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76043 - General Psychology

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Maria Ida Gobbini
                    
                        Credits:
                        1
                    
                        SSD:
                        M-PSI/01
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Podiatry (cod. 8479)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Course contents

OBJECTS AND METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL: Paradigms and experimental study of cognitive, behavioral, psychophysiological (EEG and ERPs, neuroimaging techniques) measures. EMOTION AND MOTIVATION: Physiological basis of emotion. Subcomponents of emotional responses. Primary emotions (basic) and secondary. Characteristics of basic emotions. Expression and emotion recognition. Primary and secondary motives (affiliation, achievement, etc..), With particular attention to the motivation to work. PERSONALITY ': Different approaches to the study of personality. Taxonomic models of basic personality traits. The personality inventories. STRESS AND COPING: Stressors: definition and characteristics. Acute and chronic stress. Physiological reactions to stress. Psychological reactions to stress. Coping strategies. Burn-out syndrome. Stress and work motivation. Stress and conflict in the workplace.

Readings/Bibliography

Textbook: Schacter, Gilbert, Wegner (2010). General Psychology. Zanichelli.
In addition, students will use the handouts provided by the teacher (which correspond to the slides of the lectures) that summarize the information in the textbook and provide some supplementary information that can be evaluated in the exam.

Teaching methods

Lectures and illustration of psychological testing materials.

Assessment methods

Exam with multiple choice questions. Only one answer is correct. There will be 15 questions with 20 minutes available to complete the quiz. For each correct answer the point will be +2 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' (30 cum laude).

Students can ask for an oral exam if they passed the written exam. The request for the oral exam has to be made within 5 days after the result of the written exam has been communicated.

Students can review the written exam within 5 days the result has been communicated.

The result of this module will be averaged with the results of the other modules for the final score of the CI.

Teaching tools

Powerpoint slides, softwares to illustrate the experimental tasks, exercises in psychological testing.

Office hours

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