Course: Psychology I.

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Course title Psychology I.
Course code UHP/CPSY1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Shivairová Olga, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures - 1 WS: 1. History of the field of psychology, its main issues 2. Main concepts of psychology 3. Current main subfields of psychology - an overview 4. Social psychology 5. Personality psychology, developmental psychology 6. Cognitive psychology 7. Psychology of language, communication 8. Psychosomatics, its basic concepts. Psychosocial determinants of health 9. Psychology of disability 10. Psychodiagnostics, its methods 11. Psychopathology and psychiatry 12. Psychotherapy. Definitions, main concepts and directions, Psychology and ethics, abuse of psychology, Possibilities and limits of knowledge and research in human sciences Seminars: (0.5 classes per week - 12 weeks) 1. Labour and the newborn's self-adjustment to the environment, spontaneous activity of a newborn - game, importance of the family environment during upbringing and the development of a newborn 2. Emotional and social life of a younger newborn - development of self-awareness. Game and its importance for the all-round development of a child 3. Special emotionalities in the older toddler period 4. Most frequent educational problems in pre-school age. Personal development in the younger school age 5. Personality of an adolescent. Development of feelings and social relations in adolescents 6. Adulthood, transitron crisis in adulthood. Prevention of early ageing. Problem situations with respect to life development stages

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
" To provide students with an introduction to psychological terminology, knowledge about emotional perception, cognitive processes and human behaviour. " To describe the theoretical basis of psychology. " To explain biopsychosocial dimensions of humans. " To analyse particular human needs, motives and interests. " Students will possess a subjective emotional perception of illnesses. " Students will understand the difference between the attitude of health workers and the ill towards their illness. " Students will understand feeling an illnesses during its lasting " Students recognize the symptoms of professional mental deformation and the risk of occurrence of burnout syndrome.
" Students are able to describe the theoretical basis of psychology. " Students are able to explain the biopsychosocial dimensions of humans. " Students are able to explain personal structure, its features, processes and states. " Students are able to describe and analyse particular human needs, motives and interests. " Students know the problems of stress, mental hygiene, self-knowledge and self-regulation. " Students are able to characterize a ripe personality. " Students understand a subjective perception of illnesses. " Students understand the difference between the attitude of health workers and the ill towards their illness. " Students understand perception of illnesses during the time " Students recognize the symptoms of professional mental deformation and the risk of the occurrence of burnout syndrome.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
a team project and its presentation, a combined exam
Recommended literature
  • HELUS, Z. Úvod do psychologie. Praha: Grada, 2018. ISBN 978-80-247-4675-3.
  • Honzák, Radkin; Houdek, Lubomír. Komunikační pasti v medicíně : praktický manuál komunikace lékaře s pacientem. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha : Galén: Galén, 1999. ISBN 80-7262-032-0.
  • Chodura, Vladimír. Komunikace a duševní poruchy. 1. vyd. České Budějovice : Jihočeská univerzita (České Budějovice): Jihočeská univerzita (České Budějovice), 2000. ISBN 80-7040-409-4.
  • JANÁČKOVÁ, L. Základy zdravotnické psychologie. Praha: Triton, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-477-9.
  • KELNAROVÁ, K. et al. Psychologie 1. díl. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3270-1.
  • KELNAROVÁ, K. et al. Psychologie 2. díl. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-3600-6.
  • Kopecká, Ilona. Psychologie : učebnice pro obor sociální činnost. 1. díl. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3875-8.
  • Kopecká, Ilona. Psychologie : učebnice pro obor sociální činnost. 2. díl. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3876-5.
  • KOPŘIVA, K. Lidský vztah jako součást profese.. Praha, 1997. ISBN 978-80-7367-922-4.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, M. Motivace chování. Praha: Triton, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7387-830-6.
  • Raudenská, Jaroslava; Javůrková, Alena. Lékařská psychologie ve zdravotnictví. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-2223-8.
  • THOROVÁ, T. Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6.
  • Vágnerová, M. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0225-7.
  • VYMÉTAL, J. Lékařská psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-740-X.
  • ZACHAROVÁ, E., et al. Zdravotnická psychologie. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0155-9.


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