Czech

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Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

The course is focused on the giving of basic informations about the theories of communication, about the basic models of human relations and also with both formal and informal aspect of work and social communication.
The aim of the course is to obtain knowledge about the optimal interpersonal communication, communication errors, fauls and about the assertive communication.
Students will acquire knowledge in the field of interpersonal communication, negotiation, and conflict solution. Students will be able to efficiently consider their verbal and nonverbal display. Students will prepare and make a public speech (as a preparation for the defence of the thesis)and obtain for that a feedback.

Basic knowledge from general psychology and sociology, elementary terms in psychology and personality psychology. Acquaintance with sociological research and its practical use.

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The information will be passed on in the form of lectures, accompanied by rich photographic material. As part of the exercise, the students will work in groups and also individually in the context of socio-psychological activities. Each student individually will prepare a seminar work down to the public. Lectures, basic information, and a lot of information beyond the recited topics are in LMS Moodle.

Each student must have a maximum participation in the exercises (min. 80%). Each student submits the seminal work in printed form in the range of a minimum of two standard pages and presents a 7 min speech in front of other students.

1. Introduction social sciences, its use for a student of Faculty of civil engineering.
2. Social psychology and its place in personal life; Psychological terminology - memory, speech and mind.
3. Methods of psychological and communication research: Dialog, questionnaire, anamnesis. Education and self-education. The influence of environment on personality.
4. Personality, general questions and structure of personality. Temperament and character. Types of personality. Intelligence and intellect.
5. Development and formation of a personality. Age periods of a personality development. Biological and sociological determination of personality.
6. Learning, social learning and its importance and types. General mechanisms of learning. Problems with learning in professional and personal life. Social learning styles.
7. Stress and its managing methods. Psychical hygiene. Mechanisms of adaptation.
8. Basic paradigms of sociological thinking. Sociological terms: Society, organization, group, culture, social status.
9. Communication theory, its application to society, to person and to future life career.
10. Social structure, social control, socialization. Communication: as means of problem of living in society.
11. Job choice as individual’s, sociological and communication problem. Presentation and interpretation of social situations in professional and personal life.
12. Rhetoric and communication. Quality of speech. Appropriate grammatical and rhetorical principles of public speech.
13. Analysis of some frequent lapses in communication in public speech.

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Main aim of this subject is to acquaint the student with applied psychology, sociology and communication theory; for he/she will be able to orient him/herself in the terminology and concepts of human communication. Student should gain a wider insight into the human communication and mainly to familiarize him/herself with the miscellaneous obstacles in authentic communication (both in workplace and family/partnership). The student should be able to use these informations in an everyday life, especially during the acquisition of new job and in a workplace.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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KOHOUTEK, R.: Základy užité psychologie. Brno: CERM, 2002.

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