Syllabus
Introduction to Psychology course is meant to be an introduction to psychology as a scientific discipline. It covers basic and essential knowledge from psychology disciplines: developmental psychology, social psychology and psychology of personality etc.
The lectures will be taught in person.
Book to read: Gleitman, H., Gross, J., Reisberg, D. Psychology. (eighth edition)
Materials will be uploaded in the Moodle page of the course: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=10094
Students who did not fit in the capacity can write me an email at zsofia.csajbok@fhs.cuni.cz to enroll to the course above limit.
Weekly Schedule: 19.02.2024 - Introduction: Psychology as a science (Ch. 1) (Csajbók) 26.02.2024 - Genetic and Evolutionary roots of behavior (Ch. 2) (Csajbók) 04.03.2024 - Sensation & Perception (Ch. 4-5) (Zakreski) 11.03.2024 - Consciousness, Memory part 1 (Ch. 6, 8) (Csajbók) 18.03.2024 - Memory part 2, Motivation and Emotion (Ch. 12) (Csajbók) 25.03.2024 - Mid-term test (Csajbók + Zakreski) 01.04.2024 – Easter holiday, NO CLASS!! 08.04.2024 - Thinking, Intelligence (Ch. 9, 11) (Zakreski) 15.04.2024 - Learning, language (Ch. 7, 10) (Zakreski) 22.04.2024 - Development (Ch. 14) (Zakreski) 29.04.2024 - Social Psychology (Ch. 13) (Csajbók) 06.05.2024 - Personality (Ch. 15) (Csajbók) 13.05.2024 - End of term test (Csajbók + Zakreski)
Annotation
Introduction to Psychology course is meant to be an introduction to psychology as a scientific discipline. It covers basic and essential knowledge from psychology disciplines: developmental psychology, social psychology, general psychology and personality.
The lectures will be taught in person.
Literature:
Gleitman, H., Gross, J., Reisberg, D.: Psychology. 8th Edition. W.W. Norton and Company Ltd. 2011.
Assessment:
Written test