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Code:	31832
ECTS:	5.0
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Description:

Course Description Course objectives are: (1) extending the knowledge in the field of general and developmental psychology acquired within the course "Introduction to Psychology", (2) independent work on a selected topic within the thematic framework of the course "Introduction to Psychology", supervised by the teacher, and (3) work on presentation skills and the group discussion skills. Course content: Contemporary psychology: scientific and applied psychology. Biological foundations of behaviour. Sensation and perception. Learning and memory. Emotions and motivation. Developmental psychology. Biological and physical development. Perception, cognition and language development. Emotional and social development. Deviations from typical development. Personality psychology. Psychopathology and psychotherapy.

Cognitive Skills:

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

1. Select reliable and relevant scientific and professional sources of information among the multitude of information on the Internet

2. Summarise key scientific and professional cognizance about a certain topic from selected sources

3. Categorise collected information about the topic and organise them in coherent chapters

4. Prepare a concept of seminar paper

5. Present, explain and describe key ideas about a selected topic and discuss it with the audience of students

6. Illustrate described cognizance by examples from practice

7. Compare and connect different research findings about the same topic, notice similarities and possibly offer an interpretation for discovered discrepancies within the literature

8. Mention used sources from literature according to the rules for referencing

 

Practical and Generic Skills:

After successfully completing the course, students will gain:

• Time management skills
• Independent learning and knowledge upgrading skills
• Basic skills in computer use
• Ability to use e-learning systems (Moodle)
• Ability to analyse and synthesise course contents
• Ability to critically review information
• Ability to express arguments in group discussion
• Ability to communicate with experts from related areas (psychologists, sociologists, physicians)
• Skills in written expression and structured display of information on a certain topic
• Presentation skills

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Homework assignment - testing learning outcomes 1, 2 and 8

 

Preparation of power point presentation and presentation of a selected topic from the area of psychology - testing learning outcomes 1,2,3,4,5 and 8

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