Course: General, developmental and medical psychology

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Course title General, developmental and medical psychology
Course code KOS/O2PSY
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Řeřuchová Magdalena, PhDr.
Course content
Psychology as a scientific discipline. Methods of learning about mental life. Introduction: Psychology of the personality - genesis of the personality. Mental characteristics of the personality. Mental states. Mental processes. Theory of the personality. The conception and the essence of mental development. The concept of ontogenesis. The role of heredity, the environment, and education in the psyche's development. Developmental theories. The prenatal period. The newborn period. The infant period. The toddler period. The preschool period. The younger school-age period. The period of the second structural change: puberty. Adolescence. The adult period. The old-age period.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to give students basic information from the area of general and developmental psychology, to acquaint them with the essence of the personality while emphasizing the patient's personality.
The student is able to explain the position of psychology as a science in a system of social sciences, is able to analyze mental activities, processes, and states and their disorders. Through learning about his/her personality, he/she is able to better understand other people. He/she understands the differences of the human psyche in individual stages of development. He/she is able to use basic techniques of management of stressful situations.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Didactic test, Discussion, Systematic monitoring

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the practicum sessions and seminars. Successful completion of a written test.
Recommended literature
  • Bartošíková, I., Jičínský, V. a kol. Kapitoly z psychologie pro zdravotnické pracovníky. 1. vyd. Brno, IDVPZ 2000, 203 s.
  • Baštecký, J. a kol. Psychosomatická medicína. 1. vyd. Praha, Grada Avicenum, 1993.
  • Čížková, J. Poznávání duševního života člověka. Olomouc, vydavatelství UP, 1997.
  • Jobánková, H., Rouchal, H., Hájková, J. Vybrané problémy psychologie zdravotnické činnosti. 2. uprav. vyd. Brno, IDVPZ 1992, 215 s.
  • Langmeier, J., Krejčířová, D. Vývojová psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha, Grada Publishing 1998, 344 s. ISBN ISBN 80-7169-195-.
  • Vágnerová, M. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. 3. vyd. Praha, Portál 2004, str. 73 - 262.
  • Vágnerová, M. Vývojová psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha, Portál 2000, 522 s. přesun z doporučené.
  • Zacharová, E., Hermanová, M., Šrámková, J. Zdravotnická psychologie.


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