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Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
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Prerequisites:
The proposed program will allow students who have not previously acquired disciplinary knowledge to achieve the indicated educational objectives. There are therefore no prerequisites, but supplementary readings may be recommended.
Objectives
Contents The course will examine the basic topics of general psychology and will provide conceptual guidance to help students to understand the fundamental issues and controversies in psychological research.
Extended Syllabus Psychology: an historical Introduction to the science of mind and behavior; methodology of research in psychology; sensation; perception; attention; learning; memory; language; thought; intelligence; motivation; emotion; personality.
Recommended Bibliography Holt, Bremener, Vliek, Sutherland, Passer & Smith (2023). General Psychology. Understanding the mind by observing behavior (III Edition). McGraw Hill (except chapters 3, 14 and 15).
Teaching Methods The course is composed by 64 hours of teaching, divided into 3-hour lectures.
The lectures make use of slides and concern theoretical aspects of the discipline integrated by practical examples of the main experimental paradigms.
Attendance is optional but highly recommended.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The exam consists of a colloquium, aimed at verifying learning, conceptual mastery, language properties and the ability to interpret and analyze cognitive deficits. The duration of the exam is about 20 min.
The exam will be evaluated with a score between 0 and 30 (with possible honors). The grade from 18 to 23 indicates sufficient learning, the grade from 23 to 28 a good level of learning, the grade from 28 to 30 an excellent level of learning, the grade "with honors" indicates particular skills of analysis and critical reasoning of the Course topics.
Contacts/More Information For explanations and clarifications, the teacher is available after email scheduling.