SYLLABUS
COURSE TITLE
DEPARTMENT
COURSE CODE
DEGREE PROGRAMME
FACULTY
PSYCHOLOGY
Department of psychology
Pedagogy
COURSE FORMAT
YEAR AND SEMESTER
COURSE COORDINATOR
INSTRUCTOR(S)
QUALIFICATION LEVEL
STUDY MODE
Bachelor
Full Time
Obligatory
Erasmus students
Anna Englert-Bator, MA
Anna Englert-Bator, MA
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Students will gain knowledge of the different subject areas in psychology and will be prepared
to take more advanced courses in psychology. The course will also show psychology’s role
in promoting human welfare and solving social problems. Additional objectives:
* To introduce to students psychology and sport psychology as a subdiscipline of applied
psychology, with major emphasis on the study and applications of psychological factors
enhancing athletic performance and on the impact of sport participation on a person’s (or
team’s) development;
* To present relatively updated treatments of the basic materials and new researches concern
for further discussion;
* To encourage students to explore the subject outside the school curriculum
PREREQUISITES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Willingness to learn and achievement motivation
KNOWLEDGE: The student possess the knowledge of the growth of
the human, he knows how to properly support the development of
personality of the child and realizes how to diagnose and predict
physical and mental development.
SKILLS: The student is able to apply the methods of training and
education in the implementation of lessons and extracurricular
activities
FINAL COURSE OUTPUT - SOCIAL COMPETENCES
The student promotes a healthy lifestyle and physical activity
among family and the local community. He can share their
knowledge and skills with others. He is able to properly function
in the group.
COURSE ORGANISATION –LEARNING FORMAT AND NUMBER OF HOURS
30 hours of lecture and workshops
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course offers a broad introduction to general psychology and a variety of approaches within
the scientific study of thought and behavior. We will explore the various ways people perceive,
think, affect and understand. The course will also cover important topics such as the stress, wellbeing and social interaction.
LECTURES:
The biological bases of behavior. The big picture of nervous system.2h
Sensory and perception processes 2h
The constancy of perceptions. Varieties of consciousness. Sleep, dreams, hypnosis and
mediation. Altering coinciousness with drugs. 2h
Learning. Classical conditioning phenomena. Applying classical conditioning. Operant
conditioning and beyond – reinformcement, punishment, generalization and
discrimination.2h
Memory: remembering and forgetting. Memory: sensory, STM, LTM. The biological bases of
memory. Retrieval and retrieval failure. 2h
Higher cognition processes. Concepts and language. Problem solving: problem
representations and problem solving strategies. Barriers to effective problem solving skills.
2h
Intelligence and psychology testing. The nature of intelligence. Differences in measured
intelligence (heredity, environment, group differences in IQ). The extremes of intelligencementally gifted versus mentally retarded. 2h
Developmental psychology. The development of children; heredity and environment: nature
and nurture. Prenatal development: influences before birth. Motor, sensory, perceptual,
cognitive and social development. 4h
Development in adolescence and adulthood. Challenges of adolescence. 2h
Theories of personality (psychoanalytic, behavioral-learning, humanistic-phenomenological,
trait approaches). Is there a personality? Personality assessment. 2h
Motivation, emotion, stress. Approaches to motivation, physiologically based drives And
psychologically based motivation. The nature of emotion with its physiological aspects.2h
Outward expressions of emotions. Stressors: the causes of stress. Reacting to stressors. 2h
Abnormal psychology. Definition and classification of abnormal reactions. Anxiety –based
and personality disorders.Organic, mood, and schizophrenic mental disorders. 2h
Social interactions and the Human Environment. Social cognition. The social-psychological
perspective attitudes. Attribution theory. Interpersonal attraction. Social influence
2h(conformity, obedience to authority etc.)
Total: 30h
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lecture, discussion, didactic film, reading assignments,
quizzes, demonstrations, case studies etc
REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
* Attendance and active participation in classes
*Two tests during the term covering the texts and workshops
(multiple choice; true- false statements; gapped sentences)
* One short presentation
* Final written exam
GRADING SYSTEM
Success in this course depends on attending class
regularly, actively participating in class, and taking
thorough notes.
Tests: There will be two extra mini tests during each
term. Students will be informed about them at least 2
weeks in advance. They will be based on a recommended
reading.
Exam: There will be an exam at the end (test: multiple
choice, true/false and open cloze)
The exam will cover the text and lecture material
0-50% - 2.0 50-59%-3.0 60-69% -3.5
70-79%-4.0 80-89% - 4.5 90-100%-5.0
Extra points might be administred for outstading active
participation in classes and presentations
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD
NEEDED TO ACHIEVE EXPECTED
LEARNING OUTCOMES EXPRESSED IN
TIME AND ECTS CREDIT POINTS
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
INTERNSHIP
MATERIALS
Activity
Lecture
Workshops
Preparation
for
classes
(Reading,
homework etc.)
Preparing
a
presentation
Revising for the exam
Exam
Total
ECTS
Hours:
20h
10 h
20 h
10 h
30 h
2h
125 h
5
English
Not required
PRIMARY OR REQUIRED BOOKS/READINGS:
D. G. Myers: Psychology, 10th Edition, 2011, Worth
Publishers.
C. Wade, C. Travis: Invitation to psychology. 3rd ed.
Prentice Hall, 2005.
The supplemental short papers are required and will be
available online. Students can easily access them for
reading and/or printing. Occasionally, additional
supplemental readings may be distributed in class
SUPPLEMENTAL OR OPTIONAL BOOKS/READINGS:
H. Gleitman: Psychology; 4th ed., W.W. Norton &
Company, New York, London, 1997
D.T., Kendrick, S.L., Neuberg, R., Cialdini, Social
psychology: Unraveling the mystery, 3rd ed., Boston: Allyn
and BacoN, 2005
B., B. Brewer, Sport psychology. Olympic handbook of
sports medicine and practice; Internationial Olympic
Committee, 2009
COURSE COORDINATOR ’S
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