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Degree course in
Sport sciences, physical exercise and human health
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
cod. 03075

Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Psicologia generale (M-PSI/01)
Field
Psicologico, pedagogico e sociologico
Type of training activity
Basic
80 hours
of face-to-face activities
10 credits
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Integrated course unit module: APPLIED PSICOBIOLOGY

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Learning objectives

AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO GIVE STUDENTS A BASIC PREPARATION ON MAIN METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY, ON MAIN COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND THEIR NEURAL BASES

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON SENSE PSYCHOLOGY - ORIGINS AND METHODS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY – THE MIND-BRAIN RELATIONSHIP - CODING OF SENSORY INFORMATION - THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - NEURAL BASES OF VISUAL PERCEPTION - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION - SPATIAL ATTENTION AND NEGLECT - ASSOCIATIVE AND COGNITIVE LEARNING – MOTOR LEARNING - MEMORY AND AMNESIA - NEURAL BASES OF MEMORY - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS – LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION - CORTICAL LOCALIZATION OF LANGUAGE

Full programme

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Bibliography

D.L. SCHACTER, D. T. GILBERT, D.M. WEGNER, PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, ZANICHELLI, 2010
KALAT, J.W. BIOPSICOLOGIA, EDISES, NAPOLI, 2004

Teaching methods

ORAL LESSON

Assessment methods and criteria

WRITTEN EXAM

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