02207 - General Psychology

Learning outcomes

After completing this course the studentknowsthe principles of human behaviororganization andthe main psychological functions (perception, emotion, motivation, memory, learning, thinking, language); he/she understandsthe link between biological structures andbehavioral functions.

Course contents

I) Perception

Constructive perception

II) Attention

Selective attention

Divided attention

III) Learning

Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

IV) Memory

Memory systems and Processes

The organization of information in memory

Forgetting and Memory deficits

V) Emotion and Motivation

Theories of Emotion

Relationship between emotion and motivational systems

Readings/Bibliography

Nolen-Hoeksema S. Hilgard E. R. Atkinson R. L. & Atkinson R. C. (2014). Atkinson & hilgard's introduction to psychology (16th ed.). Cengage Learning EMEA.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Exam with multiple choice questions, only one answer is correct. There will be 31 questions with 26 minutes available to complete the quiz. For each correct answer the point will be +1 and 0 for no answer/ wrong answer. The exam is passed if the cumulative score is above 18/30; the maximum score for the exam will be 30 cum laude. After the grades are communicated to the students, they can refuse the grade by following the teacher's instructions.

Teaching tools

The handouts of lectures slides will be provided by the teacher on the Virtuale platform (https://virtuale.unibo.it/)

Office hours

See the website of Monica Martoni