85060 - General Psycology

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Exercise and Sport Sciences (cod. 8766)

Learning outcomes

The course intends to offer an actual view of real knowledge in the field of general psychology, cognitive and emotional processes. Through the narration of clinical stories, fundamental concepts will be introduced in order to properly assess the characteristics and development of psychological sciences, by deepening the essential aspects of the study methodology and the tools of mind and human behavior analysis.

Course contents

The aim of the course is to study the mind and the human behavior and its emotional and relational aspects, through the narrative of clinical stories. The main themes of the course will be the history, the methods and the instrument of the scientific psychology: perception, memory, emotion, thinking, decision making, knowledge representation and learning.

Readings/Bibliography

Vignati Renato Lo sguardo sulla persona. Psicologia delle relazioni umane, Libreriauniversitaria.it edizioni, 2017.

Mandolesi Laura, Manuale di psicologia generale dello sport, Il Mulino, 2017.

Teaching methods

Interactive teaching and group discussions

Assessment methods

The exam aims to test the acquisition of reaching expertise provided during the course, whether theoretical and applied. This verification is written.

Teaching tools

Video and power-point presentations.

Office hours

See the website of Renato Vignati

SDGs

Good health and well-being Gender equality

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