02207 - General Psychology

Academic Year 2016/2017

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Professional education (cod. 8477)

Learning outcomes

This course is a broad introduction to the field of psychology. Students explore the key figures, , and research findings that have shaped some of the major areas of contemporary psychology.

Course contents



The course surveys areas such as perception, attention and executive functions, learning and memory, motivation and emotion. This course also examines the research methods across these areas to study the origins and variations in human behavior.

Readings/Bibliography

R.C.Atkinson e E.R.Hilgard

Introduzione alla Psicologia.

Piccin, Padova 2011

(Capitoli 1, 5, 7, 8,  10, 11)

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures   and movies

Assessment methods


The final assessment is based on a written exam

Teaching tools

1) Laboratory

https://sites.google.com/site/emotionalperceptionlab/laboratory/films

Links to further information

https://sites.google.com/site/emotionalperceptionlab/home

Office hours

See the website of Maurizio Codispoti