General Psychology

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Course ID:	4101-1SPSYCHOGO
Erasmus code / ISCED:	05.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0110) Education, not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	General Psychology
Name in Polish:	Psychologia ogólna
Organizational unit:	University College of English Language Teacher Education
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	The course covers general introductory issues of psychology, specifically the basic functions of psychology, main psychological concepts, basic methodological issues of data gathering & interpretation, basic issues of social psychology.
Full description:	The course covers the following consecutive topics: - Basic functions of psychology - Psychodynamic concept of man - Behaviorism - Cognitive psychology - Nervous system – its structure & functions - Temperament; concepts & its regulatory function, psychology of interpersonal differences - Social psychology – groups, attitudes & social influence - Process of interpersonal communication; principles & barriers in communicating with other people - Intelligence, assertiveness - Emotional intelligence - Methodology of social sciences - Methodological prerequisites of data gathering & comparison - Methods of data gathering - Basic techniques of data processing - Methods of methodological inference
Bibliography:	Ph.Zimbardo, Psychology & Life, Ph.Zimbardo & M.Leippe, The psychology of attitude change & social influence R.Myers, Social Psychologu S.Grollman, The human body
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Exam and assessment of students activities

This course is not currently offered.

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