne's transactional analysis. 15. Social interaction, interpersonal behaviour, prosocial behaviour, aggression and aggressiveness. 16. Attitudes and their structure, prejudices, stereotypes, changes in attitudes.
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