- Docente: Maurizio Codispoti
- Credits: 2
- SSD: M-PSI/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Neurophysiopathology techniques (cod. 8482)
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from Apr 03, 2023 to Apr 20, 2023
Learning outcomes
This course is a broad introduction to the field of psychology. Students explore the key figures, , and research findings that have shaped some of the major areas of contemporary psychology.
Course contents
The course surveys areas such as perception, attention and executive functions, learning and memory, motivation and emotion. This course also examines the research methods across these areas to study the origins and variations in human behavior.
PERCEPTION: Relationship between perceptive process and reality; Bottom-up and top-down mechanisms; Attentional systems; Selective attention; Localization; Recognition; Perceptual constancy; Perceptual Illusions;
MEMORY: Memory Systems; Memory processes; Working Memory; Memory and Emotion; Deficits of Memory.
LEARNING: Habituation; Classical Conditioning; Operant Conditioning Other Learning Processes.
EMOTION AND MOTIVATION: Emotion and Perception. Theories of emotion. Emotional responses. Emotional expression; Motivations;
Readings/Bibliography
R.C.Atkinson e E.R.Hilgard
Introduzione alla Psicologia.
Piccin, Padova 2011
(Capitoli 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11)Teaching methods
Traditional lectures and movies
Assessment methods
The final assessment is based on a written exam
Teaching tools
power point
Office hours
See the website of Maurizio Codispoti
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.