HUMAN SCIENCES
cod. 07646

Academic year 2007/08
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
RIGGIO Lucia
integrated course unit
2 credits
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course unit
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO GIVE STUDENTS A BASIC PREPARATION ON MAIN TRENDS OF PSYCHOLOGY, ON MAIN COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ON INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENTS.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

ORIGINS AND METHODS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY - SCHOOLS IN PSYCHOLOGY - THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - PERCEPTION OF SPACE AND MOVEMENT- SELECTIVE AD SPATIAL ATTENTION - AUTOMATIC AND VOLUNTARY PROCESSES - CLASSICAL AND OPERANT CONDITIONING - MEMORY PROCESSES - AMNESIA - MOTIVATION - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTIVATIONS - THEORIES ON MOTIVATION - EMOTIONS - EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION OF EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS - COMMUNICATION PROCESSES - NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION - THERAPEUTICALLY EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION - RELATIONSHIP WITH PATIENTS - LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION - HUMAN LANGUAGE - HEMISPHERIC SPECIALIZATION AND LANGUAGE

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />L. ANOLLI, P. LEGRENZI, PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2001<br />INTEGRATIVE READING MATERIAL ON THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE WILL BE AVAILABLE<br /> 

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