711-0524/01 – Applied Psychology (Ap Psych)
Gurantor department | Department of Social Sciences | Credits | 2 |
Subject guarantor | Mgr. Jana Matochová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Jana Matochová, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2008/2009 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- to name and recognize the psychological phenomena
- to describe the functioning of the brain in conjunction with the psyche
- to explain the social pathologies
- to estimate the different typology of people in interpersonal relations
- to clarify the behavior of humans in the burden
- to demonstrate the acquired skills in model situations
Teaching methods
Lectures
Summary
Teaching the subject contains knowledge in the field of psychological phenomenons in the all-society context. Subject applies theoretical knowledge on the specific cases in human affairs. It focuses on his own self. Attention is also paid to the pressures situations,including burnout, and how they we can handle them.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema , Barbara L. Fredrickson , Richard C. Atkinson, Geoffrey R. Loftus , Ernest R. Hilgard, Christel Lutz. Atkinson & Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology. London, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-408-08902-6.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
esercises
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no other requirements for students.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Applied psychology in system of psychological science. Methods.
2. Experimentary psychology. Ethic in research.
3. Psychoanalytic approach. Psychosexual development of person.
4. Brain and mental function.
5. Memory, perception, attention.
6. Skills, abilities, talent, temperament, character.
7. Attitude and aspirations, values. Typology of personality.
8. Cognitive development (Piaget). Moral intellect (Kohlberg).
9. Socialization. Learning.
10.Gender development, terms and problems.
11.Social-pathological fenomens. Mobbing, boxing, stalking.
12.Crowd behavior.
13.Stress and stress perception. Possibilities of solving.
14.Burnout. Possibilities prevention.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction