Course: Psychology of aggression and destructivity

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Course title Psychology of aggression and destructivity
Course code PCH/PADD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Pechová Olga, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic concepts of psychology of aggression Philosophy approaches Freud and death drive (thanatos) C.G.Jung and others psychodymacs Erich Fromm and "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness " Ethology and sociobiology about aggression (Konrad Lorenz, Edward O. Wilson) Stanley Milgram, Phlip Zimbardo and others social psychologist Autoagression Perpetrators and their psychological traits Victims Prevention

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 4 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 21 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To get knowledge about theories and practical applications of psychological approaches to aggression and destructivity
ability to understand to basic problems of aggression and destructivity include some aspects of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
Prerequisites
interest about topic, will to study

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Seminar Work

seminary work (at least 3 pages in Czech, Slovak, Polish or English, oral exam questions to examination: 1. Basic concepts of psychology of aggression 2. Philosophy approaches to agrresion and evil 3. Freud and death drive (thanatos) 4. C.G.Jung and others psychodynamics 5. Erich Fromm and "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness " 6. Ethology and sociobiology about aggression (Konrad Lorenz, Edward O. Wilson) 7. Stanley Milgram, Phlip Zimbardo and others social psychologist 8. Autoagression 9. Perpetrators and their psychological traits 10. Victims 11. Prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary)
Recommended literature
  • ČERMÁK, Ivo. Lidská agrese a její souvislosti.
  • FREUD, Sigmund. Mimo princip slasti a jiné práce z let 1920-1924.
  • FROMM, Erich. Anatomie lidské destruktivity.
  • GRANDOVÁ, Sue. Ozvěny zla: klinický a sociálně psychologický pohled.
  • GRUEN, Arno. Šílenství normality - Realismus jako choroba: Teorie o lidské destruktivitě.
  • KLEIN, Melanie. Závist a vděčnost.
  • KOVÁŘ, Petr a kol. Sexuální agrese.
  • LORENZ, Konrad. (2019). Takzvané zlo. Praha: Portál.
  • PAPICA, Jan . K některým problémům psychologie agrese.


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