2022/2023

2022/2023

DM270

M-PSI/01 (GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

PSYCHOLOGY

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

2nd semester (27/02/2023 - 09/06/2023)

3

18 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

BOTTO MARTA (titolare) - 3 ECTS

Knowledge about the most important psychological models and theories of intelligence

to gain knowledge and basic skills on Wechsler scale (WISC-IV and WAIS-IV) and their use for the assessment of intelligence.
Lessons will aim to build up a critical approach to the complexity of behavioral analysis and testing of intelligence.

- key concepts, WISC and WAIS general structure, general use and scoring rules
- Verbal comprehension index (VCI): characteristic and structure
- Visual spatial index (VSI): characteristic and structure
- Working memory index (WMI): characteristic and structure
- processing speed index (PSI): characteristic and structure
- manual scoring and computer-assisted scoring
- clinical cluster
-clinical report, outlines and strategies

The course topics will be debated through both practical exercises and presentation of clinical cases, that will provide important opportunities for interactive learning.

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