01231 - General Psychology II

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Docente: Marco Costa
  • Credits: 12
  • SSD: M-PSI/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Marco Costa (Modulo 1) Andrea De Cesarei (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Psychological sciences and techniques (cod. 8774)

Learning outcomes

a) Basic cognitive processes (attention, consciousness, language, comunication, intelligence, motivation, emotion)

b) Theories of personality (trait, biological, phenomenological, behavioral, socio-cognitive theory);

c) comparison between the main cognitive models and theories.

Course contents

Module 1 Prof. Andrea De Cesarei

1) Sensation and Perception (advanced)

2) Attention

3) Stress, health and coping strategies

Module 2 Prof. Marco Costa 

4) Motivation and emotion

5) Consciousness

6) Personality

7) Intelligence

8) Evolutionary Psychology

Readings/Bibliography

Turatto, M. (2018). Psicologia Generale. Milano: Mondadori Università (capitoli 4,6, 8, 10, 11, 12).

Atkinson & Hilgard’s. Introduzione alla psicologia (16° edizione). Capitoli: 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14

Buss, D. M. (2012). Psicologia Evoluzionistica. Milano: Pearson

Articoli scientifici o rassegne eventualmente consigliate dal docente a lezione.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons, video and power-point presentations, scientific paper discussion, experiments.

Assessment methods

Test with 40 multiple-choice items, 20 referred to Module 1 and 20 referred to Module 2. Test score = 0.75 * #correct answers. 

Teaching tools

Textbooks, video, online experiments, scientific papers.

Office hours

See the website of Marco Costa

See the website of Andrea De Cesarei