- Docente: Paolo Maria Russo
- Credits: 3
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
Students should learn: - general knowledge of cognitive processes (perception, attention, learning, memory, thinking), emotional and motivational (emotions, primary and secondary motivations, stress, frustration and aggression) at the base of behavior individual - essential knowledge of the processes of verbal and nonverbal communication, the structure and functioning of groups (leadership, communication networks, systems of values and opinions), the processes of social influence in face-to-face interactions and group (the decision-making, consolidating and changing attitudes); - skills for the recognition and regulation of processes associated with emotional reactions to stress and pain in adults.
Course contents
OBJECTS AND METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL: Paradigms and
experimental study of cognitive, behavioral,
psychophysiological (EEG and ERPs, neuroimaging techniques)
measures. LEARNING AND MEMORY: classical conditioning and operant
conditioning . Sensory registers, short-term memory, long-term
memory. The organization of information in memory. Episodic and
semantic memory, declarative and procedural memories. Strategies
for storage. Neuropsychological bases of memory and amnesia.
EMOTION AND MOTIVATION: Physiological basis of emotion.
Subcomponents of emotional responses. Primary emotions (basic) and
secondary. Characteristics of basic emotions. Expression and
emotion recognition.Primary and secondary motives
(affiliation, achievement, etc..), With particular attention to the
motivation to work. INTELLIGENCE AND PERSONALITY ': Different
approaches to the study of personality. Taxonomic models of basic
personality traits. The personality inventories. The assessment of
cognitive abilities. Contemporary theories of intelligence. IQ and
specific abilities. The intelligence tests.
STRESS AND COPING: Stressors: definition and characteristics.
Acute and chronic stress. Physiological reactions to stress.
Psychological reactions to stress. Coping strategies. Burn-out
syndrome. Stress and work motivation. Stress and conflict in the
workplace.
Readings/Bibliography
Textbook: Schacter, Gilbert, Wegner (2010). General Psychology.
Zanichelli.
In addition, students will use the handouts provided by the teacher
(which correspond to the slides of the lectures) that summarize the
information in the textbook and provide some supplementary
information that can be evaluated in the exam.
Teaching methods
Lectures and illustration of psychological testing materials.
Assessment methods
Achievement Test with 33 forced choice questions with 5 alternatives.
Teaching tools
Powerpoint slides, softwares to illustrate the experimental tasks, exercises in psychological testing.
Office hours
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