GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
cod. 1002262

Academic year 2016/17
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
- Lucia RIGGIO
Academic discipline
Psicologia generale (M-PSI/01)
Field
Discipline generali per la formazione del medico
Type of training activity
Basic
7 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: BIOLOGY

Learning objectives

STUDENTS SHOULD ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS OF MAIN PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, SUCH AS SENSATION, PERCEPTION, MEMORY AND EMOTION.
MOREOVER STUDENTS SHOULD ACQUIRE THE CAPACITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE FOR UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR. THEY SHOULD ACQUIRE THE CAPACITY OF DEEPENING AND UPDATING THE ARGUMENTS.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION - SENSORY MEMORY - SHORT-TERM AND WORKING MEMORY - LONG-TERM MEMORY - AMNESIA - ACTIVATION, EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION OF EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS

Full programme

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Bibliography

D.L. SCHACTER, D. T. GILBERT, D.M. WEGNER, PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, ZANICHELLI, 2010

Teaching methods

LECTURE

Assessment methods and criteria

A WRITTEN EXAM WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE IF STUDENTS HAVE MET THE GOALS OF THIS COURSE. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE AIMS OF SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE MENTAL FUNCTIONS WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SENSATION, PERCEPTION, MEMORY AND EMOTION WILL BE TESTED. THE CAPACITY OF STUDENTS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AMONG THESE PRINCIPLES AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR WILL BE TESTED AS WELL.

Other information

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