GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
cod. 03075

Academic year 2019/20
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
- Vittorio GALLESE
Academic discipline
Psicologia generale (M-PSI/01)
Field
Scienze umane e psicopedagogiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
14 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: -
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Learning objectives

Students should acquire the knowledge of basic concepts and methods of general psychology, the knowledge of the functional mechanisms of main psychological processes underlying human behaviour and their neural bases.

Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

ORIGINS AND METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY - THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION - SPACE PERCEPTION - SELECTIVE AND SPATIAL ATTENTION - MEMORY PROCESSES - AMNESIA - EMOTIONS - EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION OF EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS

Full programme

ORIGINS AND METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY - THRESHOLDS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS - PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION - PERCEPTUAL RECOGNITION - SPACE PERCEPTION - SELECTIVE AND SPATIAL ATTENTION - MEMORY PROCESSES - AMNESIA - EMOTIONS - EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION OF EMOTIONS - THEORIES ON EMOTIONS

Bibliography

D. Schacter, D. Gilbert, M. Nock, D. Wegner, Psicologia Generale, Zanichelli, 2018.

L. Anolli, P. Legrenzi, Psicologia Generale, Il Mulino, 2012.

Slides available on Elly platform.

Teaching methods

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria

A written exam will be used to determine if students have met the goals of this course.

Other information

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