HISTORY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

PSICOG14

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DE FELICE FEDERICA

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of cognitive psychology.

Objectives

The course aims to offer to the students a historical-critical knowledge of cognitive processes (understood as the set of mental representations and operations that make human behavior possible), their functioning and the main research tools and paradigms used for the their study. The aim is to understand the importance of the development of cognitive processes in any relational context.

Contents

- knowledge of cognitive processes
- the main theoretical models
- perception and emotion from the philosophical approach to current neuroscience research

Extended Syllabus

The study of cognitive processes will be addressed through a basic presentation of the topic from a philosophical-psychological point of view, to then illustrate the fundamental research and the main research paradigms and theoretical models. Attention will be focused on perception and emotion, on their theoretical discussions in the course of history (in particular Spinoza's Ethics) and the problems still open in the field of neuroscience.

Recommended Bibliography

Main reference texts:
JOB R.-CUBELLI R., Psicologia dei processi cognitivi, Roma, Carocci Editore 2012.
Spinoza, Etica, translation by F. Mignini and O. Proietti, in Opere, Mondadori, Milano 2007
Further texts/articles will be given during the course.

Other reference texts:
NICOLETTI R.-RUMIATI R., I processi cognitivi, Bologna, Il Mulino 2011
JOB R., I processi cognitivi. Modelli e ricerca in psicologia, Rome, Carocci Editore 2000
DAMASIO A., Alla ricerca di Spinoza. Emozioni, sentimenti e cervello, Adelphi, Milan, 2003
FLORITA M. O., L’Intreccio. Neuroscienze, clinica e teoria dei sistemi dinamici complessi, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2011
LEDOUX J., Il cervello emotivo. Alle origini delle emozioni,, Baldini and Castoldi, Milano, 2013
NUSSBAUM M., L'intelligenza delle emozioni, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2009.

For further information on the development of cognitive processes, see the text by BERGER K. S., Lo sviluppo della persona, Bologna, Zanichelli 1996.
For an introduction to the anatomical-physiological aspects of cognitive processes, you can consult the text edited by UMILTA' C., Manuale di neuroscienze, Bologna, Il Mulino 1999.
A historical framework of the theoretical and empirical developments of the study of the mind can be found in: LEGRENZI P., Storia della psicologia, Bologna, Il Mulino 1999.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course topics will be presented through lectures, but also group discussions are planned in order to stimulate a critical perspective on the study of the topics covered.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final exam will consist of an oral discussion, based on the knowledge of the topics covered during the course. Attendance and individual participation in discussions during the course will also contribute to the final evaluation.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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