Course detail
Basics of Psychology 1 - winter
FaVU-ZPS1Acad. year: 2020/2021
The human individual and reality; mutual interaction. Psychical processes and their processing of reality. General psychology - introduction. Topics: perception, imagination, thinking, creativity, motivation, attention, memory, emotions.
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Credit. 50% attendance, paper.
Classified credit: written test plus oral exam.
Prerequisites
The knowledge of the humanities at secondary-school level.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Atkinsonová R. L.a kol.: Psychologie. Praha, Victoria Publishing 1996
Hartl P., Hartlová H.: Psychologický slovník. Praha, Portál 2002
Kulka J.: Psychologie umění. Praha, SPN 1991
Nakonečný M.: Lexikon psychologie. Praha, Vodnář 1995
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations .
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Classified credit. Written test and oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
1. Introduction - elementary problematics of psychology and the subject of psychological sciences.
Terminology: psychics, stimulation, behavior, feeling, organism and its structure, general psychology, ontogenetic psychology, social psychology, personality psychology, psychology of art, patopsychology...
2. General psychology - perception
terminology: the perception process/the senses
3. General psychology - imagination, memory
terminology: dreams - latent and manifest content/hallucinations/types of memory - afterimage, short/long-term memory, engram, forgetting process
General psychology - learning, thinking
Terminology: conditionality - negative/positive enhancement/learning products - skills, experience, knowledge, social reaction/social learning/cognitive and humanistic theories of learning/thinking operations, abstraction processes, comparisons, analysis, synthesys, concretization, deduction, induction - mind forms / notion, judgment, statement, theory, hypothesis, lwa/language, logics, semanctics and interpretation, semantic triangle
5. General psychology - intelligence, creativity, attention
Terminology: IQ/convergent and divergent problem solution/creativity - fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration, sensitivity, redefinition, creative personality/attention / arousal
6. general psychology - motivation, emotion
terminology: instinct, drive, need, stance/will/frustration, stress, deprivation/level and aspiraion/basic emotions/reactions, states - moods, relationship - passion/afect/phobias/higher emotions
Aims
Students will acquire basic psychological terminology and will be able to describe psychical function of a human individual. They will learn the general teories regarding psychological aspects of the determination of the human individual. Students will also learn about various psycho-hygienic techniques, energetization and activation practices of psycho-somatic manipulation.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance is mandatory.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUB Bachelor's
branch VU-D , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-D , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective