Ateneo - UPO

Promote in students the knowledge about psychic functioning in order to
develop basic skills for the recognition of psychological variables that
they co-determine educational phenomena.
In the first part of the course the history of psychology as a scientific discipline will be presented,
the main psychological currents and methods of study and research in psychology. In the second
part will be deepened the study of cognitive and affective processes according to the perspective of
general psychology and cognitive neuroscience. specifically perception, attention, memory, language. the verbal and non-verbal communication part, the help relationship, the emotions and thus arrive at the concept of health and disease and the bornout of the operator.

-use of slides.
-parts of chapters selected by the teacher.
-psicologia generale, Mc Graw Hill, terza edizione

Acquire the theoretical reference models that explain the different cognitive functions treated by general psychology. Allow the understanding of cognitive functioning, through reference models. Make the student competent in the argumentation of reference models and theories, through the adoption of scientific notions and terminology.

No specific scientific or psychological knowledge is required beyond that provided by any high school.

Lectures in the classroom with the aid of audiovisuals.

Student reception by appointment, to be agreed via e-mail:
marta.sacchetti@uniupo.it
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request
specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse
e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents-physical-or-learning-disabilities
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted
the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination
modalities, concerning academic aspects.

The verification of learning will take place with a single exam at the end of the lessons. The exam will be oral

Introduction to psychology and research methods: the historical basis of birth will be presented
of psychology as a scientific discipline and the main approaches to the study of psychology will be illustrated
psychology. The research methodologies of experimental psychology will also be presented
and cognitive neuroscience.
2) Brain and behavior: Introduction of the basic elements to understand how it works
of our brain and how all of this knowledge has influenced the study of behavior
in psychology.
3) Sensation and perception: Presentation of the main theoretical models for the study of sensation
and perception; Insight into the mechanisms involved in sensation and perception
to understand how information from the environment is analyzed to organize life
knowledge.
4) Attention: Presentation of the main theoretical models and mechanisms involved in the process
selection of information in the environment for subsequent processing.
5) Memory: analysis of the main theoretical models (memory systems) and study of the mechanisms
processing, storage and retrieval of stored information that allow you to
remember experiences and bring them to mind according to our behaviors.
6) Language: analysis of the main theoretical models and study of the functions of language which
enable communication and knowledge sharing.
7) Emotions: analysis of the main theoretical models and study of the ways in which i
Affective systems guide human behavior.
8) verbal and non-verbal communication, with exercises.
9) help relationship: how can I intervene and in what ways. styles.
10) operator burnout: own experiences and reworkings.

Knowledge and understanding: Know the main models of cognitive functioning, understand the functioning of the cognitive structures addressed.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: Having acquired the theoretical reference models that explain the various areas covered.