Psychology of constructing the future: theory and practice

Course: Political Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychology of constructing the future: theory and practice
Code
ОК. 13
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
LO3. Summarize empirical data and formulate theoretical conclusions. LO4. Make a psychological prognosis for the development of individuals, groups, organizations. LO5. Develop intervention programs (training, expertise, counseling, etc.), implement them into individual and group work, assess their quality.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1) To know the basic concepts of general and social psychology; have an understanding of transdisciplinary research. 2) To be able to search for the necessary information, analyze and critically evaluate it; formulate social inquiries and relate them to their professional activities. 3) To possess skills of working with the scientific and reference apparatus of libraries; basic methods of collecting and interpreting facts of social reality; establishing cause and effect relationships; various methods of argumentation and presentation of information in order to influence the recipient. conducting discussions.
Course content
The aim of the discipline is to train specialists in political psychology who are able to solve complex problems related to scientifically based research, forecasting and design of the social future, to enhance understanding of the constructive, creative, active role of a person in creating the future. The discipline is designed to develop students' scientific understanding of the possibilities and limits of social constructivism. It introduces the conceptual apparatus, theoretical and methodological problems, social and psychological phenomena, mechanisms and patterns of chronopsychology. Theoretical and practical aspects of the problem of managing images of the future as an important factor in managing mass moods, consciousness and behavior are also considered.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Dvornyk M. S. Prokrastyyaaciya v konstruyuvanni osobystisnoho majbutn"oho : monohrafiya. Instytut social"noyi ta politychnoyi psyxolohiyi NAPN Ukrayiny. Kropyvnyc"kyj : Imeks-LTD, 2018.120 s. Yak buduvaty vlasne majbutnye: zhyttyevi zavdannya osobystosti : nauk, monohrafiya, za nauk. red. T. M. Tytarenko; Nac. akad. ped. nauk Ukrayiny, In-t soc. ta polit, psyxolohiyi. - Kirovohrad : Imeks-LTD. 2012. 512 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, seminar, individual work,
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral responses (presentation at the seminar, participation in discussions and debates, additions): 13/8 points Analytical report, abstract: 12/8 points Creative independent work: 15/8 points Final control work: 20/12 points The final assessment is conducted in the form of an exam. The maximum number of points that can be obtained by a student. 40 points on a 100-point scale. The form of the examination is written. Types of tasks - open-ended questions and creative tasks: answers to open-ended questions account for 60%; and creative tasks - for 40% of the total grade. The minimum threshold level of the exam grade at which the exam is considered passed cannot be less than 24 points. A student is not allowed to take the exam if he or she scored less than 36 points during the semester. They are allowed to take the exam if they have completed 50% of the independent creative work provided for in the plan. Excellent 90-100 Good 75-89 Satisfactory 60-74 Fail 0-59
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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