Unit GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I FORM

Code	GP003497
CFU	6
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Discipline scientifiche demoetnoantropologiche, pedagogiche, psicologiche e economiche
Academic discipline	M-PSI/01
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)

Cognomi A-C

CFU

6

Teacher

Stefano Federici

Teachers

• Stefano Federici

Hours

• 36 ore - Stefano Federici

Language of instruction

Italian

Contents

1. The matter of the psychology study.
2. The nervous representation of the mental processes.

Reference texts

Compulsory reading: The study of these texts is mandatory for all students – attending, non-attending students and workers; it is recommended to bring a copy of them during the oral examination, during which their consultation might be requested or by the student or by the examiner teacher.
1. Anolli, L., & Legrenzi, P. (2012). Psicologia generale (5a ed.). Il Mulino. (Tutti i capitoli). Oppure in lingua inglese: Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Fredrickson, B., Loftus, G. R., & Lutz, C. (2014). Atkinson & Hilgard’s Introduction to Psychology (16th ed.). Cengage Learning.
2. Foschi, R. (2020). Storia della psicologia e della mente. Mondadori. (Tutti i capitoli).
3. Buss, D. M. (2020). Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (6th ed.). Pearson. (Chapters: 1-5) Trad. it.: (2020). Psicologia evoluzionistica. Pearson. (Chapters: 1-5).
4. Federici, S. (2021). Slides del corso di Psicologia generale, available online: https://www.cognitivelab.it

Recommended reading: It is suggested to read one or more of the following texts; during the oral exam, students will be invited to describe their contents, and final evaluation examination will also take account of this preparation which remains nevertheless optional.
1. Blackmore, S. J., & Troscianko, E. (2018). Consciousness: An introduction (3rd ed.). Abingdon, OX: Routledge.
2. Bloom, P. (2010, May 9). The Moral Life of Babies. The New York Time, 44. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all.
3. Camperio Ciani, A., Corna, F., & Capiluppi, C. (2004). Evidence for maternally inherited factors favouring male homosexuality and promoting female fecundity.Proceeding of the royal Society B, 271(1554), 2217-2221 doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2872.
4. Diamond, J. (1999). Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co. Trad. it.: (2006). Armi, acciaio e malattie. Breve storia del mondo negli ultimi tredicimila anni. Torino: Einaudi.
5. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. (1989). Human Ethology. Aldine de Gruyter: New York, NY, USA. Trad. it.: (2001). Etologia umana. Le basi biologiche del comportamento. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri.
6. Federici, S. (2009). Perché siamo portati a credere in Dio? In L. Proietti (a cura), Il mestiere dello storico: Tra ricerca e impegno civile. Scritti in memoria di Maria Grazia Giuntella (pp. 323-344). Roma: Aracne.
7. Federici, S., Stella, A., Dennis, J., & Hünefeldt, T. (2011). West vs. West like East vs. West? A comparison between Italian and US American context sensitivity and Fear of Isolation. Cognitive Processing. Cognitive Processing, 12(2), 203-208. doi:10.1007/s10339-010-0374-8.
8. Gazzaniga, M. S. (1998). The Mind’s Past. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Trad. it.: (1999). La mente inventata. Le basi biologiche dell’identità e della coscienza. Milano: Guerini.
9. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2013). Shifting Gears: Seeking New Approaches for Mind/Brain Mechanisms. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 1–20. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143817.
10. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2008). Human: The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique. New York, NY: Harper Collins. Trad. it.: (2009). Human: Quel che ci rende unici. Roma: Raffaello Cortina.
11. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2012). Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain. London, UK: Constable & Robinson.
12. Gazzaniga, M. S., Ivry, R. B., & Mangun, G. R. (2009). Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of The Mind. New York, NY: W.W. Norton. Trad. it.: (2015). Neuroscienze cognitive. Bologna. IT: Zanichelli.
13. Harris (1998) The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do. Washington, DC: Free Press. Trad. it.: (1999). Non è colpa dei genitori. Milano: Mondadori.
14. Holyoak, K. J. (1999). Introduction: Psychology. In R. A. Wilson & F. C. Keil (Eds.),The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (pp. xxxix-xlix). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
15. Kandel, E. R. (2000). The Brain and Behavior. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principles of Neural Science (4th ed., pp. 5-18). New York, NY, US: McGraw-Hill. Trad. it.: (2003). Cervello e comportamento. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principi di neuroscienze (3a ed., pp. 5-19). Milano: CEA.
16. Kandel, E. R. (2000). From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal Cellular Representation Required for Perception and Action. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principles of Neural Science (4th ed., pp. 381-403). New York, NY, US: McGraw-Hill. Trad. it.: (2003). Dalle cellule nervose ai processi cognitivi: la rappresentazione interna a livello cellulare necessaria per la percezione e per l’azione. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.),Principi di neuroscienze (3a ed., pp. 377-399). Milano: CEA.
17. Newberg, A. B., d’Aquili, E. G., & Rause, V. (2001). Why God won’t go away: brain science and the biology of belief. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. Trad. it.: (2001). Dio nel cervello. La prova biologica della fede. Milano: Mondadori.
18. Pinker, S. (2002). The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. New York, NY: Penguin Books. Trad. it.: (2006). Tabula rasa. Perché non è vero che gli uomini nascono tutti uguali. Milano: Mondadori.
19. Plotkin, H. (1997). Evolution in mind: An introduction to evolutionary psychology. London, UK: Allen Lane & Penguin. Trad. it.: (2002). Introduzione alla psicologia evoluzionistica. Roma: Astrolabio.
20. Premack, D. (2007). Human and animal cognition: Continuity and discontinuity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(35), 13861–13867. doi:10.1073/pnas.0706147104.
21. Ramachandran, V. S. (2011). The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. Trad. it.: (2012). L’uomo che credeva di essere morto. Milano, IT: Mondadori.

Educational objectives

At the end of the course the student should be able to know how to define the nature, biological basis and evolutionary origins of psychology and critically describe the cognitive functions. It must also be able to critically discuss the most recent assumptions in cognitive neuroscience.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the Italian language, level B2. Good receptive and productive language skills and competences. Critical thinking skills. Ability to summarize and process content. Analytical comprehension and reasoning skills. Good general culture.

Teaching methods

Face-to-face

Other information

All information on course programs, exam bookings, course materials, student reception, thesis and internships are also available at: www.cognitivelab.it

Learning verification modality

The examination is both written and oral.
On Fridays (if not a public holiday or in any case 5 days before the exam date) before the exam date, 1 questionnaire online will be given online between 6pm and 8pm, to those booked on www.cognitivelab.com at least 10 days before the exam date. The questionnaire I composed by 30 multiple-choice questions (+1 = correct answer // -0.25 = wrong answer // 0 = no response given) taken from the content of compulsory exam materials (see: "Compulsory reading"). The online questionnaire can be compiled online via a PC, Tablet or Smartphone connected to the Internet wherever the student wants, or at the Department or other university sites that offer students access to the Internet (e.g Libraries or LIDU http://www.lifu.unipg.it /).
Students* with DSA or with disabilities who wish to take the written test in another way (paper and pencil) or who wish to take advantage of additional time, as is their right, will have to agree with the teacher during the student reception on the evaluation methods.
To take the written exam, the student who has booked on the exam on www.cognitivelab.it will receive, within 24 hours before the written test, to the email address he has entered in the exam reservation, the Internet address and the code to access to his/her online questionnaire. The code is valid for only one access and expires at 20 pm on Friday (except holidays) before the exam date. The written test time is 30 minutes. Those who have passed the written exam (obtaining at least 18 points) will later receive (on the date immediately following the day of the written test) the oral test on the whole exam. Anyone who does not attend the oral exam on the date immediately following the written test (for which he has booked on www.cognitivelab.it) must repeat the written test even if he/she has obtained a positive score. Students who have not passed the written test are not required to sign the report on the oral test date. Students who, even though they have passed the online written test, will not pass the oral exam, they will have to repeat the written test online. Those who have not passed the online test or oral exam may re-examine any other exam date (even immediately afterwards) between those indicated in the Schedule. In all appeals, both online written and oral exam can be supported.
For more information on General Psychology exams or if you have not received the online questionnaire access codes, please refer to the FAQs on www.cognitivelab.com.

Extended program

1. The matter of the psychology study. The historical development and the dominant theoretical perspectives.
2. The nervous representation of the mental processes.

Cognomi D-L

CFU

6

Teacher

John Lawrence Dennis

Teachers

• John Lawrence Dennis

Hours

• 36 ore - John Lawrence Dennis

Cognomi M-P

CFU

6

Teacher

Tiziana Pedale

Teachers

• Tiziana Pedale

Hours

• 36 ore - Tiziana Pedale

Language of instruction

Italian

Contents

1. The matter of the psychology study.
2. The nervous representation of the mental processes.

Reference texts

Compulsory reading: The study of these texts is mandatory for all students – attending, non-attending students and workers; it is recommended to bring a copy of them during the oral examination, during which their consultation might be requested or by the student or by the examiner teacher.
1. Anolli, L., & Legrenzi, P. (2012). Psicologia generale (5a ed.). Milano, IT: Il Mulino. (Tutti i capitoli). Oppure in lingua inglese: Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Fredrickson, B., Loftus, G. R., & Lutz, C. (2014). Atkinson & Hilgard’s Introduction to Psychology (16th ed.). Cheriton House, UK: Cengage Learning.
2. Legrenzi, P. (a cura). (2019). Storia della psicologia. Bologna: Il Mulino. (Tutti i capitoli).
3. Buss, D. M. (2020). Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (6th ed.). New York, NY, US: Pearson. (Chapters: 1-5) Trad. it.: (2020). Psicologia evoluzionistica. Milano: Pearson. (Chapters: 1-5).
4. Federici, S. (2020). Slides del corso di Psicologia generale, available online: https://www.cognitivelab.it

Recommended reading: It is suggested to read one or more of the following texts; during the oral exam, students will be invited to describe their contents, and final evaluation examination will also take account of this preparation which remains nevertheless optional.
1. Blackmore, S. J., & Troscianko, E. (2018). Consciousness: An introduction (3rd ed.). Abingdon, OX: Routledge.
2. Bloom, P. (2010, May 9). The Moral Life of Babies. The New York Time, 44. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all.
3. Camperio Ciani, A., Corna, F., & Capiluppi, C. (2004). Evidence for maternally inherited factors favouring male homosexuality and promoting female fecundity.Proceeding of the royal Society B, 271(1554), 2217-2221 doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2872.
4. Diamond, J. (1999). Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co. Trad. it.: (2006). Armi, acciaio e malattie. Breve storia del mondo negli ultimi tredicimila anni. Torino: Einaudi.
5. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. (1989). Human Ethology. Aldine de Gruyter: New York, NY, USA. Trad. it.: (2001). Etologia umana. Le basi biologiche del comportamento. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri.
6. Federici, S. (2009). Perché siamo portati a credere in Dio? In L. Proietti (a cura), Il mestiere dello storico: Tra ricerca e impegno civile. Scritti in memoria di Maria Grazia Giuntella (pp. 323-344). Roma: Aracne.
7. Federici, S., Stella, A., Dennis, J., & Hünefeldt, T. (2011). West vs. West like East vs. West? A comparison between Italian and US American context sensitivity and Fear of Isolation. Cognitive Processing. Cognitive Processing, 12(2), 203-208. doi:10.1007/s10339-010-0374-8.
8. Gazzaniga, M. S. (1998). The Mind’s Past. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Trad. it.: (1999). La mente inventata. Le basi biologiche dell’identità e della coscienza. Milano: Guerini.
9. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2013). Shifting Gears: Seeking New Approaches for Mind/Brain Mechanisms. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 1–20. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143817.
10. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2008). Human: The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique. New York, NY: Harper Collins. Trad. it.: (2009). Human: Quel che ci rende unici. Roma: Raffaello Cortina.
11. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2012). Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain. London, UK: Constable & Robinson.
12. Gazzaniga, M. S., Ivry, R. B., & Mangun, G. R. (2009). Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of The Mind. New York, NY: W.W. Norton. Trad. it.: (2015). Neuroscienze cognitive. Bologna. IT: Zanichelli.
13. Harris (1998) The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do. Washington, DC: Free Press. Trad. it.: (1999). Non è colpa dei genitori. Milano: Mondadori.
14. Holyoak, K. J. (1999). Introduction: Psychology. In R. A. Wilson & F. C. Keil (Eds.),The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (pp. xxxix-xlix). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
15. Kandel, E. R. (2000). The Brain and Behavior. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principles of Neural Science (4th ed., pp. 5-18). New York, NY, US: McGraw-Hill. Trad. it.: (2003). Cervello e comportamento. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principi di neuroscienze (3a ed., pp. 5-19). Milano: CEA.
16. Kandel, E. R. (2000). From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal Cellular Representation Required for Perception and Action. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principles of Neural Science (4th ed., pp. 381-403). New York, NY, US: McGraw-Hill. Trad. it.: (2003). Dalle cellule nervose ai processi cognitivi: la rappresentazione interna a livello cellulare necessaria per la percezione e per l’azione. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.),Principi di neuroscienze (3a ed., pp. 377-399). Milano: CEA.
17. Newberg, A. B., d’Aquili, E. G., & Rause, V. (2001). Why God won’t go away: brain science and the biology of belief. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. Trad. it.: (2001). Dio nel cervello. La prova biologica della fede. Milano: Mondadori.
18. Pinker, S. (2002). The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. New York, NY: Penguin Books. Trad. it.: (2006). Tabula rasa. Perché non è vero che gli uomini nascono tutti uguali. Milano: Mondadori.
19. Plotkin, H. (1997). Evolution in mind: An introduction to evolutionary psychology. London, UK: Allen Lane & Penguin. Trad. it.: (2002). Introduzione alla psicologia evoluzionistica. Roma: Astrolabio.
20. Premack, D. (2007). Human and animal cognition: Continuity and discontinuity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(35), 13861–13867. doi:10.1073/pnas.0706147104.
21. Ramachandran, V. S. (2011). The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. Trad. it.: (2012). L’uomo che credeva di essere morto. Milano, IT: Mondadori.

Educational objectives

At the end of the course the student should be able to know how to define the nature, biological basis and evolutionary origins of psychology and critically describe the cognitive functions. It must also be able to critically discuss the most recent assumptions in cognitive neuroscience.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the Italian language, level B2. Good receptive and productive language skills and competences. Critical thinking skills. Ability to summarize and process content. Analytical comprehension and reasoning skills. Good general culture.

Teaching methods

Face-to-face

Other information

All information on course programs, exam bookings, course materials, student reception, thesis and internships are also available at: www.cognitivelab.it

Learning verification modality

The examination is both written and oral.
On Fridays (if not a public holiday or in any case 5 days before the exam date) before the exam date, 1 questionnaire online will be given online between 6pm and 8pm, to those booked on www.cognitivelab.com at least 10 days before the exam date. The questionnaire I composed by 30 multiple-choice questions (+1 = correct answer // -0.25 = wrong answer // 0 = no response given) taken from the content of compulsory exam materials (see: "Compulsory reading"). The online questionnaire can be compiled online via a PC, Tablet or Smartphone connected to the Internet wherever the student wants, or at the Department or other university sites that offer students access to the Internet (e.g Libraries or LIDU http://www.lifu.unipg.it /).
Students* with DSA or with disabilities who wish to take the written test in another way (paper and pencil) or who wish to take advantage of additional time, as is their right, will have to agree with the teacher during the student reception on the evaluation methods.
To take the written exam, the student who has booked on the exam on www.cognitivelab.it will receive, within 24 hours before the written test, to the email address he has entered in the exam reservation, the Internet address and the code to access to his/her online questionnaire. The code is valid for only one access and expires at 20 pm on Friday (except holidays) before the exam date. The written test time is 30 minutes. Those who have passed the written exam (obtaining at least 18 points) will later receive (on the date immediately following the day of the written test) the oral test on the whole exam. Anyone who does not attend the oral exam on the date immediately following the written test (for which he has booked on www.cognitivelab.it) must repeat the written test even if he/she has obtained a positive score. Students who have not passed the written test are not required to sign the report on the oral test date. Students who, even though they have passed the online written test, will not pass the oral exam, they will have to repeat the written test online. Those who have not passed the online test or oral exam may re-examine any other exam date (even immediately afterwards) between those indicated in the Schedule. In all appeals, both online written and oral exam can be supported.
For more information on General Psychology exams or if you have not received the online questionnaire access codes, please refer to the FAQs on www.cognitivelab.com.

Extended program

1. The matter of the psychology study. The historical development and the dominant theoretical perspectives.
2. The nervous representation of the mental processes.

Cognomi Q-Z

CFU

6

Teacher

Alessandro Lepri

Teachers

• Alessandro Lepri

Hours

• 36 ore - Alessandro Lepri

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY II FORM

Code	GP003498
CFU	6
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Discipline scientifiche demoetnoantropologiche, pedagogiche, psicologiche e economiche
Academic discipline	M-PSI/01
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)

Cognomi A-C

CFU

6

Teacher

Stefano Federici

Teachers

• Stefano Federici

Hours

• 36 ore - Stefano Federici

Language of instruction

Italian

Contents

3. The mind as an evolutionary product.
4. The mental functions.

Reference texts

Compulsory reading: The study of these texts is mandatory for all students – attending, non-attending students and workers; it is recommended to bring a copy of them during the oral examination, during which their consultation might be requested or by the student or by the examiner teacher.
1. Anolli, L., & Legrenzi, P. (2012). Psicologia generale (5a ed.). Il Mulino. (Tutti i capitoli). Oppure in lingua inglese: Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Fredrickson, B., Loftus, G. R., & Lutz, C. (2014). Atkinson & Hilgard’s Introduction to Psychology (16th ed.). Cengage Learning.
2. Foschi, R. (2020). Storia della psicologia e della mente. Mondadori. (Tutti i capitoli).
3. Buss, D. M. (2020). Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (6th ed.). Pearson. (Chapters: 1-5) Trad. it.: (2020). Psicologia evoluzionistica. Pearson. (Capitoli da studiare: 1-5).
4. Federici, S. (2021). Slides del corso di Psicologia generale, disponibili online sul sito: https://www.cognitivelab.it.

Recommended reading: It is suggested to read one or more of the following texts; during the oral exam, students will be invited to describe their contents, and final evaluation examination will also take account of this preparation which remains nevertheless optional.
1. Blackmore, S. J., & Troscianko, E. (2018). Consciousness: An introduction (3rd ed.). Abingdon, OX: Routledge.
2. Bloom, P. (2010, May 9). The Moral Life of Babies. The New York Time, 44. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all.
3. Camperio Ciani, A., Corna, F., & Capiluppi, C. (2004). Evidence for maternally inherited factors favouring male homosexuality and promoting female fecundity.Proceeding of the royal Society B, 271(1554), 2217-2221 doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2872.
4. Diamond, J. (1999). Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co. Trad. it.: (2006). Armi, acciaio e malattie. Breve storia del mondo negli ultimi tredicimila anni. Torino: Einaudi.
5. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. (1989). Human Ethology. Aldine de Gruyter: New York, NY, USA. Trad. it.: (2001). Etologia umana. Le basi biologiche del comportamento. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri.
6. Federici, S. (2009). Perché siamo portati a credere in Dio? In L. Proietti (a cura), Il mestiere dello storico: Tra ricerca e impegno civile. Scritti in memoria di Maria Grazia Giuntella (pp. 323-344). Roma: Aracne.
7. Federici, S., Stella, A., Dennis, J., & Hünefeldt, T. (2011). West vs. West like East vs. West? A comparison between Italian and US American context sensitivity and Fear of Isolation. Cognitive Processing. Cognitive Processing, 12(2), 203-208. doi:10.1007/s10339-010-0374-8.
8. Gazzaniga, M. S. (1998). The Mind’s Past. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Trad. it.: (1999). La mente inventata. Le basi biologiche dell’identità e della coscienza. Milano: Guerini.
9. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2013). Shifting Gears: Seeking New Approaches for Mind/Brain Mechanisms. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 1–20. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143817.
10. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2008). Human: The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique. New York, NY: Harper Collins. Trad. it.: (2009). Human: Quel che ci rende unici. Roma: Raffaello Cortina.
11. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2012). Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain. London, UK: Constable & Robinson.
12. Gazzaniga, M. S., Ivry, R. B., & Mangun, G. R. (2009). Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of The Mind. New York, NY: W.W. Norton. Trad. it.: (2015). Neuroscienze cognitive. Bologna. IT: Zanichelli.
13. Harris (1998) The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do. Washington, DC: Free Press. Trad. it.: (1999). Non è colpa dei genitori. Milano: Mondadori.
14. Holyoak, K. J. (1999). Introduction: Psychology. In R. A. Wilson & F. C. Keil (Eds.),The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (pp. xxxix-xlix). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
15. Kandel, E. R. (2000). The Brain and Behavior. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principles of Neural Science (4th ed., pp. 5-18). New York, NY, US: McGraw-Hill. Trad. it.: (2003). Cervello e comportamento. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principi di neuroscienze (3a ed., pp. 5-19). Milano: CEA.
16. Kandel, E. R. (2000). From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal Cellular Representation Required for Perception and Action. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.), Principles of Neural Science (4th ed., pp. 381-403). New York, NY, US: McGraw-Hill. Trad. it.: (2003). Dalle cellule nervose ai processi cognitivi: la rappresentazione interna a livello cellulare necessaria per la percezione e per l’azione. In E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz & T. M. Jessell (Eds.),Principi di neuroscienze (3a ed., pp. 377-399). Milano: CEA.
17. Newberg, A. B., d’Aquili, E. G., & Rause, V. (2001). Why God won’t go away: brain science and the biology of belief. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. Trad. it.: (2001). Dio nel cervello. La prova biologica della fede. Milano: Mondadori.
18. Pinker, S. (2002). The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. New York, NY: Penguin Books. Trad. it.: (2006). Tabula rasa. Perché non è vero che gli uomini nascono tutti uguali. Milano: Mondadori.
19. Plotkin, H. (1997). Evolution in mind: An introduction to evolutionary psychology. London, UK: Allen Lane & Penguin. Trad. it.: (2002). Introduzione alla psicologia evoluzionistica. Roma: Astrolabio.
20. Premack, D. (2007). Human and animal cognition: Continuity and discontinuity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(35), 13861–13867. doi:10.1073/pnas.0706147104.
21. Ramachandran, V. S. (2011). The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. Trad. it.: (2012). L’uomo che credeva di essere morto. Milano, IT: Mondadori.

Educational objectives

At the end of the course the student should be able to know how to define the nature, biological basis and evolutionary origins of psychology and critically describe the cognitive functions. It must also be able to critically discuss the most recent assumptions in cognitive neuroscience.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the Italian language, level B2. Good receptive and productive language skills and competences. Critical thinking skills. Ability to summarize and process content. Analytical comprehension and reasoning skills. Good general culture.

Teaching methods

Face-to-face

Other information

All information on course programs, exam bookings, course materials, student reception, thesis and internships are also available at: www.cognitivelab.it

Learning verification modality

The examination is both written and oral.
On Fridays (if not a public holiday or in any case 5 days before the exam date) before the exam date, 1 questionnaire online will be given online between 6pm and 8pm, to those booked on www.cognitivelab.com at least 10 days before the exam date. The questionnaire I composed by 30 multiple-choice questions (+1 = correct answer // -0.25 = wrong answer // 0 = no response given) taken from the content of compulsory exam materials (see: "Compulsory reading"). The online questionnaire can be compiled online via a PC, Tablet or Smartphone connected to the Internet wherever the student wants, or at the Department or other university sites that offer students access to the Internet (e.g Libraries or LIDU http://www.lifu.unipg.it /).
Students* with DSA or with disabilities who wish to take the written test in another way (paper and pencil) or who wish to take advantage of additional time, as is their right, will have to agree with the teacher during the student reception on the evaluation methods.
To take the written exam, the student who has booked on the exam on www.cognitivelab.it will receive, within 24 hours before the written test, to the email address he has entered in the exam reservation, the Internet address and the code to access to his/her online questionnaire. The code is valid for only one access and expires at 20 pm on Friday (except holidays) before the exam date. The written test time is 30 minutes. Those who have passed the written exam (obtaining at least 18 points) will later receive (on the date immediately following the day of the written test) the oral test on the whole exam. Anyone who does not attend the oral exam on the date immediately following the written test (for which he has booked on www.cognitivelab.it) must repeat the written test even if he/she has obtained a positive score. Students who have not passed the written test are not required to sign the report on the oral test date. Students who, even though they have passed the online written test, will not pass the oral exam, they will have to repeat the written test online. Those who have not passed the online test or oral exam may re-examine any other exam date (even immediately afterwards) between those indicated in the Schedule. In all appeals, both online written and oral exam can be supported.
For more information on General Psychology exams or if you have not received the online questionnaire access codes, please refer to the FAQs on www.cognitivelab.com.

Extended program

3. Introduction to evolutionary psychology: How the mind works; Evidence of innate mechanisms and specific knowledge of the evolution of mind; Milestones in the history of evolutionary thought; Strategies in male and female mate choice. [See text required: 3 and 4; Recommended: 2-5, 8, 10-13, 17-19]
4. The functions of the mind: Sensorial processes and perception; Consciousness; Learning and Conditioning; Memory: processes, models and amnesia; The thought and language; Motivation; Emotions; Intelligence [View required texts: 1 and 4; recommended: 5-13, 18, 19-21]

Cognomi D-L

CFU

6

Teacher

John Lawrence Dennis

Teachers

• John Lawrence Dennis

Hours

• 36 ore - John Lawrence Dennis

Cognomi M-P

CFU

6

Teacher

Angela Riccio

Teachers

• Angela Riccio

Hours

• 36 ore - Angela Riccio

Cognomi Q-Z

CFU

6

Teacher

Alessandro Lepri

Teachers

• Alessandro Lepri

Hours

• 36 ore - Alessandro Lepri