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This paper argues that teaching psychology for non-psychologists influences psychology's public image and the basis of collaboration between psychologists and non-psychologists. Therefore, designing psychology curricula for non-psychology students and professionals is an important task of psychology departments that deserves attention. For guiding the design process, we propose considering five criteria. Curricula for non-psychologists should be (a) specific to the profession of the target group, (b) specific to the needs and (c) work processes of the target group and (d) limited to the professional field of the target group. Although psychology curricula for non-psychology students need to be limited regarding its breadth, they should (e) maintain the depth and multi-perspectivity required for understanding psychological phenomena. Discussing these criteria should help raise awareness for the role of teaching psychology to students of academic disciplines and professions other than psychology.

Abstract:The introductory paper gives an overview of the international research on emotions in learning and teaching. It addresses various theoretical, contextual, practical, and empirical aspects. In the first part, the paper reflects the core concept of emotions with particular emphasis on academic and achievement emotions. Next, it reviews the impact of emotions on students' learning and achievement, as well as on the relation between emotions and instructional quality. The final part deals with academic emotions viewed in the context of different school subjects. In general, this introductory paper emphasizes the relevance of emotions for education, especially for learning and teaching in school .

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This investigation examined the motivational structures of 26 patients diagnosed with alcoholism in comparison to 30 demographically similar technical university students. Responding to the Motivational Structure Questionnaire, the clinical group listed 40% fewer goals, responded as if they needed richer incentives to form strong commitments to goal striving, displayed marginally less average commitment to their goals, and, after other variables were partialled out, expressed less ability to influence the course of goal attainment. There were no differences in their scores on over-all subjective probability of success, the time frame for goal attainment, and their relative scores on anticipated positive and negative emotions and ambivalence. The results suggest group differences in the effects of brain-reward mechanisms.

Přehledová studie mapuje aktuální vývojové tendence v didaktice. V první části jsou vymezeny pojmy obecná didaktika, mezioborová didaktika, oborová a předmětová didaktika. V návaznosti na to jsou představeny nejvýraznější didaktické tradice a koncepce rozvíjené v různých kulturních oblastech (německé, skandinávské, frankofonní, angloamerické a dalších). V dalším kroku jsou rozebírány dva podstatné impulsy, které přispěly k emancipaci a rozvoji oborových didaktik – impuls profesionalizační a impuls kurikulární. V další části studie je pozornost zaostřena na didaktiky přírodovědných předmětů. Jsou tematizovány trendy v didaktice přírodních věd a zdroje inspirace z jiných oborových didaktik. V závěru studie jsou rozebírány perspektivy dalšího vývoje didaktiky, resp. oborových didaktik v České republice. Kritická analýza vývojových tendencí v celkovém pohledu naznačuje, že didaktika je na vzestupu, a to přinejmenším v kontinentální Evropě, kde má úctyhodnou tradici a vysokou společenskou závažnost.

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The article presents research evidence on psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economically active Czech population aged 18–64 (n = 1603; 365 men and 1238 women) within a one year perspective. The aim is to describe the differences in the reported mental health indicators (anxiety, depression, and distress) for women and men in the four age groups, two groups with different working statuses (continuation of work/interrupted working status), and between two phases of the epidemic (March to May 2020 and September 2020 to February 2021). The results point to elevated scores of negative mental health indicators (anxiety, depression, and distress) in different subgroups. More negative experiences in a pandemic situation were found, especially in groups of women, people under the age of 35, and among people with interrupted working status. The results also indicate a deterioration of symptoms over time during the epidemic.