Unit GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Course
- Philosophy and psychological science and techniques
- Study-unit Code
- 40990612
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I FORM
| Code | GP003497 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 6 |
| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Fondamenti della psicologia |
| Academic discipline | M-PSI/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
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 texts: 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. (2023). Slides del corso di Psicologia generale, available online on UNISTUDIUM or on https://www.cognitivelab.it.
Recommended readings: 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. Benedetti, F. (2012). L’effetto placebo. Breve viaggio tra mente e corpo. Carocci.
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
- Students¿ with disabilities or with SLD will be able to make use of assistive and compensatory tools according to ministerial and university regulations. It is recommended, therefore, to book for a student reception to verbally define the appropriate modalities.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website, and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Learning verification modality
- The examination is oral and includes a written pre-selection test. On the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) before the date of the oral exam, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., a questionnaire with 30 multiple-choice questions (+1 = correct answer // -0.25 = wrong answer // 0 = no answer) taken from the contents of the compulsory exam materials (see: "Compulsory texts") will be administered on UNISTUDIUM to those who have booked on SOL at least 10 days before the exam date. The questionnaire can be completed online via a PC, tablet or smartphone connected to the Internet wherever the student wishes, by logging on to the course page on UNISTUDIUM.
In order to take the pre-selection test, those who have booked for the written pre-selection test on the SOL will be sent to institutional email (@studenti.unipg.it), no later than 48 hours before the pre-selection test, the Internet address and the access code for their online questionnaire. The code will be valid for one access only and will expire at 8 p.m. on the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) preceding the date of the oral test. The time for the pre-selection written test is 30 minutes. Those who have passed the pre-selection test (obtaining at least 18 points) will subsequently (on the date immediately following the Friday of the online written test) take the oral test on the entire examination programme.
Those who have passed the online pre-selection test must immediately proceed with booking the oral test on the SOL.
Those who, despite having passed the pre-selection test, will not take the oral test on the date immediately following the pre-selection written test will have to repeat the pre-selection written test even if they obtained a positive score.
Those who, despite having passed the written test, do not pass the oral test will also have to repeat the pre-selection written test.
Those who did not pass the online pre-selection test or the oral test may re-sit on any other examination date (also immediately following). It is possible to take both the pre-selection written test (online or in the presence of a pen and paper) and the oral test at all appeals.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or in order to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Extended program
- 1. Introduction to Modern Psychology: Psychology as a Science, General Psychology and Neuroscience. History of modern theories on the nature of the brain and mind. The problem of consciousness and free-will. The nature/culture and selection/education question. Elements of the history of modern psychology. [See required texts: 1, 2 and 4; recommended: 1, 14 and 19].
2. Introduction to Neuroscience: Anatomo-physiological foundations of the mind; The lateralization and specialization of the hemispheres; Split-brains and split-brain syndrome; Blindsight or blind vision; Left hemisphere lesions: aphasias and apraxias; Right hemisphere lesions: agnosias; The representation of space. [See required texts: 1, 4; recommended: 8-12, 15-17, 20-21]. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Health and wellness
Quality education
Gender equality
Cognomi D-L
- 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 texts: 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. (2023). Slides del corso di Psicologia generale, available online on UNISTUDIUM or on https://www.cognitivelab.it.
Recommended readings: 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. Benedetti, F. (2012). L’effetto placebo. Breve viaggio tra mente e corpo. Carocci.
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
- Students¿ with disabilities or with SLD will be able to make use of assistive and compensatory tools according to ministerial and university regulations. It is recommended, therefore, to book for a student reception to verbally define the appropriate modalities.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website, and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Learning verification modality
- The examination is oral and includes a written pre-selection test. On the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) before the date of the oral exam, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., a questionnaire with 30 multiple-choice questions (+1 = correct answer // -0.25 = wrong answer // 0 = no answer) taken from the contents of the compulsory exam materials (see: "Compulsory texts") will be administered on UNISTUDIUM to those who have booked on SOL at least 10 days before the exam date. The questionnaire can be completed online via a PC, tablet or smartphone connected to the Internet wherever the student wishes, by logging on to the course page on UNISTUDIUM.
In order to take the pre-selection test, those who have booked for the written pre-selection test on the SOL will be sent to institutional email (@studenti.unipg.it), no later than 48 hours before the pre-selection test, the Internet address and the access code for their online questionnaire. The code will be valid for one access only and will expire at 8 p.m. on the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) preceding the date of the oral test. The time for the pre-selection written test is 30 minutes. Those who have passed the pre-selection test (obtaining at least 18 points) will subsequently (on the date immediately following the Friday of the online written test) take the oral test on the entire examination programme.
Those who have passed the online pre-selection test must immediately proceed with booking the oral test on the SOL.
Those who, despite having passed the pre-selection test, will not take the oral test on the date immediately following the pre-selection written test will have to repeat the pre-selection written test even if they obtained a positive score.
Those who, despite having passed the written test, do not pass the oral test will also have to repeat the pre-selection written test.
Those who did not pass the online pre-selection test or the oral test may re-sit on any other examination date (also immediately following). It is possible to take both the pre-selection written test (online or in the presence of a pen and paper) and the oral test at all appeals.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or in order to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Extended program
- 1. Introduction to Modern Psychology: Psychology as a Science, General Psychology and Neuroscience. History of modern theories on the nature of the brain and mind. The problem of consciousness and free-will. The nature/culture and selection/education question. Elements of the history of modern psychology. [See required texts: 1, 2 and 4; recommended: 1, 14 and 19].
2. Introduction to Neuroscience: Anatomo-physiological foundations of the mind; The lateralization and specialization of the hemispheres; Split-brains and split-brain syndrome; Blindsight or blind vision; Left hemisphere lesions: aphasias and apraxias; Right hemisphere lesions: agnosias; The representation of space. [See required texts: 1, 4; recommended: 8-12, 15-17, 20-21]. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Health and wellness
Quality education
Gender equality
Cognomi M-P
- CFU
- 6
- Teacher
- John Lawrence Dennis
- Teachers
- John Lawrence Dennis
- Hours
- 36 ore - John Lawrence Dennis
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- 1. Introduzione alla psicologia moderna¿: Psicologia delle funzioni vs. psicologia costruzionista. Storia delle teorie moderne sulla natura del cervello e della mente. Elementi di storia della psicologia moderna. La psicologia come scienza. Metodi e misurazioni statistiche.
- Reference texts
- Holt, N., Bremner, A., Sutherland, E., Vliek, M., Passer, M.W., Smith, R. E. (2019). Psychology: Capire la mente osservando il comportamento (Tutti i capitoli).
Slides del corso disponibili sull'Unistudium. - Teaching methods
- Per l’integrazione di soli 3 o 5 cfu (studenti STP che hanno gia` sostenuto un esame di psicologia generale in questa o altra Universita`) ¿
¿ Studiare dei Testi obbligatori quelli relativi ai punti 1 e 2 del Programma STP. Delle ¿Slides di Psicologia generale¿, punto 4 dei Testi obbligatori, studiare i Corso 1 e 2. L’esame e` un quiz online (vedi sotto).
Per l’integrazione di 6 o 9 cfu (studenti STP che hanno gia` sostenuto un esame di psicologia generale in questa o altra Universita`) ¿
¿ Studiare dei Testi obbligatori relativi ai punti 1, 2 e 4 del Programma 2021-2022 STP. Le ¿Slides di Psicologia generale¿, punto 4 dei Testi obbligatori, studiare i dispositivi Corso 1, Corso 2 e Corso 3. L’esame e` un quiz online (vede sotto).
Diapositive per quest'anno saranno mesi su Unistudium. Tutte le diapositive per anni precidenti sono attualmente disponibili su Dropbox (http://bit.ly/PSI-GEN-PROG). Sono inclusi li` in modo che voi possiate vedere come i miei pensieri si sono sviluppati nel tempo.
Durante lo svolgimento del corso verranno effettuati degli esperimenti scientifici condotti da ricercatori, dottorandi o laureandi che richiederanno la partecipazione volontaria degli studenti del corso. La partecipazione alle sperimentazioni dara` diritto a un numero di crediti pari al tempo della durata delle sperimentazioni a cui si avra` partecipato cumulabili con il punteggio ottenuto alla prova scritta d’esame. Date e temi delle sperimentazioni verranno di volta in volta comunicati in aula.
Durante lo svolgimento del corso verra` effettuato un progetto di ricerca riguardante gli argomenti che state studiando.
Informazione: ¿Durante ogni progetto, dovete rispondere a diverse domande per lo svolgimento del progetto al suo tempo, per esempio, “Titolo del progetto, l’idea del progetto, teoria di riferimento, osservazioni, ricerca su Google Scholar, ipotesi, metodo, modo per analizzare i dati, interpretazione dei dati, riassunto dei risultati, limitazioni, problemi da risolvere.” Tutte queste informazioni va inserite in un Google Form che sara` condiviso con lo studente.
Analisi dei dati: ¿Ogni progetto richiede un'analisi dei dati. Per fare questo ci vuole conoscenza di come fare un'analisi descrittiva dei dati (media, deviazione standard, ecc.) e una analisi minima dei dati - tipo t-test o Chi quadrato, ecc.
R¿uoli: Ogni gruppo sara` composto da circa 10 studenti incluso il leader del gruppo. I lavori svolti, includono in genere 4 ruoli: 1) Ricercare, 2) Scrivere, 3) Revisionare, 4) Esporre. Ogni ruolo dovra` essere svolto da un minimo di 2 ad un massimo di 4 persone per gruppo. I cognomi, i nomi e i ruoli di ogni membro del gruppo dovranno essere indicati sul file caricato. Questa informazione va scritta in alto a destra di ogni file.
Durata: ¿Ogni progetto avra` una durata di circa un mese. I progetti saranno assegnati durante le lezioni. Tutti i file devono essere caricati dentro la cartella di ogni gruppo su Google Drive. Normalmente, si fa 1 progetto che si migliora 2-3 volte durante il corso - con 3 presentazioni.
Presentazione: ¿Avrete 5 minuti per presentare il vostro progetto di ricerca con 2 diapositive. Usiamo 3MT (https://threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au) come nostro modello, e in questo caso lo chiamiamo - 5MRP (Five Minute Research Project). La presentazione sarà online sul Teams.
Dovete essere in grado di rispondere a queste domande:
1. Introduzione: perche´ dovremmo preoccuparci? (30% della presentazione)
2. Ricerca: cosa, dove, quando, perche´ della ricerca? (50% della presentazione)
3. Implicazioni: perche´ e` rilevante? (20% della presentazione)
Valutazioni: I progetti verranno valutati dal docente, su una scala di 30 punti. Ogni studente dovra` valutare tutti gli altri progetti. Pertanto, se ci sono 20 gruppi, dovrete aver completato 20 valutazioni. Mancanza di valutazioni ha un effetto negativo sul voto. Questa valutazione verra` effettuata online ed e` attualmente completata con il modulo di Google. In piu`, ogni membro del gruppo dovrebbe valutare la performance di ogni altro membro del gruppo. Questa valutazione sara` condiviso con gli studenti tramite un link su Google Forms.
Durante il corso lo studente deve rispondere a 10 domande, risposte multipla - 4 risposte, ogni settimana. ¿Il tempo della prova e` di ¿20 minuti. ¿I voti sono su una scala di 30 punti. Vengono valutate solo le risposte corrette ¿(+1 = risposta esatta // 0 = risposta errata // 0 = risposta non data) tratte dai contenuti dei materiali d’esame obbligatori (vedi: “Testi obbligatori” del Programma d’esame). Il quiz online potra` essere compilato online attraverso un PC, Tablet o Smartphone connesso alla rete Internet ovunque desideri lo studente, oppure presso il Dipartimento o altre sedi universitarie che offrono agli studenti un accesso a internet (p.e.: Biblioteche o LIDU ¿http://www.lifu.unipg.it/¿)¿. Il quiz sara` ¿visualizzato in UNISTUDIUM su una singola pagina e il quiz iniziera` non appena si immette la password. Tutti gli studenti devono utilizzare Safe Exam Browser per accedere al link per tutti i quiz.
Per essere ammesso all'esame scritto lo studente lo studente deve superare con un voto di 18 punti un quiz con 60 domande in 00 minuti. Il quiz alle fine del corso segue il modello dei quiz durante il corso.
Lo studente deve rispondere a un sottoinsieme di domande (tipicamente 3 o 4) su 6 o 8 domande. Le risposte devono contenere circa 500 parole. Le risposte non si basano esclusivamente sulla vostra capacita` di memorizzare le informazioni, ma sulla vostra capacita` di applicare tali informazioni a problemi reali. Gli esami saranno valutati in circa 7 giorni lavorativi. Il voto e` su una scala di 30 punti. L'esame scritto sara` visualizzato in UNISTUDIUM su una singola pagina e l'esame iniziera` non appena si immette la password. Tutti gli studenti devono utilizzare Safe Exam Browser per accedere al link per l'esame scritto.
Lo studente avrà la possibilita` di aumentare il vostro voto di un massimo di 3 punti presentando un articolo di ricerca, scritto in lingua inglese. L'elenco degli articoli e` incluso alla fine di questo programma. Avete 6 minuti per presentare l'articolo e dopo di che il professore fara` delle domande per 4 minuti. La presentazione deve essere fatto con un software come PowerPoint, Google Slides o Prezi. In più, lo studente deve scrivere le risposte per queste domande utilizzando un software come Word o Google Documents.
Nella vostra presentazione di 6 minuti, dovrete rispondere a queste domande:
1) Qual era la domanda principale dell'articolo in una singola frase?
2) Cosa e` stato fatto / discusso e cosa hanno scoperto?
3) Che relazione c'e` con altre cose che conosci?
4) Cosa ne pensi?
NOTE: Per fissare l’appuntamento dovete utilizzare il link di calendly convidiso su Unistudium. Il voto iniziale per il corso non può abbassare se fate l'orale. Le domande che faccio saranno solo riguardante l'articolo. Le risposte a queste domande devono essere scritte prima della prova orale e pronte per essere con condiviso durante l'esame.
L'esame si svolge online su Teams. Il prof. chiamerà lo studente nell'orario prestabile.
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 | Base |
| Area | Fondamenti della psicologia |
| Academic discipline | M-PSI/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
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 texts: 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. (2023). Slides del corso di Psicologia generale, available online on UNISTUDIUM or on https://www.cognitivelab.it.
Recommended readings: 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. Benedetti, F. (2012). L’effetto placebo. Breve viaggio tra mente e corpo. Carocci.
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 contents of the first General Psychology module. 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
- Students¿ with disabilities or with SLD will be able to make use of assistive and compensatory tools according to ministerial and university regulations. It is recommended, therefore, to book for a student reception to verbally define the appropriate modalities.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website, and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Learning verification modality
- The examination is oral and includes a written pre-selection test. On the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) before the date of the oral exam, between 6 and 8 p.m., a questionnaire with 30 multiple-choice questions (+1 = correct answer // -0.25 = wrong answer // 0 = no answer) taken from the contents of the compulsory exam materials (see: "Compulsory texts") will be administered on UNISTUDIUM to those who have booked on SOL at least 10 days before the exam date. The questionnaire can be completed online via a PC, tablet or smartphone connected to the Internet wherever the student wishes, by logging on to the course page on UNISTUDIUM.
In order to take the pre-selection test, those who have booked for the written pre-selection test on the SOL will be sent to institutional email (@studenti.unipg.it), no later than 48 hours before the pre-selection test, the Internet address and the access code for their online questionnaire. The code will be valid for one access only and will expire at 8 p.m. on the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) preceding the date of the oral test. The time for the pre-selection written test is 30 minutes. Those who have passed the pre-selection test (obtaining at least 18 points) will subsequently (on the date immediately following the Friday of the online written test) take the oral test on the entire examination programme.
Those who have passed the online pre-selection test must immediately proceed with booking the oral test on the SOL.
Those who, despite having passed the pre-selection test, will not take the oral test on the date immediately following the pre-selection written test will have to repeat the pre-selection written test even if they obtained a positive score.
Those who, despite having passed the written test, do not pass the oral test will also have to repeat the pre-selection written test.
Those who did not pass the online pre-selection test or the oral test may re-sit on any other examination date (also immediately following). It is possible to take both the pre-selection written test (online or in the presence of a pen and paper) and the oral test at all appeals.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or in order to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Extended program
- 3. Introduction to evolutionary psychology: How the mind works; Evidence for innate and specific mechanisms of cognition; The evolution of the mind; Milestones in the history of evolutionary thought. Problems of human survival. Male and female strategies in partner choice. Epigenetics and methylation. The functions of the nucleus accumbens [See required texts: 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] - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Health and wellness
Quality education
Gender equality
Cognomi D-L
- 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 texts: 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. (2023). Slides del corso di Psicologia generale, available online on UNISTUDIUM or on https://www.cognitivelab.it.
Recommended readings: 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. Benedetti, F. (2012). L’effetto placebo. Breve viaggio tra mente e corpo. Carocci.
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 contents of the first General Psychology module. 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
- Students¿ with disabilities or with SLD will be able to make use of assistive and compensatory tools according to ministerial and university regulations. It is recommended, therefore, to book for a student reception to verbally define the appropriate modalities.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website, and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Learning verification modality
- The examination is oral and includes a written pre-selection test. On the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) before the date of the oral exam, between 6 and 8 p.m., a questionnaire with 30 multiple-choice questions (+1 = correct answer // -0.25 = wrong answer // 0 = no answer) taken from the contents of the compulsory exam materials (see: "Compulsory texts") will be administered on UNISTUDIUM to those who have booked on SOL at least 10 days before the exam date. The questionnaire can be completed online via a PC, tablet or smartphone connected to the Internet wherever the student wishes, by logging on to the course page on UNISTUDIUM.
In order to take the pre-selection test, those who have booked for the written pre-selection test on the SOL will be sent to institutional email (@studenti.unipg.it), no later than 48 hours before the pre-selection test, the Internet address and the access code for their online questionnaire. The code will be valid for one access only and will expire at 8 p.m. on the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) preceding the date of the oral test. The time for the pre-selection written test is 30 minutes. Those who have passed the pre-selection test (obtaining at least 18 points) will subsequently (on the date immediately following the Friday of the online written test) take the oral test on the entire examination programme.
Those who have passed the online pre-selection test must immediately proceed with booking the oral test on the SOL.
Those who, despite having passed the pre-selection test, will not take the oral test on the date immediately following the pre-selection written test will have to repeat the pre-selection written test even if they obtained a positive score.
Those who, despite having passed the written test, do not pass the oral test will also have to repeat the pre-selection written test.
Those who did not pass the online pre-selection test or the oral test may re-sit on any other examination date (also immediately following). It is possible to take both the pre-selection written test (online or in the presence of a pen and paper) and the oral test at all appeals.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or in order to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Extended program
- 3. Introduction to evolutionary psychology: How the mind works; Evidence for innate and specific mechanisms of cognition; The evolution of the mind; Milestones in the history of evolutionary thought. Problems of human survival. Male and female strategies in partner choice. Epigenetics and methylation. The functions of the nucleus accumbens [See required texts: 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] - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Health and wellness
Quality education
Gender equality
Cognomi M-P
- CFU
- 6
- Teacher
- John Lawrence Dennis
- Teachers
- John Lawrence Dennis
- Hours
- 36 ore - John Lawrence Dennis
Cognomi Q-Z
- CFU
- 6
- Teacher
- Alessandro Lepri
- Teachers
- Alessandro Lepri
- Hours
- 36 ore - Alessandro Lepri
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- 3. The mind as an evolutionary product.
4. The mental functions. - Reference texts
- Compulsory texts: 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. (2022). Slides del corso di Psicologia generale, available online on UNISTUDIUM or on https://www.cognitivelab.it.
Recommended readings: 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.
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- 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 contents of the first General Psychology module. 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
- Students¿ with disabilities or with SLD will be able to make use of assistive and compensatory tools according to ministerial and university regulations. It is recommended, therefore, to book for a student reception to verbally define the appropriate modalities.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website, and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - Learning verification modality
- The examination is oral and includes a written pre-selection test. On the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) before the date of the oral exam, between 6 and 8 p.m., a questionnaire with 30 multiple-choice questions (+1 = correct answer // -0.50 = wrong answer // -0.25 = no answer) taken from the contents of the compulsory exam materials (see: "Compulsory texts") will be administered on UNISTUDIUM to those who have booked on SOL at least 10 days before the exam date. The questionnaire can be completed online via a PC, tablet or smartphone connected to the Internet wherever the student wishes, by logging on to the course page on UNISTUDIUM.
In order to take the pre-selection test, those who have booked for the written pre-selection test on the SOL will be sent to institutional email (@studenti.unipg.it), no later than 48 hours before the pre-selection test, the Internet address and the access code for their online questionnaire. The code will be valid for one access only and will expire at 8 p.m. on the Friday (unless otherwise indicated) preceding the date of the oral test. The time for the pre-selection written test is 30 minutes. Those who have passed the pre-selection test (obtaining at least 18 points) will subsequently (on the date immediately following the Friday of the online written test) take the oral test on the entire examination programme.
Those who have passed the online pre-selection test must immediately proceed with booking the oral test on the SOL.
Those who, despite having passed the pre-selection test, will not take the oral test on the date immediately following the pre-selection written test will have to repeat the pre-selection written test even if they obtained a positive score.
Those who, despite having passed the written test, do not pass the oral test will also have to repeat the pre-selection written test.
Those who did not pass the online pre-selection test or the oral test may re-sit on any other examination date (also immediately following). It is possible to take both the pre-selection written test (online or in the presence of a pen and paper) and the oral test at all appeals.
For further information on the conduct of the examinations or in order to test the functioning of the online platform or to be able to make use of auxiliary material, please consult the FAQs on the www.cognitivelab.it website. The cognitivelab.it website is not an official university website and its consultation is not indispensable, although strongly recommended, for taking and successfully passing the exam. - 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]