Psychology of Aggression

Course: Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychology of Aggression
Code
ДВС.3.05.01
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
LO1. To analyze and interpret mental phenomena, identify psychological problems and suggest ways to resolve them. LO2. To understand patterns and tendencies of the development and functioning of mental phenomena in the professional tasks’ context. LO4. To elaborate one's professional position, to make independent conclusions based on the results of own research and analysis of publications. LO5. To select and use: valid and reliable psychological research and assessment methods (tests, questionnaires, projective techniques etc.); techniques of psychological help. LO10. To formulate logically own position in comprehensive way, discuss, defend, modify statements according to cultural characteristics of the partner.
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Master the courses "General Psychology", "Social Psychology", "Personality Psychology" and "Developmental Psychology". 2. Know the theoretical foundations of the structure of the mind, factors and basic mechanisms of personality formation. 3. Have basic skills in research, search, processing and analysis of information from various sources, the use of information and communication technologies.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to provide students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to understand the specifics of aggressive behavior, its determinants, features of its impact, based on modern psychological theories and empirical data. Three modules. The first one acquaints with the specifics of psychological theories of aggression and propensity to violence, features of methods of systematic study of aggression, evolutionary and biological features of the origin and development of aggressive behavior. In the second - with the specifics of the types of aggressive manifestations of personality, ontogenesis, socialization of aggressive behavior, determinants of aggression. The third module focuses on the impact of violence in the media, the Internet and video games on aggressive behavior, the psychological characteristics of aggression in the context of war, terrorism and sport events, preventive measures and features of aggression management.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Arendt Kh. Aikhman v Yerusalymi. Rozpovid pro banalnist zla / Per. z anhl. A. Kotenko. — Vydannia druhe, vypravlene. — K.: Dukh i Litera, 2020. — 376 s. 2. Dzhons A. Henotsyd: Vstup do hlobalnoi istorii / Per. z anhl. K. Dysa. — K.: Dukh i Litera, 2019. — 712 s. 3. Drakulich S. Vony b i mukhy ne skryvdyly. Voienni zlochyntsi na sudi v Haazi / Per. z khorv. R. Sviato. — K.: Komora, 2018. — 192 s. 4. Bushman B. J., Anderson C. A. General Aggression Model // The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. — 2020. — P. 1-9. 5. Haller J. The Neurobiology of Human Aggression and Violence // Neurobiopsychosocial Perspectives on Aggression and Violence. — Springer, Cham, 2020. — P. 291-328. 6. Ireland J. L., Birch P., Ireland C. A. (ed.). The Routledge International Handbook of Human Aggression: Current issues and perspectives. – Routledge, 2018. — 326 p. 7. Krahé B. The Social Psychology of Aggression (3d ed). — Routledge, 2020. — 528 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lection, seminar
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral answers (speech at the seminar, participation in discussions and debates, additions): PH1.1; РН1.2, РН1.3, РН1.4, РН2.1, РН2.2, РН2.3, РН3.1, РН3.2, РН4.1 - 24/14 points 2. Analytical report: PH1.1; РН1.2, РН1.3, РН1.4, РН2.1, РН2.2, РН2.3, РН3.1, РН4.1 - 24/14 points 3. Creative independent work: PH1.1; РН1.2, РН1.3, РН1.4, РН2.1, РН2.2, РН2.3, РН3.2, РН4.1, РН4.2 - 32/20 points 4. Final control work: РН1.1; РН1.2, РН1.3, РН1.4, РН2.1, РН2.2, РН2.3, РН3.2, РН4.1 - 20/12 points Evaluation organization: 0-59 - not credited, 60-100 credit.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Illia Ihorovych Yahiiaiev
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology