Introduction to Psychology course is meant to be an introduction to psychology as a scientific discipline. It covers basic and essential knowledge from psychology disciplines: developmental psychology, social psychology and psychology of personality etc.

The lectures will be taught in person.

Book to read: Gleitman, H., Gross, J., Reisberg, D. Psychology. (eighth edition)

Materials will be uploaded in the Moodle page of the course: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=10094

Students who did not fit in the capacity can write me an email at zsofia.csajbok@fhs.cuni.cz to enroll to the course above limit.

Weekly Schedule:

19.02.2024 - Introduction: Psychology as a science (Ch. 1) (Csajbók)

26.02.2024 - Genetic and Evolutionary roots of behavior (Ch. 2) (Csajbók)

04.03.2024 - Sensation & Perception (Ch. 4-5) (Zakreski)

11.03.2024 - Consciousness, Memory part 1 (Ch. 6, 8) (Csajbók)

18.03.2024 - Memory part 2, Motivation and Emotion (Ch. 12) (Csajbók)

25.03.2024 - Mid-term test (Csajbók + Zakreski)

01.04.2024 – Easter holiday, NO CLASS!!

08.04.2024 - Thinking, Intelligence (Ch. 9, 11) (Zakreski)

15.04.2024 - Learning, language (Ch. 7, 10) (Zakreski)

22.04.2024 - Development (Ch. 14) (Zakreski)

29.04.2024 - Social Psychology (Ch. 13) (Csajbók)

06.05.2024 - Personality (Ch. 15) (Csajbók)

13.05.2024 - End of term test (Csajbók + Zakreski)