- Docente: Maurizio Codispoti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-PSI/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Statistical Sciences (cod. 9222)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the student knows the basic constructs of the general psychology and the main methods of the behavior study. In particular the student acquires the basic skills on cognitive and emotional processes.
Course contents
RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY: Descriptive Studies; Correlational studies: Observational studies; Experimental studies.
PERCEPTION: Relationship between perceptive process and reality; iii) Bottom-up and top-down mechanisms; Attentional systems; Selective attention; Localization; Recognition; Perceptual constancy; Perceptual Illusions; Perception and Marketing
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; Emotion and Marketing
Readings/Bibliography
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Barbara L. Fredrickson, Geoff R. Loftus, Willem A. Wagenaar, Atkinson & Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology 16th Edition. --: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2014
Teaching methods
Lessons will require the active participation of students. During the course, students will study and present research articles of intersest on specific topics.
Assessment methods
The exam is written and it includes two open questions.
Teaching tools
Slides (PowerPoint). Slides used during the lectures will be available for students on UNIBO website.
Links to further information
https://sites.google.com/site/emotionalperceptionlab/
Office hours
See the website of Maurizio Codispoti