Key words
Psychology.
Objectives
Psychology tries to develop theoretical models in order to get a deeper understanding of human behaviour.
The main paradigms that have developed within psychology are outlined in this training module. The study of these paradigms is indispensable to all those who – in their vocational practice – wish to transcend the purely intuitive and to make their professional conduct astutely. It helps us gain a deeper insight into the problems that we have to contend with in the different sectors of Social Work. It gives the different reference frameworks of systematic approaches in Social Work.
The purpose of this training module is to shape these objectives by fostering and developing the following core skills from the training profile:
Job-specific core skills
-1. Social workers’ vision in all they undertake is based on a broad-based insight into societal reality.
-2. Social workers can systematically shape processes of social and community work (= social practice) in their respective task areas.
General core skills
General (generic) core skills
-3. The ability to reflect critically on oneself and to work thematically ( by making projects).
-4. Capacity for logical thought and reasoning power.
This module also serves as a foundation course for other modules (on standard educational route 2) where the students come into contact with: Psychopathology, Social Psychology and Developmental Psychology, Communication and Interaction.
It also provide the necessary base tot systematic training modules concerning professional conduct with clients.
Topics
The definition, domain and investigational methods of psychology.
Basic assumptions, basic concepts, evolution, applications and the evaluation of:
- Behaviourism;
- Analytical psychology;
- Humanistic psychology;
- System approach.
Basic assumptions and a few applications of:
- Biological psychology.
Prerequisites
Entry-level skills
Exit qualifications in secondary education.
Final Objectives
Exit-level skills
The core skills from the training profile listed in the ‘objectives’ section are fully underpinned by the following exit-level skills of the training module:
At the level of knowledge and comprehension
The students:
- Indicate correctly the field of psychology in the context of the social sciences;
- Pinpoint the main differences between the different methodological approaches used in psychology;
- Outline the paradigm and basic assumptions of the different basic schools of thought in psychology;
- Make clearly the basic concepts of the different psychological schools.
- at the application level - skills
The students:
- Link some applications (in the context of social services and Social Work, among other things) together with the psychological theory that underlies them;
- Recognize instantly processes and basic concepts in several example situations;
- Valorize basic assumptions and visions from psychology against their own experiences;
- Develop their own view on the relative merits and limitations of the different visions in psychology.
Materials used
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The course notes can be purchased from the coursewear department
Study costs
The estimated cost price is ca. 8 euros
Study guidance
Individual consultation and group tests
Contact details: item Lecturer(s).
Teaching Methods
Lectures;
Refection assignments and exercises;
Assimilation exercises.
Assessment
An examination for this training module is scheduled in the exam period at the end of the semester in which you took this course.
There’s a written examination in which your basic knowledge and insight is tested by asking some open-ended questions. Also incorporated in the exam are some simple and straightforward application questions.
The total number of questions is limited to what can be got through comfortably within the allotted time for the exam. The examination is on any part of the entire course content.
Resits
The resits consist in a comparable written examination, to an equivalent standard.
Lecturer(s)
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