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B008930 - INSTITUTES OF PSYCHOLOGY
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Academic Year 2017-18
Coorte 2016 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in SOCIAL WORK
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Political and Social Sciences (DSPS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-PSI/01 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
26/02/2018 ⇒ 01/06/2018
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
The course will be held in Italian
Course Content
Psychology and the Scientific Method
Mind, Brain and Behavior
Conditioning and Learning
Memory and Forgetting
Alertness, Consciousness and Attention
Social Behavior
Emotion
Intelligence and Problem Solving
Language
Decision Making
Mind, Brain and Behavior
Conditioning and Learning
Memory and Forgetting
Alertness, Consciousness and Attention
Social Behavior
Emotion
Intelligence and Problem Solving
Language
Decision Making
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
There are no textbooks adopted. The teacher will utilize technology such as power point presentations that will be available from Moodle. Handouts will also be utilized to clarify certain concepts within the topics.
Learning Objectives
KNOWLEDGE: The course provides students with a general overview of the field of General Psychology. A particular emphasis is put on the convergence of neuropsychological (e.g. patient case studies) and neuroscientific evidence as a crucial aspect of the study of higher mental functions.
SKILLS: The function of the course is to develop critical understanding, as well as to prepare the student to evaluate his/her later reading in the field of psychological research.
SKILLS: The function of the course is to develop critical understanding, as well as to prepare the student to evaluate his/her later reading in the field of psychological research.
Prerequisites
Not required
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Type of Assessment
Written and oral examination