- 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