02207 - General Psychology

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)

Learning outcomes

After completing this course the studentknowsthe principles of human behaviororganization andthe main psychological functions (perception, emotion, motivation, memory, learning, thinking, language); he/she understandsthe link between biological structures andbehavioral functions.

Course contents

I) Perception

Constructive perception

II) Attention

Selective attention

Divided attention

III) Learning

Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

IV) Memory

Memory systems and Processes

The organization of information in memory

Forgetting and Memory deficits

V) Emotion and Motivation

Theories of Emotion

Relationship between emotion and motivational systems

Readings/Bibliography

Legrenzi P & Jacomuzzi A (a cura di) (2021) Fondamenti di psicologia generale. Bologna: il Mulino.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Exam with multiple choice questions, only one answer is correct. There will be 31 questions with 25 minutes available to complete the quiz. For each correct answer the point will be +1 and 0 for no answer/ wrong answer. The exam is passed if the cumulative score is above 18/30; the maximum score for the exam will be 30 e lode. After the grades are communicated to the students, students can refuse the grade within 3 days with an email sent to monica.martoni@unibo.it.

Teaching tools

The handouts of lectures slides will be provided by the teacher on the Virtuale platform (https://virtuale.unibo.it/)

Office hours

See the website of Monica Martoni

SDGs

Good health and well-being

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.