HEPL

Course of general and clinical psychology (1st year)

Enable a developmental approach of behaviour.

Relativize the concept of normality/pathology.

Make somebody aware of the importance of taking care of the person according to the level of psychological, intellectual and social development.

Identify the obstacles to the development of the personality and tackles the consequences on the development of the person

Use the data of psychology to understand the functioning of the individual in a group (the person in the group, the patient in a group of patients, the patient in the family)

Be able to manage one's presence as a therapist in a group (therapeutic team, a group of patients, the patient's family)

Definition of the personality.

Interaction between affective, intellectual, psychomotor behaviour in the construction of personality.

Various stages of the development of personality and its particular characteristics.

Problems during the development and possibilities of remedying the situation.

Contribution of social psychology and group dynamics in the understanding of the individual's behaviour

• place patients in different categories of groups.
• describe the psychological characteristics of the primary group and transfer to the group of patients, therapists.
• structures, organization of groups.

Individual behaviour, social behaviour.

• Collective – individual norms.
• Observation of the group : work in teams.
• Stereotypes: impact on the members of the group (therapists or patients).

Group therapies: some theoretical approachs.

 ANZIEU D. et MARTIN J. Y., La dynamique des groupes restreints, PUF, Paris, 1990.

BILHERAN A., Bullying, Ed Armand Colin, 2007.

Vigan D. , Les heures souterraines (roman).

J. GODEFROID, Psychologie. Une science humaine et  cognitive , Ed.De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 2008.

S. Moscovici, Psychologie sociale, PUF-Quadriga, 2003.

STOETZEL J., La psychologie sociale, Ed Flammarion, France, 1978.

Tavris C.et Wade C., Introduction à la psychologie. Les grandes perspectives. ERPI, Inc., 2007. 

Discussions about lectures and analysis of cases.