GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

Focus will be on the following topics: behavior, perception, learning, memory, thinking and reasoning, language, emotions, motivations, intelligence. Further it will be addressed the main theoretical currents, with attention to their historical origins and cultural contexts in which they are established. In particular, the course aims at the understanding of theoretical assumptions of the following schools: structuralism, functionalism, Gestalt theory, historical and cultural reflexology, Piaget, Freud, cognitive psychology.

10-credit program:

1. Legrenzi P., History of Psychology, Il Mulino, Bologna.(whole textbook; pag 250)

2. Eysenck M.W., General Psychology, Idelson Gnocchi, Napoli: Chap. 1 (pag 3-23), Chap 3 (pag 83-120), Chap. 5 (pag 165-202), Chap. 6 (pag 203-244), Chap. 7 (pag. 249-284), Chap. 8 (pag 285-316), Chap. 9 (pag 317-344), Chap. 10 (pag 345-394), Chap.11 (pag 395-432)

6- credit program:

Students wishing to take the exam of General Psychology 6 CFU can choose to follow or the program's own reference academic year (program 6CFU Prof. ME De Caroli) or to the following program:

Eysenck M.W., General Psychology, Idelson Gnocchi, Napoli: Chap. 1 (pag 3-23), Chap 3 (pag 83-120), Cha. 5 (pag 165-202), Chap. 6 (pag 203-244), Chap. 7 (pag. 249-284) , Chap. 8 (pag 285-316), Chap.9 (pag 317-344), Chap. 10 (pag 345-394), Chap.11 (pag 395-432)