Course: Psychology

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Course title Psychology
Course code KOS/P3PSK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
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)
  • Čápová Markéta, Mgr.
  • Kvasničková Hana, Mgr.
  • Kopecký Michal, Mgr. et Mgr.
  • Skorunková Radka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Mental hygiene. ontogeny. The concept and essence of mental life. The share of heredity, environment and upbringing in the development of the psyche. Developmental theories (Freud, Erikson). Prenatal period, neonatal period. The toddler's period. Preschool age and younger school age. Period of prepubesce and puberty. The period of adolescence. Period of adulthood - differences in the mental life of men and women. Period of age. Family, family system, family life cycle phases. Transgenerational transmission, family resilience. The development of self-evaluation, self-concept. The personality peculiarities of a paramedic. Health moderators, prevention of burnout syndrome. Verbal and nonverbal communication of the rescuer in practice. CISM (debriefing, defusing, peer program).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to give students basic information from the area of general, social 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 status of psychology as a science in the system of social sciences and can analyze mental activities, processes, and states and their disorders. Through understanding of their personality, students understand other people better. Students understand the diversity of the human mind in individual development periods. They are able to use basic strategies for managing stressful situations.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
CThe fulfillment of compulsory 80% of active participation in exercises. Completion of an oral examination or a written test according according to the decision of the guarantor.
Recommended literature
  • Čížková-Hlobilová, Jitka. Poznávání duševního života člověka. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2012. ISBN 978-80-244-2977-9.
  • Hayes, Nicky. Základy sociální psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0534-0.
  • Nakonečný, Milan. Motivace chování. Praha: Triton, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7387-830-6.
  • Říčan, Pavel. Psychologie osobnosti : obor v pohybu. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3133-9.
  • Říčan, Pavel. Psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-560-8.
  • Vágnerová, Marie. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0225-7.
  • Vágnerová, Marie. Vývojová psychologie : dětství a dospívání. Praha: Karolinum, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2153-1.
  • Zacharová, Eva. Základy psychologie pro zdravotnické obory. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-4062-1.


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