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Lecturer(s)
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Sadková Tereza, Mgr.
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Dostál Daniel, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- Thinking, its functions, kinds and forms. Concepts: The basic units of thinking. Natural concepts. - Algorithmic and heuristic operations. Problem solving, decision making. Expertise and creativity. - Language and thought. Basic linguistic concepts, signs, symbols and meanings. Linguistic relativity hypothesis - Motivation. Basic survival motives: Hunger, thirst, sexual and parental motives. Drives and instincts - Stimulus motivation: Seeking novel stimulation, optimal arousal theory (the Yerkes-Dodson law) - Broad motivation theories: Freud?s instinct theory, need theories (H. Murray, A. Maslow) - Social motives: Achievement and affiliation motivation, need for power - Emotions: Physiology, expression and feeling - Theories of emotion: James-Lange, Cannon-Bard and Schachter-Singer theory. Cognitive and evolutionary theories - Function of emotions, introduction to psychoanalytic theories of affect
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
- Homework for Teaching
- 10 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 20 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Presentation of information about contemporary development in the field of thinking, motivation, and emotions.
Basic orientation in the field of psychology, specifically in the contemporary theoretical consideration and research on the relationship between thinking and speeking, motivation and emotions.
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Prerequisites
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Introduction to general psychology
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Written exam, Seminar Work
Students are required complete their assignments and to pass a final exam test.
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Recommended literature
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Atkinson, R. et al. (2002). Psychologie. Praha.
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Blažek, V., Trnka, R (Eds.). (2008). Lidský obličej. Praha.
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Nakonečný, M. (2000). Lidské emoce. Praha.
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Nakonečný, M. (1996). Motivace lidského chování. Praha.
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Plháková Alena. (2004). Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha .
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Stuchlíková, I. (2002). Základy psychologie emocí. Praha.
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