02207 - General Psychology

Academic Year 2017/2018

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

Learning outcomes

After completing this course the student knows the principles of human behavior organization and the main psychological functions (perception, emotion, motivation, memory, learning, thinking, language); he/she understands the link between biological structures and behavioral functions.

Course contents

I - Introduction to general pscyhology.

II - Cognitive processes: perception, learning, memory, attention.

III - Emotion and Motivation.

Readings/Bibliography

Feldman RS, Amoretti G, Ciceri MR (2017). Psicologia generale. Milano: McGraw Hill

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Written test with forced choice and open-ended questions.

Teaching tools

Slides and DVD.

Office hours

See the website of Monica Martoni