Ateneo - UPO

- Introduction to Psychology: history and methods
-Sensation and perception
-States of consciousness
-Learning
-Memory
-Thought
-Intelligence
-Communication and language
-Work as a team
-Management of burnout

Robert S. Feldman, Guido Amoretti, Maria Rita Ciceri.
PSICOLOGIA GENERALE. IV edition. Mc Graw Hill

1) Knowledge of basic principles of general psychology
2) Acquisition of psychological skills that are useful in managing the relationship with patients
3) Acquisition of skills concernig helping professions
4) Acquisition of psychological skills about team working that are useful in copying towork-related stress in health professions

knowledge of Italian language

Frontal lesson, use of slides, watching videos

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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.

Oral examination

1) Roots of psychology. Wunt and structuralism. James and functionalism. Wertheimer and the Gestald. Freud and Psychoanalysis. Behaviorist theory. Neocompartmentalism. Cognitivist theory. Interactionism and Humanism. Theories of the embodied mind.
2) Sensation and perception
3) States of consciousness
4) Learning
5) Thought
6) Intelligence
7) Language and communication
8) Motivation
9) Emotions
10) Personality
11) Stress
12) Acute and chronic pain
13) The helping relationship
13) Work in a group
14) The phenomenon of burnout
Integration of the gender dimension: relational aspects

Knowledge of psychological theories and the helping relationship. Possess the basics to know how to conduct a helping relationship