Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
M-PSI/01 (GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (19/02/2024 - 08/06/2024)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Prerequisites
Basic Knowledge of general psychology, mainly perception and memory and neuropsychology.
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to be able to understand the current research in the field of psychology of emotions: an historical excursus of the main theories will be presented that will allow to understand the recent acquisitions from an evolutionary, social and clinical point of view. Communication processes will also be analyzed at both interpersonal, group and institutional levels.
Course contents
It includes a general theoretical part and some insights about emotions and development, emotions and ethnopsychiatry, emotions and health, emotions and trauma.
- What is an emotion
- Some definitions of "EMOTION";
- The main historical traditions in the study of emotions;
- Theories of emotions;
- Theories relating to specific emotions;
- The regulation of emotions;
- Facial expressions and emotions;
- Neurological basis of emotions;
- Emotions and culture
- Emotions, immune system and health
- Emotions and development
Teaching methods
Blended modality: teaching for small groups (6 hours) and on line lessons.
Reccomended or required readings
- Slides;
- Fausto Caruana, Marco Viola (2018). Come funzionano le emozioni: Da Darwin alle neuroscienze,
lL MulinoISBN: 978-88-15-27523-3
- M. Rose Moro,Dominique Neuman,Isabelle Réal (2010) Maternità in esilio. Bambini e migrazioni, Cortina Editore
Assessment methods
The exam will be written with multiple choice questions and three open questions.
Further information
The last mark obtained will be recorded.
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