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Course: Abnormal Psychology & Psychodiagnostics for Teachers

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Course title Abnormal Psychology & Psychodiagnostics for Teachers
Course code KPS/PADIU
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Miňhová Jana, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Lovasová Vladimíra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Psychological disorders and their causes, Classification of human mental disorders. 2. Classification of psycho-diagnostic methods; specifics of clinical and test methods. 3. Diagnostics of psychological functioning disorders. 4. Diagnostics of motivational and cognitive processes. 5. Diagnostics of Personality disorders, and Disharmonious development of the personality. 6. Diagnostics of neurotic disorders, child neuroses specificity. 7. Diagnostics of affective disorders and their children's and adolescents' manifestation. 8. Diagnostics of schizophrenia and disorders with delusions; the clinical picture of schizophrenia in children and adolescents. 9. Diagnostics of organic mental disorders including symptomatic. 10. Diagnostics of mental retardation. 11. Specific problems of child psychopathology, and psycho-diagnostic activities in children. 12. Diagnostics of pupil's social skills. 13. Family diagnostics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Team project (50/number of students) - 15 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of terminology of General, Developmental and Social Psychology.
learning outcomes
A student describes the symptoms of particular psychological functioning disorders; he/she designs a non-standardized test to diagnose psychological functioning disorders, personal disorders, and social health aspects of an individual of school age. He/she compiles a questionnaire with content valid items; and he/she analyze spontaneous child's activities (of a person of school age).
teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Seminar
Task-based study method
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Adams, Susan. Testy rodinné soudržnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-501-6.
  • Belányiová, Věra. Problematika mentální retardace. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita. Pedagogická fakulta, 2002.
  • Češková, Eva; Svoboda, Mojmír,; Kučerová, Hana. Psychopatologie a psychiatrie : pro psychology a speciální pedagogy. Praha : Portál, 2006. ISBN 80-7367-154-9.
  • Kohoutek, Rudolf. Patopsychologie a psychopatologie pro pedagogy. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2007. ISBN 978-80-210-4434-0.
  • Křováčková, Blanka. Diagnostika ? učitel ? žák. Hradec králové: Gaudeamus, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7435-498-4.
  • MIŇHOVÁ, J., NOVOTNÁ, L. Psychopatologie pro učitele. Plzeň: ZČU, 2000. ISBN 80-7082-594-4.
  • Munden, Alison; Arcelus, Jon. Poruchy pozornosti a hyperaktivita. Praha : Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-625-X.
  • Orel, Miroslav. Psychopatologie. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3737-9.
  • Svoboda, Mojmír; Krejčířová, Dana; Vágnerová, Marie. Psychodiagnostika dětí a dospívajících. Praha : Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-545-8.
  • Šnýdrová, Ivana. Psychodiagnostika. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2165-1.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha : Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-802-3.


Study plans that include the course
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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 01.11.2025 23:51. Data created for academic year 2025/2026