Learning objectives
AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON MAIN TRENDS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND ON MAIN COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
Course unit content
ORIGINS AND METHODS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY - THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION - SELECTIVE AD SPATIAL ATTENTION - CLASSICAL AND OPERANT CONDITIONING - MEMORY PROCESSES - AMNESIA - EMOTIONS - EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION OF EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS - COMMUNICATION PROCESSES - NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION - LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION - HUMAN LANGUAGE - HEMISPHERIC SPECIALIZATION AND LANGUAGE
Bibliography
L. ANOLLI, P. LEGRENZI, PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2009
INTEGRATIVE READING MATERIAL ON THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE WILL BE AVAILABLE