ECTS - PWSZ im. Witelona w Legnicy

The Witelon University of Applied Sciences in Legnica - Field: Pedagogy
ECTS Course Catalogue 2010/2011
ECTS credits
5
1. Course title
Introduction to Psychology
2. Course contents
Lecture
Students get familiar with the run of psychical processes, their structure, basic processes, the functions they play
in the regulation of human behavior. Within the framework of classes and lectures of general psychology they
learn about cognitive processes (e.g. perception, learning, memory, thinking), decision ma king processes,
emotions, motivation and some selected theories of personality. Also, it is essential to indicate to psychology
having in common with many sciences as biology, physiology, medicine, social sciences, education, philosophy
linguistics, etc. Moreover, it will be presented what is the contemporary approach to psychology pertaining to
modern research explorations.
All processes, which are bound up with the various periods of life are treated developmentally. The result of the
development is personality, defined as a self-regulating and self-controlling organization and structure. As a
basic theoretical approach, modern development theories from philogenetic and ontogenetic perspective have
been assumed, here.
The students will familiarize with some principal methods and tools of social psychologist work. They learn how
to gather and interpret information collected from mini experiments they will carry out and describe limits of
correct and grounded generalization onto wider social reality.
Selected subjects (curriculum)
The subject of general psychology, perception and experience creating mechanisms, perceptual categorization,
attention, conditioning (both classical and instrumental), learning Beyond conditioning, memory, language,
Communications, concepts, thinking, understanding, emotional intelligence, emotions, motivation, personality
and various theories of, historical approach to the idea of childhood, theories of child development, sensorimotor
development, social and emotional development, the problem how to influence other people, attitudes creations,
adds and other issues of social sciences.
3. Prerequisites
None
4. Learning outcomes
Students are to acquire basic theoretical (lecture) and practical (classes) knowledge on social and personality
psychology.
5. Recommended reading
Mietzel, Gerd, Wprowadzenie do psychologii, GWD 2003
Strelau, Jan. PSYCHOLOGIA, Podręcznik akademicki, Psychologia ogólna, GDW, Gdańsk 2000 r. , tom 2,
Vasta, R., Haith, M. M., Miller S. A. PSYCHOLOGIA DZIECKA.WSIP, Warszawa 1995
Wosińska, W., PSYCHOLOGIA ŻYCIA SPOŁECZNEGO, GWP, Gdańsk 2004.
Shapiro, L. W. JAK WYCHOWYWAĆ DZIECKO Z WYSOKIM EQ. Pruszyński i S-ka, Warszawa 1999 r.
(wybrane zagadnienia).
6. Type of Course
Mandatory
7. Teaching team
Department of Education
8. Course structure:
Form Number of hours Semester Year
Lecture 30/30 1 1
Classes 15/15 1 1
Laboratory
Project
Seminar
Other
Total students’
workload
150
9. Assessment methods
The assessment of students work will be done on the basis of semester theoretical and/or experimental written
study on the selected problems of general psychology.
10. Language of instruction: Polish
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