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Introduction to Psychology and Sociology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:01.09.2020 10:57:17
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_055 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; Social Psychology | Target Audience: | Midwifery | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lāsma Spundiņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Secondary school level knowledge in social sciences. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students' understanding of the sociological theories, main concepts of social psychology, human socialisation process and the influence of social environment as well as the psychological science and its relationship to other sciences – human cognitive and emotional sphere and personality. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concepts of "Psyche" and "psychology". Psychology as a science. Insight into the history of psychology. Schools and directions of psychology. Link of psychology with other sciences. Psychology branches. Mental care specialists (psychologist, psychotherapist, psychiatrist). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Intelligence. Intelligence theories. Human cognitive activity (cognitive sphere). Perception, its nature, types and illusions. Attention, its types. Memory and its basic processes, regularities and types. Thinking, its types and characteristics. Thinking operations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Personality. Personality theories. Key concepts. Personality structure. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Sociology as a science, sociology theories. Social psychology’s history of development. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Personality socialisation and its influencing factors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Social groups and group processes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | The understanding of “I” (James V. concept, modern social psychology beliefs). “I” concepts, identity, self-esteem, level of claims. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Motivation. Needs. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Emotions and feelings. Biological basis of affective processes. Emotional states. Feelings and their types. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Altruistic and anti-social behavior. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Status, its meaning. Social roles, their types, role conflicts. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Attitude and social impacts. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Seminar – analysis of socialisation processes. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Seminar – analysis of socialisation processes. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Seminar – scientific research analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Seminar – scientific research analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students carry out an analysis of socialisation processes, prepare a presentation relating to these processes and present during the lecture. One scientific research analysis is being prepared and presented on the topics of social psychology related to health care. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in classes: prepared answers to discussion questions about current theme and participation in discussions; completion of self-examination tests after each lecture – 20%. Independent work No.1 – analysis of the socialization process. A life interview is promoted and a presentation is prepared, which is presented in a seminar – 30%. Independent work No.2 – analysis of one scientific research. A presentation on scientific research in the field of health care and presentations in seminars is prepared – 30%. Exam – theoretical knowledge tests – 20%. The final rating is given on a 10-point scale. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students acquire knowledge about sociology theories, social psychology concepts, human socialisation process as well as the science of psychology, research methods, history, human cognitive and emotional sphere, personality. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students acquire the skills to navigate the theories of sociology, social psychology basic concepts and human socialisation process dynamics, as well as the basic concepts of general psychology, human cognitive and emotional spheres, basic concepts of personality. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Analyse the processes of individual socialisation and personality development. Understand the basic concepts of general psychology, cognitive, emotional and personality processes. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone K., Miltuze A., Psiholoģija 1. Pamatjautājumi – teorijas un pētījumi, Zvaigzne ABC, 2015 | ||||||||
| 2 | Mārtinsone K., Miltuze A., Psiholoģija 2. Personība, grupa, sabiedrība, kultūra, Zvaigzne ABC, 2015 | ||||||||
| 3 | Mārtinsone K., Miltuze A., Psiholoģija 3. Lietišķās jomas, Zvaigzne ABC, 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | Emotion in the human face / edited by Paul Ekman, Los Altos, California : Malor Books, ©2013 | ||||||||
| 5 | Ozoliņa Nucho A., Vidnere M., Intervēšanas prasmes, Raka, 2012 | ||||||||
| 6 | Howard S. Friedman, Miriam W. Schustack, Personality : classic theories and modern research, Boston : Pearson Allyn & Bacon, c2012. | ||||||||
| 7 | Reņģe V., Sociālā psiholoģija, Zvaigzne ABC, 2011. | ||||||||
| 8 | Randy Larsen, David Buss, Personality psychology : domains of knowledge about human nature, New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010 | ||||||||
| 9 | Auziņa R., Personības psiholoģija, Banku augstskola, 2008. | ||||||||
| 10 | Laķis P., Socioloģija: ievads socioloģijā, Zvaigzne ABC, 2005 | ||||||||
| 11 | Pļaveniece M., Škuškovnika D. Sociālā psiholoģija pedagogiem, Raka, 2002. | ||||||||
| 12 | Borns L., Russo N.F. Psiholoģija, Raka, 2001. | ||||||||
| 13 | Daniel Reisberg, Cognition : exploring the science of the mind, New York ;London : W.W. Norton & Company, c2001 | ||||||||
| 14 | Reņģe V., Personības psiholoģija, Zvaigzne ABC, 2000. | ||||||||
| 15 | Denys A. DeCatanzaro, Motivation and emotion : evolutionary, psychological, developmental, and social perspectives, Upper Saddle River (New Jersey) : Prentice Hall,1999 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone K., Sudraba V., Veselības psiholoģija: teorijas un prakses starpdisciplinārā perspektīva, RSU, 2019 | ||||||||
| 2 | John Seamon, Memory and movies : what films can teach us about memory, Cambridge, Massachusetts ;London, England : The MIT Press, ©2015 | ||||||||
| 3 | Cognitive reserve : theory and applications / edited by Yaakov Stern, New York ;Hove : Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2014 | ||||||||
| 4 | Alastair Younger, Scott A. Adler, Ross Vasta, Child psychology : a Canadian perspective, [Etobicoke, Ont.] : John Wiley & Sons Canada, c2012. | ||||||||
| 5 | Cognitive developmental change : theories, models and measurement, edited by Andreas Demetriou and Athanassios Raftopoulos, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004 | ||||||||
| 6 | Garleja R. Cilvēkpotenciāls sociālā vidē, Raka, 2003. | ||||||||
