- Docente: Fiorella Giusberti
- Credits: 8
- SSD: M-PSI/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Applied cognitive psychology (cod. 0991)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will: - know the applied cognitive psychology to the legal framework with particular reference to the testimony and the cognitive processes involved in it, to legal reasoning and its implications in the moment of decision, the psychology in criminal justice and civil.
Course contents
The program will focus issues related to the legal framework applied psychology. In particular, will address the issue of the cognitive processes involved in witness and the judge's reasoning. Will then be dealt with issues related to the exercise of the psychological profession in both civil and criminal matters.
The course will take place during the second semester (from March to May 2019) at the Bologna Campus of the School of Psychology and Education (address: Department of Psychology, Viale Berti Pichat 5, Bologna).
Readings/Bibliography
- Cenerario L., Compendio di Psicologia Giuridica, Primiceri Editore, 2017
- Giusberti F., Bensi L., Nori R., Oltre ogni ragionevole dubbio: decidere in tribunale, Laterza Editore, 2013
- Ainsworth P.B., Psyhology, law and eyewitness testimony, Wiley, 1998 (cinque capitoli a scelta fra i Capitoli 3-4-5-6-7-9-10)
Teaching methods
traditional didactics and classroom discussions
Assessment methods
The exam aims to test the acquisition of reaching expertise provided during the course, whether theoretical and applied. This verification will be through its talk to the exam papers and evaluation will take place out of thirty
Teaching tools
DVD with movie-making will be used for learning some of the themes discussed in the lectures
Office hours
See the website of Fiorella Giusberti