SPORT SCIENCES, PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND HUMAN HEALTH

Professors: Vera FERRARI; Lucia RIGGIO
Academic discipline: Psicologia generale (M-PSI/01)
Field: Psicologico, pedagogico e sociologico
Type of training activity: Basic

70 hours
of face-to-face activities

10 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

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Integrated course unit module: APPLIED PSICOBIOLOGY

Learning objectives

Students should acquire the knowledge of basic concepts and methods of scientific psychology, the knowledge of the functional mechanisms of main psychological processes underlying human behaviour and their neural bases.
Moreover students should acquire the capacity to apply the knowledge in specific sports contexts. They should acquire the capacity of deepening and updating the arguments.

Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

The mind-brain relationship. Coding of sensory information. Thresholds and psychophysics. Neural bases of visual perception. Perceptual organization. Perceptual recognition. Space and movement perception. Selective and spatial attention. Attention and sport. Associative and cognitive learning. Motor learning. Cortical organization of the movement. Cognitive aspects of the movement. Memory and amnesia. Neural bases of memory. Elements of psychology of emotion. How to measure emotion. Emotion regulation. Emotion and sport. Identification and regulation of motivation. Sport and game. Self-efficacy training and its relation with sport. Decision making and its training. Interpersonal and group dynamics.

Full programme

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Bibliography

D. Schacter, D. Gilbert, M. Nock, D. Wegner, Psicologia Generale, Zanichelli, 2018.
D. Spinelli, Psicologia dello Sport e del Movimento Umano, Zanichelli, 2017.
Material supplied by the teacher.

Teaching methods

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria

A written exam will be used to determine if students have met the goals of this course. The knowledge of the general principles of the mental functions will be tested. The capacity of students to make connections among these principles and sports behaviour will be tested as well.

Other information

Attending class is highly recommended

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student Registery office

E. [segreteria.medicina@unipr.it ] (modificare link a email)
T. +39 0521 903700

Quality assurance office

Manager for the degree course:
Maria Lucrezia Giorgetta
T. +39 0521 033745
E. service didattica.dimec@unipr.it
E. of the manager marialucrezia.giorgetta@unipr.it

Course President

Prof.ssa Giuliana Gobbi
E. giuliana.gobbi@unipr.it

Guidance delegate and tutoring

Prof.ssa Daniela Galli
Email daniela.galli@unipr.it

Prof. Giancarlo Condello
Email giancarlo.condello@unipr.it

Career guidance delegates

Prof.ssa Giuliana Gobbi
Email giuliana.gobbi@unipr.it

Prof. Prisco Mirandola
Email prisco.mirandola@unipr.it

Tutors

Prof.ssa Elena Ferrari
Email elena.ferrari@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Giuliana Gobbi
Email giuliana.gobbi@unipr.it

Prof. Cosimo Costantino
Email cosimo.costantino@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Daniela Galli
Email daniela.galli@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Nicoletta Ronda
Email nicoletta.ronda@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Ileana Ramazzina
Email ileana.ramazzina@unipr.it

Erasmus

Prof. Roberto Sala
Email roberto.sala@unipr.it

Quality Assurance Manager (RAQ)