Course: General and Developmental Psychology

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Course title General and Developmental Psychology
Course code HUM/ZZB03
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kozáková Radka, Mgr.
Course content
Main topics: The subject of psychology, its position within the systém of social sciences. Theory of psyche, its biological determination. Interaction of biology and culture in psyche. Fundamental psychological processes and their characteristics (gnostic, motivational, emotional). Personality (needs, motivation, abilities, character, temperament). Developmental psychology (intro). Periodisation and concept of developmental psychology. Prenatal, neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school age, puberty, adolescence, adult and older age period. Characteristics of the individual periods. Body development. Cognitive development. Emotional development. Socialization.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The subject is conceived as a propaedeutic one. Students get acquainted with elementary psychological nomenclature, psychological processes and their characteristics, psychological theories of personality, emotional experience, cognitive processes and human behaviour. The subject helps to form relationship to the future profession of students, develops professional competencies and teach the students to apply the theories in practice. The subject provides information on typical ways of experiencce, thinking and conduct in individual stages of a human life.
After completing the subject students will be knowledgeable in principal concepts of psychology, fundamental processes, psychological functions and behaviour of a human, processes and events in individual development stages of life.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Students are required to attend 90% of lessons.
Recommended literature
  • Kozáková, R. (2014). Základy obecné a vývojové psychologie pro studenty nelékařských zdravotnických oborů. UP Olomouc.
  • Langmajer, J., Krejčířová, D. (2006). Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • Matějček, Z. (2005). Prvních 6 let ve vývoji a výchově dítěte. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • Nakonečný, M. (2009). Psychologie osobnosti. Praha: Academia.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, M. (1998). Základy psychologie. Praha, Academia.
  • Plháková, A. (2004). Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha.
  • Říčan, P., Krejčířová, D. (2006). Dětská klinická psychologie. Praha, Portál.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Paramedic (2019) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer