Psychology of the virtual environment

Course: Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychology of the virtual environment
Code
ДВС.3.13.01
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
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To know: the subject and tasks of general psychology; features of the psychological impact of various environmental factors on a person; features of human influence on the environment; To be able to: operate with the concepts of psychological science and analyze research data; To have: basic skills in analyzing psychological phenomena.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to provide students with a basic acquaintance with the fundamentals of virtual psychology, cyberpsychology, peculiarities of the human psyche as a creator of virtual space, characteristics of the systems "personality - virtual space" and "personality - virtual space - person". The course is based on the social properties of the existence of virtual reality, its impact on the mental health of the individual and the means of virtual socialization of the individual.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Variatyvnist" socializaciyi osobystosti v umovax suchasnoho informacijnoho suspil"stva : monohrafiya / avt. kolektyv : N. M. Tokareva, A. V. Shamne, O. O. Xalik ta in.; red. N. M.Tokarevoyi. Kyyiv : TOV NVP «Interservis», 2017. 220 s. Luchynkina A.I. Psyxolohiya internet-socializaciyi osobystosti. Simferopol", 2013. Maxnij M.M. Merezheve suspil"stvo : kiberpsyxolohichnyj putivnyk. Kyyiv : Academia.edu, 2018. 176 s. Nemesh O. M. Virtual"na diyal"nist" osobystosti: struktura ta dynamika psyxolohichnoho analizu: monohrafiya K. : Slovo, 2017. 391 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, seminar, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral answers (discussion, analytical report): 10 / 6 points Creative work (writing essays, creating presentations): 30 / 18 points Test written work: 20 / 12 points The minimum score to be obtained by a student in the relevant assessment forms is 36 points. The maximum score that can be obtained by a student for a semester is 60 points. The final assessment is conducted in the form of an exam. The maximum number of points that can be obtained by the applicant is 40 points on a 100-point scale. The form of the exam is oral, with a written component. The ticket consists of 4 tasks. The first two theoretical questions are worth 10 points each, the third - a practical task - 10 points, the fourth - test tasks - 10 points (1 point per test). The minimum threshold level of the exam score for the exam to be considered passed is the exam score of 24 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oleksandr Viktorovych Bilous
Department of General Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of General Psychology
Faculty of Psychology