32152 - Laboratories I (F)

Learning outcomes

M-PSI/05: At the end of the activity students will know: how to apply community psychology methods and principles to the development of an intervention and the dynamics of different groups in social and community contexts

M-PSI/08: At the end of the classes, students will be able to carry out an appropriate assessment and will know how to apply the correct clinical methodology according to the single clinical case.

Course contents

The course is offered in the first semester for the Social Psychology module and in the second semester for the Clinical Psychology module. It is intended for first-year students enrolled in the Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology. Classes are held at the Cesena campus.

Module 1 Social psychology (Teachers: Elisabetta Crocetti & Valeria Bacaro)

The laboratory will allow students to learn and apply the methods and instruments of social psychology with respect to the experience of migration. Particular attention will be payed to identity formation pathways in young migrants. Different types of acculturation orientations will be discussed, focusing on the perspectives of migrants as well as of the host society.

The laboratory includes the following activities:

• Analysis of identity pathways in young migrants: The migration experience as a process of identity redefinition; Acculturative processes and ethnic identity; Effects of identity formation on the well-being of migrants
  
• Critical analysis of interventions aimed at promoting identity formation in young migrants. Evaluation of objectives, methods, feasibility, and effectiveness of the interventions. Discussion of their strengths and limitations.
• Planning of a new psychosocial intervention (objectives and methodologies).
  

Module 2 Clinical Psychology (Teacher: Ornella Montebarocci)

Identification of signs, symptoms and syndromes in clinical psychology. Clinical reasoning. Differential diagnosis. Formulation of diagnostic hypotheses and treatment planning.

Readings/Bibliography

Social psychology

References will be provided at the beginning and during the laboratory activities, in relation to the specific interventions that students will choose to develop.

Clinical psychology

Othmer E., Othmer S.C. L’intervista clinica con il DSM-IV-TR. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2004.

Nussbaum, A.M. L’esame diagnostico con il DSM-5. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2014.

American Psychiatric Association. DSM-5-TR: Manuale diagnostico e statistico dei disturbi mentali - Quinta edizione (Text Revision). Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2023.

Additional readings will be suggested during classes.

 

Teaching methods

Social psychology

In addition to brief lectures, teaching methods will include:

• Practical exercise in small groups

• Guided discussions

• Literature research

• Presentation and evaluation of a scientific article

• Analysis of videos and quantitative data

• Simulation of psychological interviews

• Gamification

Clinical psychology

Teaching methods will include group work, clinical case presentations, role-playing, practical examples of psychological assessment.

 

Assessment methods

Social psychology

To pass the exam students are requested to:

• attend classes and participate to discussions

• participate actively to a group presentation concerning the critical analysis of an intervention

• contribute to a group presentation concerning the planning of a new intervention

Clinical psychology

Active participation to the laboratory course is essential in order to get admitted to the final examination. The final evaluation will consist in a written exam concerning topics discussed during classes. This final examination will take place during the last class of the laboratory course.

Teaching tools

Video projector, computer, and documents provided during classes

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Office hours

See the website of Elisabetta Crocetti

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See the website of Ornella Montebarocci