Course: Psychology of Business Action

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Course title Psychology of Business Action
Course code KMA/POJ
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester 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)
  • Jančí Tatjana, PhDr.
Course content
1. Fundamentals of psychology - introduction. Mental process, mental content, mental state. 2. Experience, behavior, action. 3. Consciousness: Function, dissociation, unconsciousness, altered states of conciousness, sleep, dreaming. 4. Attention. 5. Cognitive processes: Senzoric processes, perception, memory, learning, thinking. 6. Emotions: Emotional behavior, properties of emotions, functions of emotions. 7. Motivation: approach to motives, sorts of motives. 8. Human communication: Interaction, communication process, symmetric and complementary communication, nonverbal communication, double bind. 9. Personality: Structural, dynamic and developmental aspects of personality, abilities, intelligence, character, will. 10. Self-concept, self-management, defensive mechanisms, attitudes, values, prejudice. 11. Transactional analysis: Structural analysis - parent, adult, child. Analysis of transactions, skript analysis, games and their analysis, manipulation in action.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 35 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Understanding basic psychological concepts
Comprehension Knowledge and understanding of basic psychological concepts; their application to human communication and acting.
Prerequisites
Everyone with an interest in this subject is welcome.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Dialog

Colloquium: oral.
Recommended literature
  • Berne, E. (1992). Jak si lidé hrají (Games people play). Liberec, Dialog, 2. vyd.
  • R. Atkinsonová, R. Atkinson a kol. (1995). Psychologie. Victoria Publishing, Praha.
  • V. Smékal. (2002). Pozvání do psychologie osobnosti. Člověk v zrcadle vědomí a jednání.. Brno, nakl. Barrister a Principal.
  • Z. Vybíral. (2000). Psychologie komunikace. Portál, Praha.


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