01231 - General Psychology II

Learning outcomes

a) Basic cognitive processes (attention, language, communication, intelligence, motivation, emotion)

b) Theories of personality (trait, biological, phenomenological, behavioral, socio-cognitive theory);

c) Comparison between main cognitive models and theories.

Course contents

Module 1 Prof. Andrea De Cesarei

1) Sensation and Perception

2) Attention

3) Stress, health and coping strategies

Module 2 Prof. Marco Costa 

4) Motivation and emotion 

5) Personality

6) Intelligence

7) Evolutionary Psychology

Readings/Bibliography

Content of the lessons

Turatto, M. (2018). Psicologia Generale. Milano: Mondadori Università (capitoli 4, 10, 11).

Atkinson & Hilgard’s. Introduzione alla psicologia (16° edizione). Capitoli: 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14

Buss, D. M. (2020). Psicologia Evoluzionistica. Milano: Pearson

Scientific papers or reviews suggested during lessons

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons, video and power-point presentations, scientific paper discussion, experiments.

Assessment methods

Written exam with 11 open questions, 6 for the module of Prof. Marco Costa and 5 for the module of Prof. Andrea De Cesarei. 

The grade is weighted according to this scheme:

- 16.5 points for the module of Prof. Marco Costa (max 2.75 points for each question);
- 14.5 points for the module of Prof. Andrea De Cesarei (max 2.9 points for each question) 

Open questions will be evaluated according to this scheme (the percentage is referred to the max points for each question):

- 0% for missing answer;

- 20% for highly insufficient content;

- 40% for insufficient content and reasoning;

- 60% for sufficient content and reasoning;

- 80% for good content and reasoning;

- 100% for excellent content and reasoning.

Teaching tools

Textbooks, video, online experiments, scientific papers.

Office hours

See the website of Marco Costa

See the website of Andrea De Cesarei