GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
cod. 03075

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Psicologia generale (M-PSI/01)
Field
Psicologico, pedagogico e sociologico
Type of training activity
Basic
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: PSYCHOLOGY AND GENERAL PEDAGOGY

Learning objectives

AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TI GIVE STUDENTS A BASIC PREPARATION ON MAIN METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND ON MAIN COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR.

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Course unit content

 SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON SENSE PSYCHOLOGY -ORIGINS AND METHODS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY - THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - SELECTIVE AND SPATIAL ATTENTION - AUTOMATIC AND VOLUNTARY PROCESSES - LEARNING PARADIGMS -CLASSICAL AND OPERANT CONDITIONING - SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM MEMORY - MOTIVATION - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTIVATIONS - THEORIES ON MOTIVATION - EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS

Full programme

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Bibliography

L. ANOLLI, P. LEGRENZI, PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2009 ; P. LEGRENZI, MANUALE DI PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 1994, ONLY THE CHAPTER BY C. UMILTA' 'ATTENZIONE E COSCIENZA' 

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