Course: Ethics in Psychological Work

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Course title Ethics in Psychological Work
Course code KPSY/0EPP
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Málková Gabriela, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course focuses on basic issues and problems of ethics in psychological practice and research as well as on helping as part of the profession. Main topics: 1. Key ethical issues in psychology - ethical principles of working with people in psychological practice and research Basic ethical principles for psychological work (respect, competence, responsibility and integrity), Codes of ethics ((BPA, APA, CMPS), ethics as a commitment. 2. Ethics in psychological research - basic principles, ethics committees and their role Basic procedures to ensure ethical approach in research (Informed consent: format, content difficult aspects) Specific ethical issues in research on child and school populations (+families and schools), vulnerable groups or animals. 3. Ethical aspects of psychodiagnostic work Ethics in the different stages of the diagnostic process Use and distribution of psdg. tests Communication of psdg. test results Ethical issues of computer or internet-assisted forms of psdg. tests 4. Basic topics of publication ethics Ethics in publishing and scientific work Basic principles of ethical handling of resources for professional and publishing activities How to create research publications (thesis project) and maintain respect for the ethical principles of psychological work Authorship and intellectual property For this course there are learning resources in Moodle https://elearning.jcu.cz/course/view.php?id=15412#section-2

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), E-learning
Learning outcomes
The course aims to deepen knowledge of the ethical principles in psychological research and psychological professional practice. Ethics of psychological research is discussed for the academic diploma research practice related to diploma thesis preparation. This course aims to broaden the sensitivity to apply the knowledge of psychological ethics in specific situations of the psychology profession.

Prerequisites
The prerequisite for fulfilling the course is at least basic familiarity with the issues of psychological ethics - at the level of undergraduate studies

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Seminar work

The basic requirement for successful completion of the course is active participation in the seminar and the completion of the seminar paper. Instructions for the preparation of the seminar paper are published in the Moodle learning support https://elearning.jcu.cz/course/view.php?id=15412#section-2 Students submit the seminar paper in written form via the submission form provided in the Moodle courseware https://elearning.jcu.cz/course/view.php?id=15412#section-2 They then come to a colloquium where they receive feedback on their seminar work from the lecturer and, based on an assessment of attendance and activity in the seminar, a final mark for the seminar work. In the event that students are not able to fulfil the attendance in the scope of at least 75% of participation, they prepare an assignment for an alternative form of fulfilling the course - its assignment is published in the Moodle learning support under the tab "Alternative forms of fulfilling attendance".
Recommended literature
  • Etické kodexy AKP ČR, ČMPS.
  • Géringová, Jitka. Pomáhající profese : tvořivé zacházení s odvrácenou stranou. Vyd. 1. Praha : Triton, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7387-394-3.
  • Jankovský, Jiří. Etika pro pomáhající profese. 2., aktualizované a doplněné vydání. Praha : Stanislav Juhaňák - Triton, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7553-414-9.
  • Kopřiva, Karel. Lidský vztah jako součást profese : psychoterapeutické kapitoly ze sociální, pedagogické a zdravotnické profese. 4. vyd. Praha : Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-429-X.
  • Křivohlavý, Jaro. Hořet, ale nevyhořet. Druhé, přepracované vydání, v KNA první. Kostelní Vydří : Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7195-573-3.
  • Schmidbauer, Wolfgang; Patočka, Petr. Psychická úskalí pomáhajících profesí. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-312-9.
  • Weiss, Petr. Etické otázky v psychologii. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-845-6.


Study plans that include the course
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