Learning outcomes of the course unit
AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO GIVE STUDENTS A BASIC PREPARATION ON MAIN TRENDS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND ON MAIN COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR.
Prerequisites
Teachers:
SSD M-PSI/01 : Prof.Lucia Riggio (Coordinator)
Course contents summary
ORIGINS AND METHODS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY - SCHOOLS IN PSYCHOLOGY - THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION - SELECTIVE AD SPATIAL ATTENTION - AUTOMATIC AND VOLUNTARY PROCESSES - CLASSICAL AND OPERANT CONDITIONING - SENSORY MEMORY - SHORT-TERM AND WORKING MEMORY - LONG-TERM MEMORY - AMNESIA - LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION - HUMAN LANGUAGE - DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE NOTION OF INTELLIGENCE - TESTING INTELLIGENCE - THE STRUCTURE OF INTELLIGENCE - EMOTIONS - EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS
Recommended readings
L. MECACCI, PSICOLOGIA GENENALE, GIUNTI, FIRENZE, 2001
P. LEGRENZI, MANUALE DI PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 1994, ONLY THE CHAPTER BY C. UMILTA' 'ATTENZIONE E COSCIENZA'
