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Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleNumber of ECTS Credits Allocated
060-0507/01Psychology of Safety and Catastrophes5 ECTS credits
Type of Course UnitCompulsory
Level of Course UnitFirst Cycle
Year of StudySecond Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech, English
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HAV60PhDr. Hilda Havlíková
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
On completion of the course specifically aimed to create specific theoretical knowledge and skills in the application of synthetic and analytic approach to processing and evaluation of selected theoretical situations to create optimal conditions for their application in practice.
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Common optional components are not offered, students of special interest can participate in departmental activities or can arrange consulting hours with lecturer.
Course Contents
1st Basic concepts and their interpretation
Social behavior and social functioning, perception and evaluation of the situation, verbal and
nonverbal communication, attitudes, social groups and their significance, Communications
and relational structures in social groups, the basic patterns of human behavior
in social groups

2nd The behavior of man in critical life situations
Psychology in the rescue. Thematically exercise, floods and other disasters and
mass disaster. Manifestations of aggression, anxiety, fear, nature, causes.
Individual behavior, personality typology, group behavior, human behavior
in the crowd.



3rd Psychological stress and stress
Symptoms and effects of load and stress. Methods for evaluation of mental workload. personality
potential. Perception of short-and long-term manifestations of workload and stress.
Perception of environmental stress. Post traumatic stress disorder, causes,
symptoms průběh.Psychoterapie posttraumatic stress disorder. psychosocial
programs.

4th Specific threat situations
Kidnapping and hostage situation, more threatening and risky situations (victims
violence, intentional and unintentional damage to property, dealing with victims
damaged, terrorism,..).

5th Safety aspects of work psychology
Perception of work conditions and workload. Perception of short-and long-term
load and stress symptoms. Rating neuropsychiatric burden when práci.Význam
technical and organizational environment for rescue work. Basic principles
psychohygiene rescuers. Meaning profesiografie.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Bedrnová, E. a kol.: Duševní hygiena a sebeřízení. Fortuna, Praha 1999,
Čech,J.: Vyjednávanie a branie rukojemníka. APZ, Bratislava 2000,
Štětina,J. a kol.: Medicína katastrof a hromadných neštěstí. Grada Publishing
2000,
Vizinová, D., Preiss, M.: Psychické trauma a jeho terapie. Portál, Praha 1999,
Vykopalová,H.: Vybrané kapitoly ze sociální psychologie v kontextu komunikace. Olomouc 2000.
Bedrnová, E. a kol.: Duševní hygiena a sebeřízení. Fortuna, Praha 1999,
Čech,J.: Vyjednávanie a branie rukojemníka. APZ, Bratislava 2000,
Štětina,J. a kol.: Medicína katastrof a hromadných neštěstí. Grada Publishing
2000,
Vizinová, D., Preiss, M.: Psychické trauma a jeho terapie. Portál, Praha 1999,
Vykopalová,H.: Vybrané kapitoly ze sociální psychologie v kontextu komunikace. Olomouc 2000.
Recommended Reading:
Vykopalová,H.: Základy psychosociální přípravy Humanitárních jednotek ČČK. ČČK, Praha 2003.
Vykopalová,H.: Základy psychosociální přípravy Humanitárních jednotek ČČK. ČČK, Praha 2003.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined
Work placement(s)
Course does not contain work placement.

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