Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
M-PSI/01 (GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (26/09/2022 - 13/01/2023)
Lesson hours
54 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Prerequisites
There is not strict requirement to attend the course.
Learning outcomes
Students attending this course will learn about the psychological mechanisms subserving human behavior, with a focus on the current debate on the scientific bases of Psychology.
At the end of this course, students will understand and be able to apply principles of the scientific method and critical thinking.
Course contents
The course will be focused on:
- attentional processes and consciousness;
- perception;
- most popular models of human memory;
- processes subserving human learning;
- intelligence;
- motivation and emotion;
- human communication;
- personality traits.
Teaching methods
The classes will offer an overview of the contents of this course and will also be the ideal occasion for answering to the students’ questions and curiosities. There will also be dedicated time for discussing the most important and interesting theoretical and methodological aspects.
Reccomended or required readings
Gerrig, R. J., Zimbardo, P. G., Anolli, L., & Baldi, P. L. (2018). Psicologia generale. Pearson. 2/Ed.
ISBN: 9788891905666
Assessment methods
The final assessment will consist of a series of open questions (the exam will be in the written modality).
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