GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
ACADEMIC YEAR2010/2011
COD. 03075
dati insegnamento:
TYPE OF COURSE: BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: ITALIAN
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2010/2011
YEAR OF STUDY: 1
SEMESTER: Second semester
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 1
UNIT COORDINATOR: RIGGIO Lucia
CONTACT HOURS: 15
Learning outcomes of the course unit
AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO GIVE STUDENTS A BASIC PREPARATION ON MAIN COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Course contents summary
ORIGINS AND METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY - SCHOOLS IN PSYCHOLOGY - THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION - PERCEPTION OF SPACE AND MOVEMENT - SELECTIVE AND SPATIAL ATTENTION - ASSOCIATIVE AND COGNITIVE LEARNING - MEMORY PROCESSES - AMNESIA - EMOTIONS - EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION OF EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS
Recommended readings
L. ANOLLI, P. LEGRENZI, PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2009
INTEGRATIVE READING MATERIAL ON THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE WILL BE AVAILABLE
Teaching methods
ORAL LESSON
Assessment methods and criteria
ORAL EXAM
