Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

Organization

TÁTK Department of Social Psychology

Code

ESZOCBA76

Title

Psychology

Usual semester

Autumn

Published semester

2026/27/1

ECTS

3

Language

en

Description

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Learning outcomes

Our psychology course develops understandings of psychological processes and human behavior, and provide opportunities to increase your practical skills in communication, group work and critical thinking. We consider an essential part of our course perspectives on human diversity and social inclusion Culture is also an important factor if we want to understand better human beings so we can take a look on psychological functioning through the lens culture (for example individualism/collectivism, religious, ethnic membership and so on). The course provides opportunities for students to work in small groups and deepen their knowledge on a chosen topic related to the field of Psychology This is not a practitioner course, it will serve as an introduction to the diverse perspectives, key ideas and concepts, the historical development the theoretical basis of contemporary psychology.

Course content

Main topics: Psychology & Science Brain’s Building Blocks Incredible Nervous System Sensation Perception Sleep & Dreams Hypnosis & Drugs Classical Conditioning Operant & Cognitive Approaches Types of Memory Remembering & Forgetting Intelligence Thought & Language Motivation Emotion Infancy & Childhood Adolescence & Adulthood Freudian & Humanistic Theories Social Cognitive & Trait Theories Health, Stress & Coping Assessment & Anxiety Disorders Mood Disorders & Schizophrenia Therapies Social Psychology Sociocultural Psychology:

Assessment method

Evaluation -  Oral presentation in the class and/or paper has to be submitted by deadline - The paper will be assessed based on the following criteria: o – Discussion of relevant theories and literature with possible reference to information given during the module o –  Students are welcome to critically examine psychological concepts by debunking taken for granted assumptions in the light of other theoretical orientations or explanatory systems o – Demonstration of critical and analytical thinking  (In Hungary, the best mark is 5, the failure is 1. 2 = sufficient; 3= middle range; 4=good).

Bibliography

Compulsory Reading: Main topics will  be taken module by module from the Rod Plotnik and Haig Kouyoumdjian (2011):  Introduction to Psychology, (Ninth Edition) Wadsworth

Recommended bibliography

Adams, G., Dobles, I., Gómez, L. H., Kurtiş, T., & Molina, L. E. (2015). Decolonizing psychological science: Introduction to the special thematic section. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3(1), 213-238. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i1.564 Bandura, A. (2001). Social cognitive theory: An agentic perspective. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.1 Bowlby, J. (1988). A secure base: Parent-child attachment and healthy human development. Basic Books. Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1989(1), 139-167. Fonagy, P., Gergely, G., Jurist, E. L., & Target, M. (2002). Affect regulation, mentalization, and the development of the self. Other Press. Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33(2-3), 61-83. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0999152X Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98(2), 224-253. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.98.2.224 Maslow, A. H. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50(4), 370-396. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0054346 Meyer, I. H. (2003). Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 129(5), 674-697. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.674 Rogers, C. R. (1957). The necessary and sufficient conditions of therapeutic personality change. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 21(2), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0045357 Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2001). On happiness and human potentials: A review of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 141-166. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.141 Soto, C. J., & John, O. P. (2017). The next Big Five Inventory (BFI-2): Developing and assessing a hierarchical model with 15 facets to enhance bandwidth, fidelity, and predictive power. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113(1), 117-143. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000096 Steele, C. M., & Aronson, J. (1995). Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(5), 797-811. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.69.5.797

Programmes of the course