GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH LABORATORY

The course aims to favour student knowledge on general psychology, history of psychology and psychology of personality, with attention to the specific language of the psychology.

Definition of psychology, research in psychology, mental processes, brain and behaviour, sensation and perception, learning, memory, thinking and mental imagery communication and language, emotion, motivation, definition of personality, main theories on personality (Freud and psychoanalysis, Rogers, Maslow, psychometric theories, theories of personal constructs, attribution theories, situation theories, cognitive styles, theory of planned behavior (Monsell, Ajzen, ecc.). History of psychology: the origin of psychology, Wundt and structuralism, Funzionalism, Gestalt, Behaviourism, Reflessology, Piaget, Vigostky, Cognitivism and Contemporary Psychology.

D. Coon, J.O. Mitterer, Psicologia Generale, Utet (pp. 466).

Legrenzi P., Storia della psicologia, Il Mulino, Bologna (pp. 250).

Di Blas, L. Che cos’è la personalità, Roma: Carocci ( pp. 128)

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.