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Lecturer(s)
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Gergely Ondrej, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- Definition cyberpsychology, cyberculture and the information society - Virtual reality, the current approaches and theories in the shadow of Psychology - Positive aspects of on and off-line technology with an impact on the human psyche - Related fields using ICT, including psychological consequences (traffic psychology, psychology of advertising and propagation) - Transformation of human communication in virtual environments, social networking - Online identity, cybersex, emotions and relationships in a virtual environment - The use of ICT in the process of information processing and learning - The use of virtual reality and the Internet in the process of psychotherapy, counselling and diagnostics - The importance and impact of the Internet for child development stages - Internet online gaming, Internet at work, Internet advertising and psychology, shopping habits - Negative impacts of virtual reality, the Internet, the human mind and body scheme - Virtual reality and neuropsychology, psychophysiology - Pathological behaviour in virtual reality, addiction to virtual reality, crime in the virtual environment
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic)
- Homework for Teaching
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 15 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 7 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 8 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The main objective of the course Cyberpsychology is to introduce students to keep some of the young "approach" in psychology, which is due to the progressive development of Information and Communication Technologies, nowadays practically a necessity. Students have the opportunity to get the current knowledge about the interaction of human-cyberspace-society. The subject aims to highlight the positive, negative and scientific dimension to use cyberspace with practical implications for the field of psychology.
Students will understand the basics of the cyberpsychology. They will acquire basic terminology and theory to understand the possibilities of its application in psychological practice and research. Students will be able to understand the basic methods of cyberpsychology. They will be able to independently design a simple research design.
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Prerequisites
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Orientation in general psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, educational psychology, clinical psychology, work psychology and personality psychology
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
Demonstration of understanding of basic terms and approaches of cyberpsychology during the oral exam. Active involvement in the course of teaching. As part of the credit, elaboration of a credit short written task.
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Recommended literature
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Attrill, A. ed. (2015). (2015). Cyberpsychology. Oxford.
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Barak, A.:. Psychological aspects of cyberspace: theory, research, applications. Cambridge, 2008..
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Blinka, L. a kol. (2016). Online závislosti. Praha: Grada.
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Grimshaw, M. (2014). The Oxford handbook of virtuality.. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Power, A. &Kirwan, G. (2014). Cyberpsychology and new media: a thematic reader. London: Psychology Press.
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