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2024/2025

Social Psychology

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
U51C3301 ZK 6 16B Czech
Relations:
It is not possible to register for the course U51C3301 if the student is concurrently registered for or has previously completed the course 32BC-K-PSYS-01 (mutually exclusive courses).
The requirement for course U51C3301 can be fulfilled by substitution with the course 32BC-K-PSYS-01.
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Supervisor:
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Studies
Synopsis:

The course is devoted to the issue of man in social situations. Students will get acquainted with basic socio-psychological knowledge that is directly or indirectly related to the teacher's activities. The dynamics of small social groups and interactions are studied, as well as issues related to communication (basics of communication, types of communication). Attention is paid to attitudes and their creation, conflicts and their solutions. Another important topic is the socialization of personality and social role. The acquisition of this knowledge at the theoretical level is associated with references to their application in the practice of teachers, especially in terms of individual approach to students, teamwork and contacts with the general public.

Requirements:

1. Continuous submission of tasks on individual topics (individually and in groups) - assignment in Moodle

2. Final test via Moodle

Syllabus of lectures:

The subject of social psychology and its relations to other sciences, methods of social psychology

Socialization of the individual, social learning, imitation and identification

Social perception and social cognition

Attitudes, stereotypes, prejudices

Social facilitation, cooperation and competition - group phenomena

Prosocial behavior and aggression

Conformity, bystander effect and warning experiments with human indifference and obedience

Conflicts and ways to resolve them

Structure and dynamics of a small group

Syllabus of tutorials:
Study Objective:

Students will be introduced to general social psychological concepts, that are interrelated with pedagogical work. The theoretical ground is connected with examples showing their application in practice, especially concerning team work and both closer and wider interpersonal network.

Study materials:

ARONSON, E. Social Psychology. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2004. 677 s. ISBN 0-13-

121787-9.

HEIDER, Fritz. The Psychology of

Interpersonal Relations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1958. ISBN 0-471-36833-4

FESTINGER, L. A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press,

1957. ISBN-10: 0804701318.

HAYES, N. Principles of Social Psychology. Hove: Psychology Press, 2005. 168 s. ISBN 0-

86377-259-5.

HEIDER, F. The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations. New York: Wiley, 1959. ISBN 978-

0700602322

HEWSTONE, M., STROEBE, W., STEPHENSON, Geoffrey M. (editors) Introduction to

Social Psychology. A European Perspective. Oxford, UK & Malden, Massachusetts, USA:

Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 1996. ISBN: 0-631-18585--2

HOGG, M. A.; VAUGHAN, G. M. Social Psychology. 5. vyd. Harlow [u.a.]: Pearson/Prentice

Hall, 2008. ISBN 978-0-13-206931-1.

Note:
Further information:
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