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CODE 55975
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-PSI/01
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
PREREQUISITES
Propedeuticità in uscita
Questo insegnamento è propedeutico per gli insegnamenti:
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • PSYCHOMETRICS AND THEORY OF THE TESTS 67252
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 55997
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 67262
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 67553
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • PSYCHOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES 55993
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT 58958
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 55996
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS FOR EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS 67268
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITIES 102172
  • Psychological Sciences and Techniques 8751 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY 55995
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

Lectures provide some basic knowledge on scientific psychology. They are organized in two blocks. The first block concerns the history of psychology, neuropsychological basis and principal theories about perception, consciousness, learning, memory, language, thinking processes, intelligence, motivation, emotion, stress and wellbeing (52 hours). The second block is on elementary statistics and methodological principles (20 hours) according to Euro-psy norms.

 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Provide Historical and epistemological basis. Study biological basis and review the main objects of interest of this branch of knowledge comparing different approaches. Provide methodological and statistical basis helpful to understand and design experimental and/or practical researches in psychology.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the lectures students will be able:

  • to know the main psychological approaches and place them along the timeline with particular attention to historical context, economic and social, in which were calling themselves
  • to possess the basic knowledge of the main areas of interest of modern scientific psychology
  • to recognise the areas of application of psychological theories
  • to know the fundamentals of methodology of psychological research
  • to possess basic notions of descriptive and inferential statistics 
  • to read the results of a survey conducted with the scientific quantitative and/or qualitative approach

PREREQUISITES

Basical linguistic knowledge, ability to operate links, minimal historical notions.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures, slide set on Aula Web, autonomous learning by means of multiple choice tests provided by CONNECT platform. Lectures are also available online in streaming.

 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Historical mainframe. The birth and development of main psychological approaches. Epistemological basis of scientific psychology. Senses and their measure. Neuropsychological basis. Perception theories, perceptual constancy, perceived depth, images and movement, amodal completion. Impaired consciousness: sleep, dreams, hypnosis, drug use. Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, memory systems, multi process theories, working memory, attention, long term memory, forgetting, improving memory. Language: spoken language perception, words and meanings, first language learning. Thinking processes, problem solving, decision making. Intelligence: from the g factor to factorial theories, measuring intelligence, intelligence tests, and IQ. Motivation: instincts, drives and incentives, primary and secondary motivations Maslow’s theory. Emotions: basic emotions, expressive behaviour, peripheral, central and cognitive theories on emotions. Personality: psychoanalytic model, humanistic model, trait theories, socio-cognitive model, learning/conditioning model, reliability and validity of personality measures. Stress: sources, measuring, conflicts, physiological outcomes, general adaptation syndrome model, psychosomatic diseases, posttraumatic stress disorders, anxiety, stress coping, psychological well being.

 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. G. Amoretti, Progetto Create: Psicologia generale, Scienze e Tecniche Psicologiche, McGraw-Hill Education, Milano, 2021
  2. D. Gatti, T. Vecchi, Che cos’è la memoria, Carocci, Roma, 2020.
  3. Papers and other materials provided during each lecture.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DAVID GIOFRE' (President)

CATERINA ARTUSO

GUIDO FRANCO AMORETTI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

FIrst semester.

Students are required to register on Aula web to download teaching materials and to sign up to the assessments.

Class schedule

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Multiple choice midterm test,before Christmas Holidays concerning book 1, book 2 and the arguments explained during the lectures.

Oral integration is allowed.

To sit for an exam you must enrol to students' portal.

N.B.: you can sit for an exam non more than 4 times plus midterm test. If you fail the third and the fourth attempt an oral examination will be provided.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The assessment will concern main psychological theories, comprehension of psychological mechanisms inducing human behaviour, learning of research methodology basis and both descriptive and inferential statistics.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
20/01/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
20/01/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
03/02/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
03/02/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
17/02/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
17/02/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
26/05/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
26/05/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
09/06/2022 16:00 GENOVA Scritto
09/06/2022 16:00 GENOVA Scritto
23/06/2022 16:00 GENOVA Scritto
23/06/2022 16:00 GENOVA Scritto
07/07/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
07/07/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
15/09/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
15/09/2022 12:00 GENOVA Scritto

FURTHER INFORMATION

Although the lectures will be delivered in Italian, the lecturer will provide a comprehensive collection of teaching materials in English for the final exam, and this exam can be taken in English.  

Students with DSA certification, disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods which, in accordance with the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.