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Psychology roles in safety and catastrophes

Summary

The attendants of the course are familiarized with theoretical and practical basis of the procedures and skills related to human behavior in exacting conditions of modern society and to human ability to manage the dangerous or more precisely catastrophic situations.

Literature

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema , Barbara L. Fredrickson , Richard C. Atkinson, Geoffrey R. Loftus , Ernest R. Hilgard, Christel Lutz. Atkinson & Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology. London, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-408-08902-6 .
Hausmann, C. Handbuch Notfallpsychologie und Traumabewältigung. Wien, Facultas 2003, 400s.
Interpol. Disaster Victim Identification Guide. Interpol 2009, 55 s.
Weisaeth, L. Psychological and psychiatric aspects of technological disasters. Individual and comunity responses to trauma and disaster. Cambridge University press 1994.

Advised literature

Sneath, J. Z., Lacey, R., Kennett-Hensel, P. A. Coping with a natural disaster: Losses, emotions,and impulsive and compulsive buying. Marketing Letters, 2009, č. 20.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština
Code 711-0511
Abbreviation PsychBez
Course title Psychology roles in safety and catastrophes
Coordinating department Department of Social Sciences
Course coordinator Mgr. Jana Matochová, Ph.D.