Course detail

Basics of Psychology 2 - summer

FaVU-ZPS2Acad. year: 2011/2012

The human individual and reality; mutual interaction. Psychical processes and their processing of reality.
Social psychology. Topics: social positions, their fulfilling by the way of social roles. Communcation. Non-verbal communication. A brief description of basic psychological tendencies (gestalt, behavior, human, transpersonal, bioenergetical psychology and psychoanalysis. The characteristics of disorders and problem.

Bibliography:
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

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Richard Fajnor

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Credit. 50% attendance, paper.

Prerequisites

The knowledge of the humanities at secondary-school level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

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.

Course curriculum

1.Social psychology - sociability, group, social environment
terminology: attitudes, predjudice, stereotypes, norms, conformism/group hierarchy - position, role, status/
group characteristics/teritorial definition/epoch/culture/mob psychology

2. Social psychology - communication, intercation, models
Terminology> social perception/cooperation, competitivity, hostiliy, conflict/assertivity/communication via art
non-verbal communicaion, basic attitudes and their interpretation, models.

3. General psychological approaches - gestalt, behavioralism, psychoenergetization
Terminology: the whole, insight, reflexology, I.P. PAvlov, program learning, organism activation

4. Basis psychological approaches - psychoanalysis
Freud, Jung, Adler

5. Basic psychological approaches - humanism, transpersonal psychology
Rogers, Maslow, S.Grof,

6. Psychical disorder; the characteristics of child psyche
Terminology: neurosis, psychopathy, autism, dyslexz, dysgraphy, mutism

7. The characteristics of children's psyche
Terminology: antropomorphism, topism...

Work placements

Not applicable.

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.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Lecture

169 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Richard Fajnor

Seminar

169 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Richard Fajnor

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Basics of Psychology 2 - summer

Type of course unit