Course: General and Developmental Psychology

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Course title General and Developmental Psychology
Course code FZS/OVP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Woleská Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Subject of psychology, interdisciplinary position, organization of psychological sciences; biological determinations of the psyche; social and cultural determination of psyche 2) Basic mental processes - Gnostic, motivational and volitional processes; emotions, emotions, affects; personality; man as a biopsychosocial being; man as a personality; knowledge of one's own personality 3) Basic patterns of psychological development; conditions of psychological development; individual deviations in development; degree of psychological development of individual periods 4) Newborn, infant, toddler, pre-school, first transformation period; Younger school age 5) The period of prepuberty and puberty; adolescence period; adulthood; aging Exercises: 1) Subject of psychology, interdisciplinary position, organization of psychological sciences; biological determinations of the psyche; social and cultural determination of psyche 2) Basic mental processes - Gnostic, motivational and volitional processes; emotions, emotions, affects; personality; man as a biopsychosocial being; man as a personality; knowledge of one's own personality 3) Basic patterns of psychological development; conditions of psychological development; individual deviations in development; degree of psychological development of individual periods 4) Newborn, infant, toddler, pre-school, first transformation period; Younger school age 5) The period of prepuberty and puberty; adolescence period; adulthood; aging

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The subject is conceived as a theoretical-practical subject in the system of social sciences. It forms multidisciplinary character of non-medical health professions. It provides orientation in basic psychological terms, introduces with developmental changes within individual psychic processes. Students acquire knowledge of basic determinants of human psyche and its development.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit: - 80% participation in exercises, - teaching activity, - passing the test.
Recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, Bohumila a Jan MACH. Klinická psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0617-0.
  • FISCHER, Slavomil a Jiří ŠKODA. Sociální patologie: závažné sociálně patologické jevy, prevence, možnosti řešení. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5046-0.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie zdraví. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-568-4.
  • PLEVOVÁ, Irena a Alena PETROVÁ. Obecná psychologie. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2012. ISBN 978-80-244-3247-2.
  • RAUDENSKÁ, Jaroslava a Alena JAVŮRKOVÁ. Lékařská psychologie ve zdravotnictví. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-2223-8.
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Cesta životem. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0772-6.
  • SLEMĚNÍK, Ivan. Emoce a interpersonální vztahy. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3311-1.
  • ŠULOVÁ, L., T. FAIT, P. WEISS a kol. Výchova k sexuálně reprodukčnímu zdraví. Praha: Maxdorf, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7345-238-4.
  • THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Vývojová psychologie: proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Současná psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0696-5.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie: dětství a dospívání. Praha: Karolinum, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2153-1.
  • ZACHAROVÁ, Eva a Jitka ŠIMÍČKOVÁ-ČÍŽKOVÁ. Základy psychologie pro zdravotnické obory. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-4062-1.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health Rescuer (15) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter