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Fundamentals of General, Social and Health Psychology

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Fundamentals of General, Social and Health Psychology
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023
Module code: AGW23.2
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P311-0267, P311-0268
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for άbung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
6V (6 hours per week, accumulated)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
9
Semester: 1
Duration: 2 semester
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Examination achievement

[updated 16.11.2023]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

AGW23.2 (P311-0267, P311-0268) Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023 , semester 1, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
90 class hours (= 67.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 270 hours (equivalent to 9 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 202.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
AGW23.13
AGW23.14 Care Management and Evidence-Based Practice
AGW23.17
AGW23.18
AGW23.19


[updated 04.09.2023]
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Renaud
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Renaud


[updated 19.09.2024]
Learning outcomes:
23.2.1.: Fundamentals of General Psychology
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
   
• be familiar with controlled and automatic processes of perception and attention
• have basic knowledge regarding theories from the psychology of learning
• understand that learning processes are crucial for changing behavior
• be familiar with theories of emotional and motivational psychology
• be able to describe the basics of selected development theories
• understand the effects of attachment experiences on behavior and experience
 
   
• be able to apply selected learning theories to change health behavior
• be able to promote motivation to change health behavior
• be able to transfer their knowledge about development tasks to concrete problems and derive courses of action from them
• be able to take individual requirements into account when changing behavior
• be able to initiate learning processes
 
  
• be able to recognize and react appropriately to the inappropriate handling of their own emotions by themselves and others
 
   
• be able to understand and reflect on their own learning processes
• be able to reflect on their own social-emotional competencies
• be aware of their own emotional regulation skills
 
 
23.2.2.: Health Psychology
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
   
• be familiar with the basic concepts and research methods used in health psychology
• understand the connection between mental and physical processes in the context of psychosomatics
• be able to engage with theories of health and illness behavior
• understand the relationship between behavior and health
• understand this connection as the basis for behavioral preventive measures
 
   
• be able to apply health behavior models to fields of action in prevention and health promotion
• be able to use their knowledge of the cognitive and emotional conditions of health behaviors to stimulate behavior change
 
• be able to identify stress response patterns, risk factors and resources
• be able to use their knowledge on resilience to understand prevention and health promotion across a person’s lifespan
• support the design of adequate psychosocial conditions for health promotion
    
• be able to assess the individual health behavior of people and communicate accordingly
• be able to present the current state of health psychology research in an understandable way
• be able to convey the interrelationships of mental and physical processes
 
   
• be able to reflect on their own health and illness behavior
• be aware of their own stress experience or their own coping strategies
 
 
23.2.3 Fundamentals of Social and Neuropsychology
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
   
• understand how people think, act and feel in social situations
• be familiar with the processes of social information processing
• be able to describe the basics of selected theories of social psychology
• understand the interaction processes within groups
• be aware of the conditions of prosocial behavior
• understand the neural foundations of human experience and behavior
• understand the connection between health and identity
 
   
• be able to apply their knowledge of social information processing processes in understanding interpersonal interactions
 
• be able to evaluate the influence of cognitive processes on how impressions are formed
• be able to analyze the behavior in groups
• be able to apply neuropsychological knowledge to understand disturbed brain functions
 
  
• be able to use their knowledge of social interactions in their own professional communication and cooperations
• be able to recognize automatic processes of information processing in social interactions
• be able to communicate their knowledge of neuropsychological findings in a professionally appropriate manner
• be able to shape professional relationships taking into account social psychological processes
 
   
• be able to reflect knowledge about the self with regard to their own self-perception

[updated 16.11.2023]
Module content:
23.2.1.: Fundamentals of General Psychology
 
• Introduction to psychology
• Subject matter and issues of general psychology and developmental psychology.
• Perception and attention
• Behaviorist learning theories
• Cognitivist learning theories
• Constructivist learning theories
• Individual learning requirements (attention and working memory, memory models, intelligence and prior knowledge)
• Emotions and social-emotional skills
• Emotion regulation
• Motivation and volition
• Basics and concepts of developmental psychology (development, disposition - environment, social development and developmental tasks)
 
• Attachment theory
 
23.2.2.: Health Psychology
 
• Subject matter, basic concepts and issues in health psychology and psychosomatics
• Health psychology research approaches and methods
• Models of health and disease behavior and change
• Theories of stress and the effects of stress on health (mind-body interaction)
• Salutogenesis
• Psychosocial conditions for health: resilience, resources and health behavior
• Experience of illness, coping and dealing with (chronic) illness
• Health and personality
• Consumption of psychoactive substances and their effects on health
• Nutrition (eating disorders, obesity, influence on diseases)
• Physical activity
• Sexual behavior and health
 
 
23.2.3 Fundamentals of Social and Neuropsychology
 
• Social perception, social cognition and heuristics
• Attribution theory
• The self
• Cognitive dissonance theory
• Attitudes and attitude changes
• Prosocial behavior
• Group processes
• Sustainable living
• The architecture of the brain
• Neural plasticity
• Diagnostic and therapeutic methods of neuropsychology
• Neuropsychological references to selected clinical conditions

[updated 16.11.2023]
Teaching methods/Media:
Blended learning

[updated 16.11.2023]
Recommended or required reading:
Will be announced at the beginning of the module.

[updated 16.11.2023]
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