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.
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
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'