Course: Introduction to Psychology

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Course title Introduction to Psychology
Course code KSA/UPPM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Špatenková Naděžda, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Psychology. 2. Methods and techniques of psychology. 3. Basic descriptive categories of psychology. 4. Developmental dimension of human psyche. 5. Attention. 6. Cognitive mental processes. 7. Affective mental processes. 8. Conative mental processes.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The introductory psychological discipline for the students of the subject andragogy. It includes the explanation of the basic psychological terms, information on the psychological approaches and schools, the problem of psychic development and the characteristic of psychic processes, states and activities.
competences in the scope of the course objective
Prerequisites
No prior requirements.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam

Based on taught subject matter - see Content and Literature
Recommended literature
  • Atkinson, Rita L., Atkinson, Richard C., Smith, Edward E., Bem, Daryl J., Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan. Psychologie. 2.vyd. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-640-3..
  • Kliment, Pavel. Úvod do psychologie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: VUP, 2008..
  • Nakonečný, Milan. Lexikon psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha : Vodnář, 1995. ISBN 80-85255-74..
  • Plháková, Alena. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-200-1499-3..


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