- Docente: Monica Martoni
- Credits: 3
- SSD: M-PSI/01
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Monica Martoni (Modulo 1) Monica Martoni (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)
Learning outcomes
Students will have specific knowledge of main cognitive functions (i.e. attention, memory, learning, thinking, language) and emotional processes involved in human information processing and behavior.
Course contents
I) Perception
Constructive perception
II) Attention, Consciousness and Sleep
Selective attention and sustained attention.
Wake-sleep cycle and circadian rythms.
III) Learning
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
IV) Memory
Memory systems and Processes.
The organization of information in memory.
Forgetting and Memory deficits.
V) Emotion and Motivation
Theories of Emotion.
Relationship between emotion and motivational systems
Readings/Bibliography
Legrenzi P & Jacomuzzi A (a cura di) (2014) Fondamenti di psicologia generale. Bologna: il Mulino
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Exam with multiple choice questions, only one answer is correct. There will be 31 questions with 30 minutes available to complete the quiz. For each correct answer the point will be +1 and 0 for no answer/ wrong answer. The exam is passed if the cumulative score is above 18/30; the maximum score for the exam will be 30 e lode. After the grades are communicated to the students, students can refuse the grade within 3 days with an email sent to monica.martoni@unibo.it.
Teaching tools
The handouts of lectures slides will be provided by the teacher on the IOL platform (https://iol.unibo.it/)
Office hours
See the website of Monica Martoni
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.