Course: Personality psychology

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Course title Personality psychology
Course code PCH/9POS
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
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)
  • Cakirpaloglu Panajotis, prof. PhDr. DrSc.
Course content
- Structure, dynamics and personality development - Personal disposition: temperament, character, morality, values - Major theories in personality: Psychoanalytics, Trait, Humanistic-existential, and Social-cognitive perspective - I, defense mechanisms, conflicts, frustration, anxiety - Personality disorders

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
  • Preparation for the Exam - 250 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Acquisition of advanced knowledge on current psychological knowledge and concepts of personality structure, dynamics and growth
- Knowing contemporary theories, paradigms and principles of personality psychology - Knowing the empirical evidence about morality, self-concept, identity, altruism and other aspects of personality - Knowing the psychological processes of identification, stabilization and conversion value orientation
Prerequisites
- Completed master degree in psychology - Admission into a doctoral program (internal or combined form of study)

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Dialog, Seminar Work

Recommended literature
  • Atkinson, R. L. a kol. (2003). Psychologie. Praha.
  • Cakirpaloglu, P. (2009). Psychologie hodnot. Olomouc.
  • Feldman, R. (2005). Development Across the Life Span. New Jersey.
  • Hall, C. S., Lindzey, G. (1997). Psychológia osobnosti. Bratislava.
  • Horneyová, K. (2000). Neuróza a lidský růst. Praha.
  • Meehl, P. (1954). Clinical versus statistical prediction. Minneapolis.
  • Nakonečný, M. (1995). Psychologie osobnosti. Praha.
  • Plotnik, R. (1999). Introduction to psychology. Belmont.
  • Praško, J. a kol. (2003). Poruchy osobnosti. Praha.
  • Smékal, V. (2004). Pozvání do psychologie osobnosti. Praha.
  • 139. Phares, J. E., Chaplin, W. F. (1997). Introduction to Personality. New York.
  • 156. Sigelman, C. K., Doder, E. A. (2003). Life-Span Human Development. Belmont.


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