XAFPS Fundamentals of Psychology and Sociology

Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc
zima 2021
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Vyučující
Mgr. Petr Černoch (cvičící)
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Mgr. Petr Černoch
Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc
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Cíle předmětu
The objective of the course is to familiarise students with basic sociological and psychological approaches that explain the motivation and behaviour of an individual in contemporary society. The chosen topics describe individuals from the micro perspective of their personality (psychology) towards a more general macro view of different groups or institutions (sociology).
Osnova
  • 1. Work psychology. Work activity analysis. Interventions in work psychology. Theoretical approaches in work psychology.
  • 2. Personality 1. Potential and competence. Abilities, skills, personality characteristics, attitudes, special dimensions of personality. Personality measurement.
  • 3. Personality 2. Types of people and their expression during work activity. Classical typology. Modern typology. The use of typology in the practice of leadership.
  • 4. Motivation of work activity. Three basic questions of motivation. Theory of Needs. The Effective use of stimuli.
  • 5. Organizational culture. Features of culture. Types of cultures. Cultural change.
  • 6. Relationships in a workplace. Sources of conflict in a workplace. Conflict resolution process.
  • 7. Basic characteristics of sociology. The Origins of sociology. Theoretical framework of sociology. Micro and macro sociology.
  • 8. Sociological perspectives. Paradigm. Realism vs. individualism. Structural functionalism. Theory of Conflict. Symbolic interactionism.
  • 9. Culture, company, group. Ethnocentrism. Enculturation, acculturation, socialization. Cultural values. Division of groups. Anomie. Role.
  • 10. Social stratification. Social classes. Socioeconomic mobility. Poverty.
  • 11. Deviation, race, ethnicity. Stigma. Labelling. Minority vs. majority. Racism. Discrimination.
  • 12. Postmodern society. Modern vs. postmodern society. Changes in society.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • BROWNE, K. An Introduction to Sociology. 5th ed. Polity Press, 2020, 630 s. ISBN 978-1-5095-2800-4. info
  • REBER, R. Psychology – The Basics. 1st. ed. Routledge, 2019, 183 s. ISBN 978-1-138-55226-5. info
  • GIDDENS, A. a P. W. SUTTON. Sociology. 8th. Ed. Polity Press, 2017, 1130 s. ISBN 978-0-7456-9668-3. info
  • COLMAN, A. M. A Dictionary of Psychology - Oxford Quick Reference. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2015, 896 s. ISBN 978-0-19-965768-1. info
    doporučená literatura
  • FERRIS, Kerry a Jill STEIN. The real world: an introduction to sociology. 2nd ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 2010. ISBN 03-939-3352-0. info
Metody hodnocení
Course credit: active participation in seminars, written test (min. na 70 %).
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